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Gravdigr · 11-10-2016, 11:59 AM

November 10

1580 – After a three-day siege, the English Army beheads over 600 people, including papal soldiers and civilians, at Dún an Óir, Ireland.

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

1775 – The United States Marine Corps is founded at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia by Samuel Nicholas.

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, Dr. 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, sea and in the air.

1944 – The ammunition ship USS Mount Hood explodes at Seeadler Harbour, Manus, Admiralty Islands, killing at least 432 and wounding 371.

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

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

1970 – For the first time in five years, an entire week ends with no reports of American combat fatalities in Southeast Asia.

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

1979 – A 106-car Canadian Pacific freight train carrying explosive and poisonous chemicals from Windsor, Ontario, Canada derails in Mississauga, Ontario, just west of Toronto, causing a massive explosion and the largest peacetime evacuation in Canadian history and one of the largest in North American history.

1983 – Bill Gates introduces Windows 1.0.

1989 – Germans begin to tear down the Berlin Wall.

1997 – WorldCom and MCI Communications announce a $37 billion merger (the largest merger in US history at the time).

2002 – Veteran's Day Weekend Tornado Outbreak: A tornado outbreak stretching from Northern Ohio to the Gulf Coast, one of the largest outbreaks recorded in November. The strongest tornado, an F4, hits Van Wert, Ohio, during the early to mid afternoon and destroys a movie theater, which had been evacuated.

2006 – The National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia is opened and dedicated by U.S. President George W. Bush.

Births

1483 – Martin Luther; 1775 - The United States Marine Corps

; 1810 – George Jennings

; 1889 – Claude Rains (The Invisible Man, Casablanca); 1895 – Jack Northrop (founded the Northrop Corporation); 1919 – Mikhail Kalashnikov (designed the AK-47); 1925 – Richard Burton; 1928 – Ennio Morricone♪ ♫; 1932 – Roy Scheider; 1940 – Screaming Lord Sutch♪ ♫; 1945 – Donna Fargo♪ ♫; 1947 – Glen Buxton

(Alice Cooper); 1947 – Dave Loggins♪ ♫(wrote Please Come To Boston); 1949 – Ann Reinking♪ ♫; 1950 – Jack Scalia; 1955 – Roland Emmerich; 1956 – Sinbad; 1960 – Neil Gaiman; 1963 – Tommy Davidson; 1968 – Tracy Morgan; 1968 – Tom Papa; 1969 – Ellen Pompeo; 1971 – Walton Goggins; 1977 – Brittany Murphy; 1982 – Heather Matarazzo (Welcome To The Doll House); 1983 – Miranda Lambert

Deaths

1865 – Henry Wirz; 1891 – Arthur Rimbaud; 1938 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk; 1982 – Leonid Brezhnev; 1992 – Chuck Connors; 1997 – Tommy Tedesco

(The Wrecking Crew); 2001 – Ken Kesey (wrote One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Sometimes A Great Notion); 2006 – Gerald Levert♪ ♫; 2006 – Jack Palance; 2007 – Norman Mailer; 2008 – Miriam Makeba; 2009 – John Allen Muhammad (was The Beltway Sniper); 2010 – Dino De Laurentiis; 2015 – Allen Toussaint

11-10-2016, 11:59 AM	#398
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	November 10 1580 – After a three-day siege, the English Army beheads over 600 people, including papal soldiers and civilians, at Dún an Óir, Ireland. 1702 – English colonists under the command of James Moore besiege Spanish St. Augustine during Queen Anne's War. 1775 – The United States Marine Corps is founded at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia by Samuel Nicholas. 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, Dr. 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, sea and in the air. 1944 – The ammunition ship USS Mount Hood explodes at Seeadler Harbour, Manus, Admiralty Islands, killing at least 432 and wounding 371. 1951 – With the rollout of the North American Numbering Plan, direct-dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the United States. 1958 – The Hope Diamond is donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston. 1970 – For the first time in five years, an entire week ends with no reports of American combat fatalities in Southeast Asia. 1975 – The 729-foot-long freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinks during a storm on Lake Superior, killing all 29 crew on board. 1979 – A 106-car Canadian Pacific freight train carrying explosive and poisonous chemicals from Windsor, Ontario, Canada derails in Mississauga, Ontario, just west of Toronto, causing a massive explosion and the largest peacetime evacuation in Canadian history and one of the largest in North American history. 1983 – Bill Gates introduces Windows 1.0. 1989 – Germans begin to tear down the Berlin Wall. 1997 – WorldCom and MCI Communications announce a $37 billion merger (the largest merger in US history at the time). 2002 – Veteran's Day Weekend Tornado Outbreak: A tornado outbreak stretching from Northern Ohio to the Gulf Coast, one of the largest outbreaks recorded in November. The strongest tornado, an F4, hits Van Wert, Ohio, during the early to mid afternoon and destroys a movie theater, which had been evacuated. 2006 – The National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia is opened and dedicated by U.S. President George W. Bush. Births 1483 – Martin Luther; 1775 - The United States Marine Corps; 1810 – George Jennings; 1889 – Claude Rains (The Invisible Man, Casablanca); 1895 – Jack Northrop (founded the Northrop Corporation); 1919 – Mikhail Kalashnikov (designed the AK-47); 1925 – Richard Burton; 1928 – Ennio Morricone♪ ♫; 1932 – Roy Scheider; 1940 – Screaming Lord Sutch♪ ♫; 1945 – Donna Fargo♪ ♫; 1947 – Glen Buxton(Alice Cooper); 1947 – Dave Loggins♪ ♫(wrote Please Come To Boston); 1949 – Ann Reinking♪ ♫; 1950 – Jack Scalia; 1955 – Roland Emmerich; 1956 – Sinbad; 1960 – Neil Gaiman; 1963 – Tommy Davidson; 1968 – Tracy Morgan; 1968 – Tom Papa; 1969 – Ellen Pompeo; 1971 – Walton Goggins; 1977 – Brittany Murphy; 1982 – Heather Matarazzo (Welcome To The Doll House); 1983 – Miranda Lambert Deaths 1865 – Henry Wirz; 1891 – Arthur Rimbaud; 1938 – Mustafa Kemal Atatürk; 1982 – Leonid Brezhnev; 1992 – Chuck Connors; 1997 – Tommy Tedesco(The Wrecking Crew); 2001 – Ken Kesey (wrote One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Sometimes A Great Notion); 2006 – Gerald Levert♪ ♫; 2006 – Jack Palance; 2007 – Norman Mailer; 2008 – Miriam Makeba; 2009 – John Allen Muhammad (was The Beltway Sniper); 2010 – Dino De Laurentiis; 2015 – Allen Toussaint __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.