Today is Sunday, November 10, the 315th day of 2024. There are 51 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On November 10, 1969, the children’s educational program “Sesame Street” debuts on National Educational Television (now PBS).
Also on this date:
In 1775, the U.S. Marines were organized under the authority of the Continental Congress.
In 1898, in Wilmington, North Carolina, a mob of up to 2,000 white supremacists killed dozens of African-Americans, burned black-owned businesses and forced the mayor, police chief and aldermen to resign at gunpoint before installing their own mayor and city council in what became known as the “Wilmington Coup.”
In 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower dedicated the U.S. Marine Corps Memorial in Arlington, Virginia, depicting the raising of the American flag on Iwo Jima in 1945.
In 1975, the Great Lakes freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank after being caught in a severe storm on Lake Superior; all 29 crew members were lost.
In 2019, Bolivian President Evo Morales resigned after weeks of public protests in response to alleged electoral fraud in Bolivia’s general election held the previous month.
In 2021, Kyle Rittenhouse took the stand in his murder trial, testifying that he was under attack and acted in self-defense when he shot and killed two men and wounded a third during a turbulent night of street protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin. (He would be acquitted of all charges).
Today’s Birthday:
- Lyricist Tim Rice turns 80 years old.
- Country singer Donna Fargo turns 79.
- Film director Roland Emmerich turns 69.
- Actor and comedian Sinbad turns 68.
- Actress Mackenzie Phillips turns 65.
- Writer Neil Gaiman (GAY’-mihn) turns 64.
- Actor Hugh Bonneville turns 61.
- Actor and comedian Tommy Davidson turns 61.
- Long jump world record holder Mike Powell turns 61.
- Country singer Chris Cagle is 56.
- Actor and comedian Tracy Morgan turns 56.
- Actress Ellen Pompeo is 55 years old.
- Rapper and producer Warren G is 54.
- Actor Walton Goggins is 53 years old.
- Isaac Bruce, a member of the American Football Hall of Fame, turns 52.
- Rapper and actress Eve is 46.
- Country singer Miranda Lambert is 41 years old.
- Actor Josh Peck is 38 years old.
- Actor Taron Egerton is 35 years old.
- Golfer Jon Rahm is 30 years old.
- Actress Kiernan Shipka is 25 years old.
- Olympic gold medal pole vaulter Armand Duplantis turns 25.
- Actress Mackenzie Foy is 24 years old.