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November 10

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Battle of Varna

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1483

Martin Luther

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Famous births9

1483 · 542 yrs

Martin Luther

Martin Luther ( LOO-thər; German:; 10 November 1483 – 18 February 1546) was a German priest, theologian, author, hymnwriter, professor, and former Augustinian friar. Luther was the seminal figure of the Protestant Reformation, and his theological beliefs form the basis of Lutheranism.

ReligionWould be 542

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1697 · 328 yrs

William Hogarth

William Hogarth (10 November 1697 – 26 October 1764) was an English painter, engraver, cartoonist, and satirist.

ArtWould be 328

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1728 · 297 yrs

Oliver Goldsmith

Oliver Goldsmith (10 November 1728 – 4 April 1774) was an Anglo-Irish poet, novelist, playwright, and hack writer. He produced literary works in a variety of genres and is considered one of the most versatile writers of the Georgian era.

LiteratureWould be 297

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1759 · 266 yrs

Friedrich Schiller

Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (German:, short:; 10 November 1759 – 9 May 1805) was a German playwright, poet, philosopher and historian. Schiller is considered to be one of Germany's most important classical playwrights.

LiteratureWould be 266

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1919 · 106 yrs

Mikhail Kalashnikov

Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov (10 November 1919 – 23 December 2013) was a Soviet and Russian lieutenant general, inventor, military engineer, writer, and small arms designer.

ArtWould be 106

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1925 · 100 yrs

Richard Burton

Richard Walter Burton (born Richard Walter Jenkins Jr.; 10 November 1925 – 5 August 1984) was a Welsh actor. Noted for his powerful presence and baritone voice, Burton had an expansive film and stage career.

FilmWould be 100

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1928 · 97 yrs

Ennio Morricone

Ennio Morricone (10 November 1928 – 6 July 2020) was an Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, trumpeter, and pianist who wrote music in a wide range of styles.

MusicWould be 97

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1960 · 65 yrs

Neil Gaiman

Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman (born Neil Richard Gaiman; 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, audio theatre, and screenplays.

LiteratureAge 65

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1989 · 36 yrs

Taron Egerton

Taron Egerton ( EJ-ər-tən; born 10 November 1989) is a Welsh actor, singer, and producer.

FilmAge 36

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Famous deaths6

1549 · 476 yrs

Paul III

Pope Paul III (Latin: Paulus III; Italian: Paolo III; born Alessandro Farnese; 29 February 1468 – 10 November 1549) was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 13 October 1534 to his death, in November 1549.

ReligionWould be 558

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1891 · 134 yrs

Arthur Rimbaud

Jean Nicolas Arthur Rimbaud (UK:, US:; French:; 20 October 1854 – 10 November 1891) was a French poet known for his transgressive and surreal themes and for his influence on modern literature and arts, prefiguring surrealism.

LiteratureWould be 171

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1938 · 87 yrs

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk

Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (c. 1881 – 10 November 1938) was a Turkish field marshal and statesman who was the founder of the Republic of Turkey and served as its first president from 1923 until his death in 1938.

PoliticsWould be 145

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1982 · 43 yrs

Leonid Brezhnev

Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev (19 December 1906 – 10 November 1982) was a Soviet politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1964 until his death in 1982.

MilitaryWould be 119

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2007 · 18 yrs

Norman Mailer

Nachem Malech Mailer (January 31, 1923 – November 10, 2007), known by his pen name Norman Kingsley Mailer, was an American writer, journalist, and filmmaker. In a career spanning more than six decades, Mailer had 11 best-selling books, at least one in each of the seven decades after World War II.

LiteratureWould be 103

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2015 · 10 yrs

Helmut Schmidt

Helmut Heinrich Waldemar Schmidt (German:; 23 December 1918 – 10 November 2015) was a German politician and member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), who served as the chancellor of West Germany from 1974 to 1982.

PoliticsWould be 107

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Events1

1444 · 581 yrs

Battle of Varna

The Battle of Varna took place on 10 November 1444 near Varna in what is today eastern Bulgaria.

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