This day in #history 1011
November 10th
619 – René Descartes has the dreams that inspire
his Meditations on First Philosophy.
1630 – Failed palace revolution in France against
Richelieu
1834 – HMS Beagle/ Charles Darwin sails from Valparaiso 1836 – Louis Napoleon banished to America
1911 – Chinese Imperial army recaptures Nanking
(blood bath)
1920 – George Bernard Shaw’ s “Heartbreak House,” premieres in NYC
1938 – Nobel for literature awarded to Pearl Buck
(Good Earth )
1942 – US troops occupy airport of Port- Lyautey ,
Morocco
1942 – US – British troops occupies Oran, Algeria
1950 – Nobel for literature awarded to William
Faulkner
1952 – Trygve Halvdan Lie resigns as 1st secretary- genraal of UN
1975 – UN General Assembly approves resolution equating Zionism with racism
1986 – Bangladeshi Constitution restored
1989 – Bulgarian party president Todor Zjikov
resigns
1989 – Germans begin demolishing Berlin Wall
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