WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2021

1674-Dutch formally cede New Netherlands (NY) to English

1775-U.S. Marine Corps established by Congress

1801-Kentucky outlaws dueling

1808-Osage Treaty signed

1836-Louis Napoleon banished to America

1891-First Woman's Christian Temperance Union meeting held (in Boston)

1928-Hirohito enthroned as Emperor of Japan

1945-General Enver Hoxha becomes leader of Albania

1970-Luna 17, with unmanned self-propelled Lunokhod 1, is launched

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

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

1977-Major Indoor Soccer League officially organized (NYC)

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

1984-Miami Hurricanes blows 31-0 lead in 3rd quarter lose to MD 42-40

1986 River Rhine (Germany) polluted by chemical spill

1988-China confirms earthquake death toll will rise above current 938

1989-Guerrillas battle with government forces in El Salvador

1989-Germans begin punching holes in the Berlin Wall

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