- 1775 - The U.S. Marines were organized under authority of the Continental Congress...This day is observed as the birth date of the United States Marine Corps.
- 1871 - Henry M. Stanley, journalist and explorer, found David Livingstone. Livingstone was a missing Scottish missionary in central Africa. Stanley delivered his famous greeting: "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"
- 1954 - The Iwo Jima Memorial was dedicated in Arlington, VA.
- 1975 - The U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution that equated Zionism with racism. The resolution was repealed in December of 1991.
- 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.
- 1982 - In Washington, DC, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was opened to visitors.
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Tuesday, November 10, 2020
History for November 10
History for November 10 - On-This-Day.comOliver Goldsmith 1728 - Novelist, playwright, poet
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