Famous people born on November 10 — and what else happened that day
If your birthday is November 10, you share it with Martin Luther, Richard Burton, Miranda Lambert — and you were born under Scorpio, the sign of the intense, determined, and impossible to ignore.
Birthday basics for November 10
Scorpio ♏
Zodiac sign
Topaz
Birthstone
Chrysanthemum
Birth flower
314th
Day of the year
November 10 is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years), with 51 days still to come.
Famous people born on November 10
Martin Luther — German theologian who sparked the Protestant Reformation (born 1483).
Richard Burton — Welsh stage and screen actor (born 1925).
Miranda Lambert — American country music singer-songwriter (born 1983).
Also sharing the day:
Friedrich Schiller (b. 1759) — German poet and playwright whose "Ode to Joy" was set to music in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
Ennio Morricone (b. 1928) — Italian composer of more than 400 film scores, including The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
Neil Gaiman (b. 1960) — British author of fantasy favorites such as Coraline and American Gods.
November 10 in history
1775 — The United States Marine Corps was founded, a date Marines still celebrate every year.
1871 — Journalist Henry Stanley found the long-lost explorer David Livingstone in Africa, famously asking, 'Dr. Livingstone, I presume?'
1969 — Sesame Street made its television debut, introducing the world to Big Bird and friends.
1951 — The first customer-dialed coast-to-coast telephone call in the United States was made, from New Jersey to California.
1958 — Jeweler Harry Winston donated the famous Hope Diamond to the Smithsonian Institution.
1975 — The freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank in a Lake Superior storm, later memorialized in a famous Gordon Lightfoot ballad.
November 10 birthday questions
What zodiac sign is November 10?
Anyone born on November 10 is a Scorpio — intense, determined, and impossible to ignore.
What is the birthstone for November 10?
The birthstone for a November 10 birthday is Topaz, and the birth flower is the Chrysanthemum.
Who is the most famous person born on November 10?
Martin Luther is among the best known — German theologian who sparked the Protestant Reformation (born 1483).
What happened on November 10?
In 1775, The United States Marine Corps was founded, a date Marines still celebrate every year.
What day of the year is November 10?
November 10 is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years), with 51 days still to come.
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