November 10, storm sends freighter to the bottom of Lake Superior
Today is Monday, November 10, the 314th day of the year 2025. There are 51 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On November 10, 1975, the Great Lakes freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank during a severe storm on Lake Superior, costing the lives of all 29 crew members.
Also on this date:
In 1775, the United States Marines were organized under the authority of the Continental Congress.
In 1898, a mob of up to 2,000 white supremacists killed dozens of African Americans in Wilmington, North Carolina, burned down 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, the United States Marine Corps Memorial, depicting the raising of the American flag on Iwo Jima in 1945, was dedicated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in Arlington, Virginia.
In 1969, the children’s educational program “Sesame Street” debuted on national educational television (now PBS).
In 2019, Bolivia’s first indigenous president, Evo Morales, resigned after weeks of public protests in response to allegations of fraud in that year’s general election.
In 2021, Kyle Rittenhouse took the stand at his murder trial, testifying that he was under attack and acting in self-defense when he fatally shot two men and injured a third during a turbulent night of street protests in Kenosha, Wisconsin. (He would be acquitted of all charges.)
In 2024, a shooting during homecoming weekend at Tuskegee University in Alabama left one person dead and 16 others injured, including a dozen by gunfire.
Today’s birthdays:
- Lyricist Tim Rice is 81 years old.
- Country singer Donna Fargo is 80 years old.
- Director Roland Emmerich is 70 years old.
- Actor-comedian Sinbad is 69 years old.
- Actor Mackenzie Phillips is 66 years old.
- Author Neil Gaiman (GAY’-mihn) is 65 years old.
- Actor Hugh Bonneville is 62 years old.
- Actor-comedian Tommy Davidson is 62 years old.
- Mike Powell, long jump world record holder, is 62 years old.
- Country singer Chris Cagle is 57 years old.
- Actress and comedian Tracy Morgan is 57 years old.
- Actress Ellen Pompeo is 56 years old.
- Rapper-producer Warren G is 55 years old.
- Actor Walton Goggins is 54 years old.
- Football Hall of Famer Isaac Bruce is 53 years old.
- Rapper-actor Eve is 47 years old.
- Country singer Miranda Lambert is 42 years old.
- Actor Josh Peck is 39 years old.
- Actor Taron Egerton is 36 years old.
- Golfer Jon Rahm is 31 years old.
- Actor Kiernan Shipka is 26 years old.
- Olympic gold medalist pole vaulter Armand Duplantis is 26 years old.
- Actor Mackenzie Foy is 25 years old.
