This Day in History - November 10

Looking back at this day in history, earlier in nineteen eighty-five, a Dassault Falcon fifty airplane and a Piper Cherokee airplane collided over Fairview, New Jersey, killing six people and injuring eight. Moving forward to nineteen ninety-five, Nigerian playwright and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other members of a group called the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People were hanged by government forces. In two thousand two, powerful tornadoes swept from northern Ohio to the Gulf Coast during one of the largest November outbreaks on record. Seven years later, in two thousand nine, North and South Korean navy ships clashed near Daecheong Island in the Yellow Sea. More recently, in two thousand twenty, Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a ceasefire agreement that ended the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, but the agreement also led to protests in Armenia. These events remind us that one day can hold stories of danger, conflict, and change.

(UPDATED November 10, 2026 09:01 UTC)

In 1985, two aircraft collided over Fairview, killing six and injuring eight. In 1995, Nigerian authorities hanged Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight others. In 2002, tornadoes struck from northern Ohio to the Gulf Coast. In 2009, North and South Korean ships skirmished near Daecheong Island. In 2020, Armenia and Azerbaijan signed a ceasefire ending their war.