Today’s highlights

On Nov. 10, 1898, in Wilmington, North Carolina, a mob of as many as 2,000 white supremacists killed dozens of African Americans, burned 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.”

On this date

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

1954: The U.S. 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.

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

1975: The Great Lakes freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank after being caught in a severe storm on Lake Superior; all 29 crew members were lost.

2019: Bolivian President Evo Morales resigned after weeks of public protests in response to alleged election fraud in Bolivia’s general election the previous month.

Today’s birthdays

Lyricist Tim Rice is 80. Country singer Donna Fargo is 79. Film director Roland Emmerich is 69. Actor-comedian Sinbad is 68. Actor Mackenzie Phillips is 65. Author Neil Gaiman (GAY’-mihn) is 64. Actor-comedian Tracy Morgan is 56. Actor Walton Goggins is 53. Football Hall of Famer Isaac Bruce is 52.