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What happened in history on this day: November 10?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On November 10 in ...
- 1981 - Panasonic introduces The Link handheld computer, the size of a small book, with a keyboard but no display. It can be hooked up to a television or to a host computer via a telephone dial-up connection. Price is US$500-600.
- 1983 - At the Helmsley Palace Hotel in New York City, Microsoft formally announces Microsoft Windows for the IBM PC. This is the most elaborate product introduction in industry history. Windows is promised for release in April, 1984. Bill Gates predicts that by the end of 1984, Windows would be used on over 90% of all IBM compatible PCs.
- 1997 - Apple Computer introduces the Power Macintosh G3 computer. It features 233 or 266 MHz PowerPC 750 processor, 66 MHz system bus, 4 GB hard drive, 32 MB SDRAM, 512 kB cache, 24X CD-ROM drive. Price starts at US$1999.
- 1997 - Hitachi announces the SuperH SH-4 200 MHz processor. Performance is reported to be 360 MIPS. Price is US$40 in quantities of 10,000. Volume production is expected for summer 1998.
- 1997 - Hewlett-Packard introduces the HP 360LX handheld computer. It features Windows CE 2.0, 8 MB RAM, 10 MB ROM, Hitachi 60 MHz SH-3 processor, 640x240 pixel grayscale display. Price is US$699.
- 2003 - Apple Computer releases Mac OS X 10.3.1.
- 1931 - Disney completes the Silly Symphony film The Fox Hunt.
- 1933 - The Fox Film Corporation releases the film My Lips Betray to theaters. The first scene shows a portion of the Mickey Mouse film Ye Olden Days on a TV in a car. Disney provided the 10 foot clip for free.
- 1953 - The Buena Vista Distribution Company releases Disney's True-Life Adventures feature film The Living Desert to theaters. It cost under US$300,000 to make. It is the first film distributed by Disney's own distribution company.
- 1953 - The Buena Vista Distribution Company releases the animated film Toot, Whistle, Plunk, and Boom to theaters in the US. It is the first animated film filmed in CinemaScope.
- 1953 - The Buena Vista Distribution Company releases the special animated featurette film Ben and Me to theaters.
- 1954 - The ABC TV network airs the Disneyland TV show, featuring the films Prairie, and Seal Island.
- 1959 - Disney releases the stop-motion animated short film Noah's Ark to theaters.
- 1959 - Buena Vista releases Disney's live-action feature film Third Man on the Mountain in theaters in the US. The film is based on the book Banner in the Sky by James Ramsey Ullman.
- 1981 - Walt Disney Productions and Westinghouse Broadcasting announce an agreement to produce a family-oriented cable television service.
- 1990 - Disney pre-releases the Walt Disney Pictures animated feature film The Rescuers Down Under to selected theaters.
- 1991 - The Disney Afternoon Avenue exhibit area in Disneyland closes.
- 1991 - The Rescue Rangers Raceway at Disneyland is renamed back to Fantasyland Autopia.
- 1991 - The Motor Boat Cruise to Gummi Glen at Disneyland is renamed back to Motor Boat Cruise.
- 1993 - The Green Thumb Emporium shop opens in The Land in Epcot Center.
- 1993 - The Washington Post newspaper publishes two large reports about the proposed, but not yet announced, Disney theme park in Virginia.
- 1993 - Euro Disney SCA reports a first-year loss of 5.3 billion French francs (US$901 million).
- 1996 - The ASIFA-Hollywood chapter of the International Animated Film Society holds its Annie Awards ceremony. Disney's Toy Story film wins all nine categories in which it is nominated.
- 2000 - The Disney Channel premieres the film Phantom of the Megaplex.
- 2007 - The Disney Channel begins airing the British puppet TV series Bunnytown.
- 2009 - Disney releases the film Up on DVD and Blu-ray in the US. Included is the short film Dug's Special Mission.
- 2009 - The Disney Cruise Line begins accepting bookings for the Disney Dream cruise line.
- 2011 - The Cheshire Café opens in Fantasyland in the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World. Formerly Enchanted Grove.
- 1959 - The Corvette assembly line shuts down die to a shortage of metal parts caused by a steel workers strike.
- 1970 - General Motors signs a deal with holders of the Wankel patents for US$50 million.
- 2001 - In Chicago, Illinois, the 20th annual Fall Chevy Vettefest is held, over two days.
- 2002 - At the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, Round 10 of the Grand American Rolex Sports Car Series is held.
- Finishing 1st in AGT class and 7th overall is the Morgan Dollar Motorsports #46 Corvette, driven by Rob Morgan and Charles Morgan.
- Finishing 3rd in AGT class and 14th overall is the Derhaag Motorsports #40 Corvette, driven by Simon Gregg, Randy Ruhlman, and Justin Bell.
- Finishing 4th in AGT class and 22nd overall is the Xtreme Racing Group #60 Corvette, driven by Anthony Puleo and Mark Kennedy.
- Finishing 5th in AGT class and 23rd overall is the Dick Greer Racing - Wendy's #82 Corvette, driven by Dick Greer and Terry Lingner.
- In 9th place in AGT class and 36th overall, but not finishing the race, is the LG Motorsports #25 Corvette, driven by Lou Gigliotti, Douglas Peterson, and Tom Nastasi.
- In 10th place in AGT class and 37th overall, but not finishing the race, is the ACP Motorsports #19 Corvette, driven by Kerry Hitt, Doug Mills, and Owen Trinkler.
- 2002 - At the Road Atlanta raceway, the Touring Challenge for Corvettes holds its last race of the season.
- 1938 - Adolf Hitler makes a long speech to several hundred German newspaper editors and publishers in Berlin. He instructs the press to prepare the public for further moves of expansion. He tells them that Germany has the world's largest single group of any race: 80 million, that Germany was the greatest of Empires, became a small power, but now is in a period of regeneration.
- 1943 - (evening) British Bomber Command attacks the Mount Cenis railway tunnel.
- 1944 - British Prime Minster Winston Churchill first publicly admits to the V-2 rocket threat in England.
- 1947 - France issues a postage stamp to depicting captured patriot resistance during the war.
- 1980 - France issues a postage stamp marking the 40th anniversary of Charles de Gaulle's appeal to the French people.
- 1989 - Canada issues four postage stamps depicting Canada's contribution to World War II in 1939.
- 1992 - Canada issues four postage stamps depicting Canada's contribution to World War II in 1942.
- 1981 - Twin Galaxies arcade opens in Ottumwa, Iowa, USA, run by Walter Day.
- 1983 - Activision lays off many of its staff, due to the decrease in demand for home video game machines and cartridges.
- 1994 - Sega releases the Sonic the Hedgehog Triple Trouble video game for the Game Gear in the US.
- 1998 - Guernsey issues a 17-pence postage stamp depicting a video game machine, probably a Sony PlayStation.
- 1999 - Warner Bros. releases the film Pokémon: The First Movie to theaters.
- 2003 - Nintendo releases the Mario Party 5 video game for the GameCube in the US.
- 2009 - Activision Blizzard releases the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 videogame for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the USA and UK.
- 2009 - Microsoft bans about 600,000 Xbox Live users worldwide for operating modified Xbox 360 consoles.
- 2020 - Microsoft releases the Xbox Series X video game system. Price is US$500.
- 1520 - A banquet is held for King Kristian in Stockholm.
- 1981 - United Brands Company announces it is negotiating the sale of A & W Restaurants to Taubman Investment Company, likely to be completed by the end of the month. United Brands will retain A & W trademarks and continue to own A & W Beverages.
- 1910 - James Bonar writes to the Deputy Master of the Royal Mint requesting preparation and transmission of matrices and punches for various coins, including the $1 silver, and $2.50, $5, $10, and $20 gold.
- 2008 - The US Mint officially launches the 2008 Hawaii quarter dollar in Honolulu. This is the last coin of the 50 State Quarters Program.
- 1940 - Pittsburgh and Philadelphia play a penalty-free NFL game.
- 1945 - College football's #1 Army beats #2 Notre Dame 48-0.
- 1957 - NFL record crowd (102,368), San Francisco 49ers versus Los Angeles Rams in Los Angeles, California.
- 1963 - Gordie Howe takes over NHL career goal lead at 545.
- 1974 - Second meeting of San Francisco Giants-New York Jets, Jets even series at one with 26-20 overtime win.
- 1974 - Montreal Canadiens shutout Washington Capitals 11-0.
- 1977 - Major Indoor Soccer League officially organized (New York City).
- 1978 - New York Yankees trade Lyle, Rajsich, McCall, Heath and Ramos to Texas Rangers for Righetti, Mirabella, Beniquez, Jemison and Griffin.
- 1984 - Miami Hurricanes blow 31-0 lead in third quarter, lose to Maryland Terrapins 42-40.
- 1988 - Major League Baseball All-Star team beats Japan 3-1 in Tokyo (Game 5 of 7).
- 1988 - Orel Hershiser wins National League Cy Young award unanimously.
- 1991 - Marty Glickman broadcasts his 1,000th football game.
- 2021 - At Gila River Arena in Glendale, Arizona, USA, NHL regular season game: Minnesota Wild beats Arizona Coyotes by score 5-2.
- 2021 - At American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas, USA, NHL regular season game: Nashville Predators beats Dallas Stars by score 4-2.
- 2021 - At Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, NHL regular season game: Toronto Maple Leafs beats Philadelphia Flyers by score 3-0.
- 1954 - Lieutenant Colonel John Strapp travels 632mph in a rocket sled.
- 1968 - Launch of Zond 6, second unmanned circumlunar and return flight.
- 1970 - Luna 17, with unmanned self-propelled Lunokhod 1, is launched.
- 1975 - Ore ship Edmund Fitzgerald and crew of 29 lost in storm on Lake Superior.
- 2001 - Heavy rains and mudslides in Algeria kill more than 900 people.
- 1775 - The Continental Congress establishes the Continental Marines.
- 1801 - Kentucky outlaws dueling.
- 1836 - Louis Napoleon is banished to America.
- 1865 - Henry Wirzm, Confederate prison superintendant, is executed for excessive cruelty.
- 1876 - The 1876 Centennial International Exposition closes in Philadelphia. Almost 10 million visitors attended.
- 1885 - The North, Central, and South American Exposition opens in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
- 1891 - First Woman's Christian Temperance Union meeting held (in Boston).
- 1898 - Race riot in Wilmington, North Carolina (8 blacks killed).
- 1917 - 41 suffragists are arrested in front of the White House.
- 1919 - First observance of National Book Week.
- 1919 - American Legion holds its first national convention (Minneapolis, Minnesota).
- 1954 - Iwo Jima Memorial (servicemen raising US flag) dedicated in Arlington.
- 1954 - Lieutenant Colonel John Strapp travels 632mph in a rocket sled.
- 1969 - National Educational Television in the USA debuts children's educational TV show Sesame Street.
- 1970 - General Motors signs a deal with holders of the Wankel patents for US$50 million.
- 1971 - The US Mint releases Eisenhower copper-nickel dollar coins to circulation.
- 1973 - The central banks of USA, Belgium, Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom abandon their 5-year agreement to not trade gold on the open market.
- 1976 - Utah Supreme Court authorizes execution of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore.
- 1981 - Walt Disney Productions and Westinghouse Broadcasting announce an agreement to produce a family-oriented cable television service.
- 1983 - At the Helmsley Palace Hotel in New York City, Microsoft formally announces Microsoft Windows for the IBM PC. This is the most elaborate product introduction in industry history. Windows is promised for release in April, 1984. Bill Gates predicts that by the end of 1984, Windows would be used on over 90 percent of all IBM compatible PCs.
- 1997 - Telecom companies WorldCom and MCI Communications announce a US$37 billion merger to form MCI WorldCom (the largest merger in US history).
- 1997 - A Fairfax, Virginia jury finds Mir Aimal Kasi guilty of murdering two US Central Intelligence Agency employees in 1993.
- 2008 - The US government restructures its bailout of insurance company American International Group, raising the package to a record US$150 billion.
- 2008 - Circuit City Stores, second-largest U.S. consumer electronics retailer, files for bankruptcy protection.
- 2008 - DHL, overnight-delivery company, announces it will shut down its express-delivery service in the USA.
Other history:
- 1918 - Independence of Poland proclaimed by Jozef Pilsudski.
- 1928 - Hirohito enthroned as Emperor of Japan.
- 1989 - Germans begin punching holes in the Berlin Wall.
- 2001 - Australian Prime Minister John Howard is elected to a third term.
- 2008 - The US government restructures its bailout of insurance company American International Group, raising the package to a record US$150 billion.
- 2008 - Circuit City Stores, second-largest U.S. consumer electronics retailer, files for bankruptcy protection.
- 2008 - DHL, overnight-delivery company, announces it will shut down its express-delivery service in the USA.
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