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November 10: US Marine Corps founded, Iwo Jima war memorial dedicated at Arlington
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Births:
- 1483: Martin Luther, German Protestant reformer
- 1924: Russell Johnson, American actor, known for his role as “The Professor” on the television series Gilligan’s Island
- 1925: Richard Burton, Welsh actor
- 1932: Roy Scheider, American actor, known for his role as Police Chief Martin Brody in the film Jaws
- 1933: Ronald Evans, American astronaut
- 1956: Sinbad, American actor
- 1959: Mackenzie Philips, American actress
- 1968: Tracy Morgan, American actor and comedian, cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1996 to 2003
- 1969: Ellen Pompeo, American actress, known for her role as Meredith Grey on the television series Grey’s Anatomy
- 1977: Brittany Murphy, American actress
- 1978: Eve, American recording artist
- 1986: Josh Peck, American actor
Deaths:
- 1938: Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, founder of the Republic of Turkey, first president of Turkey
- 2001: Ken Kesey, American writer, author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
History:
- 1775: The United States Marine Corps is founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 1871: Welsh journalist and explorer Henry M. Stanley finds missing Scottish missionary David Livingstone in central Africa and asks, “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?”
- 1951: Direct-dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the United States.
- 1954: President Dwight D. Eisenhower dedicates the USMC War Memorial (the Iwo Jima memorial) in Arlington National Cemetery.
- 1958: New York diamond merchant Harry Winston donates the Hope Diamond to the Smithsonian Institution.
- 1969: Sesame Street premiers on National Educational Television.
- 1970: An entire week ends with no reports of American fatalities in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War, the first time in five years.
- 1975: The United Nations General Assembly approves a resolution which considers Zionism equal to racism; The ore-hauling ship SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinks during a storm in Lake Superior, killing all 29 crew members on board.
- 1997: WorldCom Inc. and MCI Communications Corp. agree to a $37 billion merger.
- 2004: President George W. Bush nominates Alberto Gonzales to attorney general.
November 10 is the United States Marine Corps birthday ball, a tradition held each year to celebrate the birthday of the U.S. Marine Corps. A ball and a cake-cutting ceremony are held. Today is also Heroes’ Day in Indonesia, commemorating the fighting between Indonesian nationalist militias and British Allied Forces. It is Cry of Independence Day in Panama, the start of the Panamanian independence from Spanish rulers and Day of Remembrance of Ataturk in Turkey, a day to remember Turkey’s first president, Mustafa Ataturk. At 9:05 am on November 10, the exact time of his death, all vehicles and people in the country pause for one minute to remember Ataturk.
