What happened on November 10 ?

745 - Musa al-Kazim, Shia Imam (d. 799)

1341 - Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English statesman (d. 1408)

1433 - Charles, Duke of Burgundy (d. 1477)

1483 - Martin Luther, German protestant reformer (d. 1546)

1565 - Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish theologian and astronomer (d. 1646)

1566 - Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, English politician (d. 1601)

1577 - Jacob Cats, Dutch poet, jurist and politician (d. 1660)

1668 - Louis III, Prince of Condé (d. 1710)

1668 - François Couperin, French composer (d. 1733)

1683 - George II of Great Britain (d. 1760)

1695 - John Bevis, English physician and astronomer (d. 1771)

1697 - William Hogarth, English artist (d. 1764)

1710 - Adam Gottlob Moltke, Danish statesman (d. 1792)

1728 - Oliver Goldsmith, English playwright (d. 1774)

1759 - Friedrich von Schiller, German writer (d. 1805)

1801 - Samuel Gridley Howe, American social reformer (d. 1876)

1801 - Vladimir Dal, Russian lexicographer (d. 1872)

1845 - Sir John Sparrow David Thompson, fourth Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1894)

1850 - Arthur Goring Thomas, English composer

1868 - Gichin Funakoshi, Father of Japanese Shotokan Karatedo (d. 1957)

1871 - Winston Churchill, American novelist (d. 1947)

1879 - Vachel Lindsay, American poet (d. 1931)

1880 - Jacob Epstein, American-born sculptor (d. 1959)

1887 - Arnold Zweig, German author (d. 1968)

1888 - Andrei Tupolev, Russian aircraft designer (d. 1972)

1889 - Claude Rains, English actor (d. 1967)

1893 - John P. Marquand, American writer (d. 1960)

1896 - Jimmy Dykes, baseball player and manager (d. 1976)

1907 - Jane Froman, American actor and singer (d. 1980)

1909 - Pawe? Jasienica, Polish historian (d. 1970)

1912 - Birdie Tebbetts, baseball player and manager (d. 1999)

1918 - Ernst Otto Fischer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate

1919 - Mikhail Timofeevich Kalashnikov, Russian inventor

1919 - Moise Tshombe, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (d. 1969)

1920 - Rafael del Pino, one of the wealthiest men in the world

1925 - Richard Burton, Welsh actor (d. 1984)

1928 - Ennio Morricone, Italian composer

1932 - Roy Scheider, American actor

1935 - Igor Dmitrievich Novikov, Russian astrophisicist

1940 - Russell Means, American activist

1940 - Screaming Lord Sutch, English musician

1942 - Robert F. Engle, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate

1942 - Hans-Rudolf Merz, Swiss Federal Councilor

1944 - Silvestre Reyes, American politician

1944 - Sir Tim Rice, English lyricist

1947 - Greg Lake, British musician

1947 - Glen Buxton, American guitarist (Alice Cooper) (d. 1997)

1949 - Ann Reinking, American actress, dancer, and choreographer

1952 - Gerry DiNardo, Former American football player and head coach

1956 - Sinbad, American actor and comedian

1958 - Massimo Morsello, Italian singer and activist

1958 - Brooks Williams, American musician

1959 - Linda Cohn, American sports reporter

1959 - Mackenzie Phillips, American actress

1960 - Neil Gaiman, English writer

1964 - Kenny Rogers, baseball player

1965 - Eddie Irvine, Northern Irish racecar driver

1969 - Jens Lehmann, German footballer

1969 - Faustino Asprilla, Colombian footballer

1970 - Warren G, American rapper

1972 - Shawn Green, baseball player

1973 - Patrik Berger, Czech footballer

1975 - Jim Adkins, American musician

1976 - Steffen Iversen, Norwegian footballer

1976 - Shefki Kuqi, Finnish footballer

1977 - Brittany Murphy, American actress

1978 - Eve, American rapper (Sunil)

1978 - Kyla Cole Slovak glamour model and pornstar.

1983 - Miranda Lambert, American singer

1985 - Giovonnie Samuels, American television actress

1987 - Mason Aguirre, American snowboarder