November 10

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2006 Calendar

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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 - Paweł 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)
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
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
1976 - Steffen Iversen, Norwegian footballer
1976 - Shefki Kuqi, Finnish footballer
1977 - Brittany Murphy, American actress
1978 - Eve, American rapper (Sunil)
1985 - Ricki-Lee Coulter, Australian singer
1985 - Giovonnie Samuels, American television actress