SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2012

Today is Saturday, November 10, the 315

th

day of 2012. There are 51 days left in the year.

1674 ― Dutch formally cede New Netherlands (N.Y.) to English

1871 ― Stanley presumes to meet Livingston in Ujiji, Central Africa

1928 ― Hirohito enthroned as emperor of Japan

1951 ― First long-distance telephone call without operator assistance

1969 ― "Sesame Street" premieres on PBS TV

1971 ― U.S. table tennis team arrived in China

1975 ― U.N. General Assembly approves resolution equating Zionism with racism

1980 ― Dan Rather refuses to pay his cabbie, CBS pays the $12.55 fare

1989 ― Germans begin punching holes in the Berlin Wall

2084 ― Transit of Earth as seen from Mars