Today In History

Today is Thursday, Nov. 10, the 315th day of 2016. There are 51 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

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

ON THIS DATE

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

› 1871: Journalist-explorer Henry M. Stanley found Scottish missionary David Livingstone, who had not been heard from for years, near Lake Tanganyika in central Africa.

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

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

› 1954: The U.S. Marine Corps Memorial was dedicated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in Arlington, Virginia.

› 1969: The children’s educational program “Sesame Street” made its debut on National Educational Television (later PBS).

› 1975: The ore-hauling ship SS Edmund Fitzgerald mysteriously sank during a storm in Lake Superior with the loss of all 29 crew members.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Film composer Ennio Morricone is 88. Blues singer Bobby Rush is 82. Actor Albert Hall is 79. Country singer Donna Fargo is 75. Actress-dancer Ann Reinking is 67. Actor Jack Scalia is 66. Movie director Roland Emmerich is 61. Actor Matt Craven is 60. Actor-comedian Sinbad is 60. Actress Mackenzie Phillips is 57 Author Neil Gaiman is 56. Actress Vanessa Angel is 53. Actor Hugh Bonneville is 53. Actor-comedian Tommy Davidson is 53. Actor Michael Jai White is 52. Country singer Chris Cagle is 48. Actor Walton Goggins is 45. Comedian-actor Chris Lilley is 42. Contemporary Chrisian singer Matt Maher is 42. Rock singer-musician Jim Adkins (Jimmy Eat World) is 41. Rapper Eve is 38. Rock musician Chris Joannou (Silverchair) is 37. Actor Bryan Neal is 36. Actress Heather Matarazzo is 34. Country singer Miranda Lambert is 33. Pop singer Vinz Dery (Nico & Vinz) is 26. Actress Zoey Deutch is 22. Actress Kiernan Shipka is 17. Actress Mackenzie Foy is 16.