Today In History

Today is Tuesday, Nov. 10, the 315th day of 2020. There are 51 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

› 1775: The U.S. Marines were organized under authority of the Continental Congress.

ON THIS DATE

› 1766: Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, had its beginnings as William Franklin, the Royal Governor of New Jersey, signed a charter establishing Queen’s College in New Brunswick.

› 1919: The American Legion opened its first national convention in Minneapolis.

› 1938: Kate Smith first sang Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America” on her CBS radio program.

› 1951: Customerdialed long-distance telephone service began as Mayor M. Leslie Denning of Englewood, New Jersey, called Alameda, California, Mayor Frank Osborne without operator assistance.

› 1975: The U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution equating Zionism with racism (the world body repealed the resolution in December 1991). The ore-hauling ship SS Edmund Fitzgerald mysteriously sank during a storm in Lake Superior with the loss of all 29 crew members.

› 1982: The newly finished Vietnam Veterans Memorial was opened to its first visitors in Washington, D.C., three days before its dedication.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Blues singer Bobby Rush is 86. Actor Albert Hall is 83. Country singer Donna Fargo is

79. Former Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., is

77. Lyricist Tim Rice is

76. Actor-dancer Ann Reinking is 71. Actor Jack Scalia is 70. Author Neil Gaiman is 60. Actor Vanessa Angel is 57. Actor Hugh Bonneville is 57. Actor-comedian Tommy Davidson is 57. Actor Michael Jai White is 56. Country singer Chris Cagle is 52. Actor-comedian Tracy Morgan is 52. Actor Ellen Pompeo is

51. Actor-comedian Orny Adams is 50. Rapper U-God is 50. Rapper-producer Warren G is 50. Actor Walton Goggins is

49. Comedian-actor Chris Lilley is 46. Rapper Eve is

42. Rock musician Chris Joannou (Silverchair) is 41. Actor Heather Matarazzo is 38. Country singer Miranda Lambert is 37. Actor Josh Peck is

34. Pop singer Vinz Dery (Nico & Vinz) is 30. Actor Genevieve Beuchner is

29. Actor Zoey Deutch is

26. Actor Kiernan Shipka is 21. Actor Mackenzie Foy is 20.