As a Army veteran, I remind my marine friends that November 10, Sesame Street debuted.
November 10th Celebrated (And Not So Celebrated) History
1775
The Continental Congress establishes the Continental Marines creating two battalions to protect and fight from land and sea.
1871
Journalist Henry Morton Stanley arrives in the village Ujiji in Tanzania after an eight-month-long search for the man he’d been looking for. “Mr. Livingstone, I presume?” he asks the thin and disheveled explorer many had assumed dead.
1969
Full of approachable Muppet characters and educational themes, Sesame Street debuted on PBS television.
1991
Home Alone starring Macaulay Culkin premiered in Chicago theaters.
November 10th Celebrated (And Not So Celebrated) Birthdays
Michael Strank - 1919
In 1939, Strank enlisted in the Marine Corps and attained the rank of sergeant. He was one of the six men raising the American flag on top of Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima on February 23, 1945, during World War II. Sgt. Strank was killed only a few days later on March 1st.
Russell Means - 1939
Best known for his roles in Last of the Mohicans and Natural Born Killers, the actor and producer also served as the first national director of the American Indian Movement.
James Hood - 1942
Hood became one of the first African Americans to integrate the University of Alabama. In 1963, he and Vivian Malone drew national attention when Alabama Governor George Wallace defied the deputy attorney general. Later, the National Guard was called to assist and federalized by President John F. Kennedy to permit the students to attend.
Ellen Pompeo - 1969
The award-winning actress has played the role of Dr. Meredith Grey on Grey’s Anatomy since 2005.
And none of them are surprised you know that.
And yet, they call Marines “crayon eaters”