eso ha pasado un 10 Noviembre

1942 : Germany invaded the South of France


On November 10, 1942, following the Allied landings in North Africa, German forces invaded the part of France still led by the Vichy government in order to have full access to the ports of the Mediterranean.

1964 : The U.S. defense secretary announced that the U.S. will not send troops to Vietnam


On November 10, 1964, the Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara said that the U.S. has no intention of sending troops to Vietnam. In 1969, 500,000 American soldiers were stationed in Vietnam.

1995 : Ken Saro-Wiwa is executed


On November 10, 1995, Nigerian writer and activist for human rights Ken Saro-Wiwa was executed by the military government of his country, despite an international campaign to support him.

2007 : Why don't you just shut up?


On November 10, 2007, during the Spanish-American summit in Santiago, Chile, while the speech of Spanish Prime Minister Zapatero was constantly interrupted by Hugo Chavez, King Juan Carlos told Venezuelan President a phrase that became cult in the Hispanic countries but caused some problems in relations between Spain and some Latin American countries: ¿Por que no te callas? (Why don't you just shut up?).

Cita del día : 10 Noviembre

Arthur Rimbaud
I dread the winter because it's the season of comfort!

Cumpleaños : 10 Noviembre

Martin Luther, Teólogo alemán (1483)
Ninon de l'Enclos, Escritora francesa (1620)
François Couperin, Compositor francés (1668)
Friedrich Schiller, Escritor alemán (1759)
Andrei Tupolev, Pionero de la aviación sovietico (1888)
Claude Rains, Actor inglés (1889)
Ernst Otto Fischer, Químico alemán, Premio Nobel (1918)
Mikhail Kalashnikov, Inventor ruso (AK-47) (1919)
François Périer, Actor francés (1919)
Jennifer Holt, Actriz americana (1920)
Maurice Clavel, Escritor francés (1920)
Richard Burton, Actor galés (1925)
Ennio Morricone, Compositor italiano (1928)
Roy Scheider, Actor americano (1932)
Ronald Evans, Astronauta americano (1933)
Claude Serre, Dibujante francés (1938)
Tim Rice, Letrista inglés (1944)
Bachir Gemayel, Político libanés (1947)
Jack Scalia, Actor americano (1950)
Roland Emmerich, Director de cine alemán (1955)
Bruno Peyron, Navegante francés (1955)
Vanessa Angel, Actriz inglesa (1966)
Ellen Pompeo, Actriz americana (1969)
Warren G, Rapper americano (1970)
Brittany Murphy, Actriz americana (1977)
Drew McConnell, Músico irlandés (Babyshambles) (1978)
Ilias Iliadis, Judoka griego (1986)
Josh Peck, Actor americano (1986)

Nos han dejado un 10 Noviembre

Arthur Rimbaud, Poeta francés (1891)
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Político turco (1938)
Abel Gance, Director de cine francés (1981)
Leonid Brezhnev, Secretario General del Partido Comunista de la Unión Soviética (1982)
Chuck Connors, Actor americano (1992)
Jacques Chaban-Delmas, Político francés (2000)
Jack Palance, Actor americano (2006)
Laraine Day, Actriz americana (2007)
Dino De Laurentiis, Productor italiano (2010)
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