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