History for November 10 - On-This-Day.com
Martin Luther 1483 - German friar, Catholic priest, leader of the Protestant Reformation, Claude Rains 1889 - Actor, Richard Burton 1925 - Actor
Roy Scheider 1932 - Actor ("Jaws"), Tim Rice 1944 - Lyricist, Donna Fargo 1949 - Singer, songwriter
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.
1980 - CBS News anchor Dan Rather claimed he had been kidnapped in a cab. It turned out that Rather had refused to pay the cab fare.
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