FRIDAY, Nov. 10, 2023

1919 — First observance of National Book Week

1928 — Hirohito enthroned as Emperor of Japan

1960 — Senate passes landmark Civil Rights Bill

1969 — "Sesame Street" premieres on PBS TV

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

1975 — PLO leader Yasser Arafat addresses U.N. in NYC

1978 — Israel's top negotiators broke away from Middle East peace talks

1986 — River Rhine (Germany) polluted by chemical spill

1988 — Orel Hershiser wins NL Cy Young award unanimously

1989 — Guerrillas battle with government forces in El Salvador

1989 — Germans begin punching holes in the Berlin Wall

1989 — Word Perfect 5.1 is shipped

1990 — Lebanon releases 2 French hostages (Camille Sontag & Marcel Coudari)