On This Day November 10th

 OTD

November 10th is the three hundredth thirteenth day of the year, and there are 51 days remaining until the end of the year.

 

Events

 1702 – English colonists under the command of James Moore besiege Spanish St. Augustine during Queen Anne's War.

1775 – Samuel Nicholas founded the United States Marine Corps at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia.

1847 – The passenger ship Stephen Whitney is wrecked in thick fog off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 92 of the 110 on board. The disaster resulted in the construction of the Fastnet Rock lighthouse.

1865 – Major Henry Wirz, the superintendent of a prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia, is hanged, becoming one of only three American Civil War soldiers executed for war crimes.

1871 – Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, famously greeting him with the words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?".

1918 – The Western Union Cable Office in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, receives a top-secret coded message from Europe (that would be sent to Ottawa and Washington, D.C.) that said on November 11, 1918, all fighting would cease on land and sea and in the air.

1951 – With the rollout of the North American Numbering Plan, direct-dial coast-to-coast telephone service began in the United States.

1958 – New York diamond merchant Harry Winston donated the Hope Diamond to the Smithsonian Institution.

1975 – The 729-foot-long freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinks during a storm on Lake Superior, killing all 29 crew on board.

2006 – The National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia, is opened and dedicated by U.S. President George W. Bush, who announces that Marine Corporal Jason Dunham will posthumously receive the Medal of Honor.

 

Birthdays

1483 – Martin Luther, German monk and priest, leader of the Protestant Reformation (d. 1546)

1735 – Granville Sharp, the English activist and scholar, co-founded the Sierra Leone Company (d. 1813)

1810 – George Jennings, the English plumber and engineer, invented the flush toilet (d. 1882)

1871 – Winston Churchill, American author and painter (d. 1965)

1886 – Edward Joseph Collins, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1951)

1909 – Johnny Marks, American composer and songwriter (d. 1985)

1919 – Michael Strank, American sergeant and flag raiser at the Battle of Iwo Jima (d. 1945)

1929 – W. E. B. Griffin, American soldier and author (d. 2019)

1944 – Tim Rice, English lyricist and author

1959 – Mackenzie Phillips, American actress

1968 – Tracy Morgan, American comedian and actor

1992 – Teddy Bridgewater, American football player

Holiday Highlight

Marine Corps Birthday

The Continental Marines were formed on November 10, 1775, just eight months before the Declaration of Independence, following the passage of the Continental Marine Act. Their primary role was to support the newly established Continental Navy by intercepting ammunition shipments from Britain. Led by Commandant Samuel Nicholas, the Corps grew to over 2,100 servicemen, in contrast to the Continental Army's peak of about 80,000 troops. Though a planned attack on Nova Scotia did not occur, the Marines continued to serve throughout the Revolutionary War.

After the war, the Continental Marines were disbanded, and the Naval Service fell into neglect until Congress reestablished it in 1794. As the need for naval power grew, the Marines operated under the Navy and, in 1798, were made a separate branch of service. The Marine Corps was officially founded on July 11, 1798.

The Marine Corps birthday was recognized in 1921 when Major Edwin North McClellan proposed celebrating it on November 10. In the 1950s, standard celebrations were established, encouraging Marines to honor this anniversary with greater significance.

 

Holidays And Observance

Accounting Day  

American Frog Day

Area Code Day

Forget-Me-Not-Day

International Accounting Day

National Vanilla Cupcake Day

Orphan Sunday  

Sesame Street Day

US Marine Corps Birthday (USMC)

Windows Day (Microsoft)

World Keratoconus Day 

World Science Day for Peace and Development 

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