Today in History - History - November 10th

1991Martina Navratilova ties Chris Evert, 157 pro tennis tournament wins

1926Bradman plays his 1st State selection trial He only made 37

1940Walt Disney begins serving as an informer for the Los Angeles office of the FBI; his job is to report back information on Hollywood subversives.

1950Nobel for literature awarded to William Faulkner

2012The final US presidential election results are declared after Barack Obama wins Florida to defeate Mitt Romney 332-206 in Electoral College votes

1834HMS Beagle/Charles Darwin sails from Valparaiso

2010Alan Menken, famous Disney composer, receives the 2,442nd star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

1911Andrew Carnegie forms Carnegie Corporation (for scholarly & charitable works)

1926Vincent Massey becomes 1st Canadian minister to USA

1963Gordie Howe takes over NHL career goal lead at 545

1944Tim Rice, Amersham, England, lyricist (Chess Moves, 1 Night in Bangkok)

1845John Thompson, Halifax Nova Scotia, (C) 4th PM of Canada (1892-94)

1483Martin Luther, Eisleben Germany, founded Protestantism, (d.1546)

1907Jane Froman, St Louis Mo, singer (Jane Froman's USA Canteen), (d. 1980)

1963Actress Doris Roberts (33) weds novelist William Goyen (48)

1973Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully (45) weds Sandra Hunt

1891Arthur Rimbaud, French poet/arms merchant (Saison en Enfer), dies of a bone cancer at 37

2007Norman Mailer, American novelist, dies at 84