History for November 10 - On-This-Day.com
Martin Luther 1483 - German friar, Catholic priest, leader of the Protestant Reformation, Oliver Goldsmith 1728 - Novelist, playwright, poet, Russell Johnson 1924 - Actor ("Gilligan's Island")
Richard Burton 1925 - Actor, Roy Scheider 1932 - Actor ("Jaws"), Tim Rice 1944 - Lyricist
1775 - The U.S. Marines were organized under authority of the Continental Congress. The Marines went out of existence after the end of the Revolutionary War in April of 1783. The Marine Corps were formally re-established on July 11, 1798. This day is observed as the birth date of the United States Marine Corps.
1975 - The Edmund Fitzgerald, an ore-hauling ship, and its crew of 29 vanished during a storm in Lake Superior.
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