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November 10 is the 314th day of the year (315th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 51 days remain until the end of the year. Events [ edit ] Pre-1600 [ edit ]
As Veterans Day and the birthday of the United States Marine Corps (November 10, 1775) are only one day apart, that branch of the Armed Forces customarily observes both occasions as a 96-hour liberty period. [citation needed] Election Day is a regular working day, while Veterans Day, which typically falls the following week, is a federal ...
Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated on various dates in October and November in the United States, Canada, Saint Lucia, Liberia, and unofficially in countries like Brazil, Germany and the Philippines. It is also observed in the Dutch town of Leiden and the Australian territory of Norfolk Island.
1898 – Beginning of the Wilmington insurrection of 1898, the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in US history. 1919 – The first national convention of the American Legion is held in Minneapolis, ending on November 12.
The official birthday of the United States Marine Corps is on 10 November 1775. That was the day when the Second Continental Congress established the Continental Marines with the following decree: [1] That two battalions of Marines be raised consisting of one Colonel, two lieutenant-colonels, two majors and other officers, as usual in other ...
After the week was adopted in early Christianity, Sunday remained the first day of the week, but also gradually displaced Saturday as the day of celebration and rest, being considered the Lord's Day. Saint Martin of Dumio (c. 520–580), archbishop of Braga , decided not to call days by pagan gods and to use ecclesiastic terminology to ...
On this day for the United States. January • February • March • April • May • June • July • August • September • October • November • December. November 10:
November 10. Henry Morton Stanley. 1599 – At the culmination of a Swedish civil war, supporters of the deposed Sigismund III Vasa were publicly executed in what came to be known as the Åbo Bloodbath. 1865 – Henry Wirz, the Confederate superintendent of Andersonville Prison, was hanged after a controversial conviction, becoming the only ...