On this day in …
* 1775, the U.S. Marines were organized under authority of the Continental Congress
* 1919, the American Legion held its first national convention, in Minneapolis
* 1928, Hirohito was enthroned as Emperor of Japan
* 1942, Winston Churchill delivered a speech in London in which he said, "I have not become the King's First Minister to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire."
* 1954, the Iwo Jima Memorial was dedicated by President Eisenhower in Arlington, Va.
* 1969, the children's educational program "Sesame Street" made its debut on PBS
* 1975, the U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution equating Zionism with racism (the world body repealed the resolution in December 1991)
* 1982, the newly finished Vietnam Veterans Memorial was opened to its first visitors in Washington, D.C.
* 2004, word reached the United States of the death of Arafat, ym"s.
(Because of the time difference, it was the early hours of November
11 in Paris, where Arafat died)
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