November 10th

Germans begin demolishing the Berlin Wall.

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial opened in Washington, DC.

The Great Wall of China opened to the world for tourism.

Sesame Street premiered on PBS TV.

The first long distance telephone call without operator assistance took place.

Hirohito was crowned Emperor of Japan.

Western Union Cable Office in North Sydney, Nova Scotia receives a top-secret coded message from Europe stating on November 11, 1918 all fighting would cease on land, sea and in the air.

Windshield wiper patented. The US patent office granted inventor Mary Anderson a patent for automatic windshield wipers - a device that is used to remove or wipe the front and back windshields in automobiles.

Wilmington riots begin. Thought to be one of the only incidents of insurrection against a local government in the United States, the Wilmington Race Riots of 1898 or the Wilmington Massacre of 1898 began after an election voted in a biracial city council. In retaliation, white supremacists overthrew the council, destroyed a lot of property and killed many black people in the city over the course of a few days.

German engineer Gottlieb Daimler unveils the world's first motorcycle.

Journalist and explorer Henry Stanley found the missing David Livingstone in Central Africa and made his famous comment, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?".

US Marine Corps is created. The elite military force capable of operating on land, sea and air was founded in Philadelphia during the American Revolutionary War. A resolution of the Second Continental Congress formed two battalions of Continental Marines that became the forerunners of today's marine corps.

Dutch formally cede New Netherlands (New York) to the English.

René Descartes has the dream that inspire his "Meditations on First Philosophy".