Tuesday, November 10th. Day 314 of 2026
It’s Marine Corps Day and Sesame Street Day
1775: The U.S. Marines were organized under authority of the Continental Congress. The Marines went out of existence after the end of the Revolutionary War but were formally re-established in 1798
1919: The American Legion held its first national convention, in Minneapolis
1969: Sesame Street aired for the first time on PBS
1975: The Edmund Fitzgerald, an ore-hauling ship, and its crew of 29 vanished during a storm in Lake Superior. Gordon Lightfoot did this great tune https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzTkGyxkYI
1980: CBS News anchor Dan Rather claimed he had been kidnapped in a cab. It turned out that Rather had refused to pay the cab fare
1989: Germans begin to tear down the Berlin Wall
1993: The House of Representatives passed the Brady Bill, which called for a five-day waiting period for handgun purchases
1996: Dan Marino of the Miami Dolphins became the first quarterback in NFL history to pass for more than 50,000 yards
2022: Largest art auction in history belonging to late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen achieves sales of $1.5 billion, which is to be donated to charity
News: Community outrages after man charged with five murders in Alexander County enters plea and soon will be out of jail…Taylorsville man killed in motorcycle mishap on Monday…Stony Point man returned to jail…Ballot Audit scheduled for Thursday
Weather: Sunny and 70 again
Sports: Cougar Soccer drops heartbreaker in Winston-Salem…AC Football gearing for big one on Friday…Bills too much for Vikings…College Football Playoff will expand to 24 next season…Crickets out of Raleigh but all indications still are Phillip Rivers will be next NC State Football Coach…Hornets get a win on a night when the Cavs “mail it in”
Happy Birthday: Donna Fargo, Roland Emmerich, Mackenzie Phillips, Mike McCarthy, Tracy Morgan, Ellen Pompeo, Miranda Lambert, Jon Rahm
Romo makes an appearance https://nypost.com/2026/11/09/sports/tony-romo-returns-to-tv-on-pat-mcafee-alt-cast-months-after-owi-arrest/
Word of the Day: parasitic [par-uh-sit-ik] of, relating to, or characteristic of parasites, caused by or resulting from the effects of parasites, living on another organism. “By their nature, ticks, leeches, and lice are all parasitic; they live off their hosts.”
Quote of the Day: “The Welsh are all actors. It’s only the bad ones who become professional.”…
Richard Burton (Born this day in 1925)