November 10th in history

Haven't done a This Day in History for awhile, so here goes:

On November 10th in the year indicated, the following events took place:

1202 – Fourth Crusade: Despite letters from Pope Innocent III forbidding it and threatening excommunication, Catholic crusaders begin a siege of the Catholic city of Zara (now Zadar, Croatia).

1293 – Raden Wijaya is crowned as the first monarch of Majapahit kingdom of Java, taking throne name Kertarajasa Jayawardhana.

1444 – Battle of Varna: The crusading forces of King Władysław III of Poland (aka Ulaszlo I of Hungary and Władysław III of Varna) are defeated by the Turks under Sultan Murad II and Władysław is killed.

1520 – Danish King Christian II executes dozens of people in the Stockholm Bloodbath after a successful invasion of Sweden.

1580 – After a three-day siege, the English Army beheads over 600 Papal soldiers and civilians at Dún an Óir, Ireland.

1619 – René Descartes has the dreams that inspire his Meditations on First Philosophy.

1659 – Chattrapati Shivaji Maharaj, Maratha King kills Afzal Khan, Adilshahi in the battle popularly known as Battle of Pratapgarh. This is also recognised as the first defence of Swarajya

1674 – Third Anglo-Dutch War: As provided in the Treaty of Westminster, Netherlands cedes New Netherland to England.

1702 – English colonists under the command of James Moore besiege Spanish St. Augustine during Queen Anne's War.

1766 – The last colonial governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, signs the charter of Queen's College (later renamed Rutgers University).

1775 – The United States Marine Corps is founded at Tun Tavern in Philadelphia by Samuel Nicholas.

1793 – A Goddess of Reason is proclaimed by the French Convention at the suggestion of Pierre Gaspard Chaumette.

1821 – Cry of Independence by Rufina Alfaro at La Villa de Los Santos, Panama setting into motion a revolt which lead to Panama's independence from Spain and to it immediately becoming part of Colombia

1847 – The passenger ship Stephen Whitney is wrecked in thick fog off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 92 of the 110 on board. The disaster results in the construction of the Fastnet Rock lighthouse.

1865 – Major Henry Wirz, the superintendent of a prison camp in Andersonville, Georgia, is hanged, becoming one of only three American Civil War soldiers executed for war crimes.

1871 – Henry Morton Stanley locates missing explorer and missionary, Dr. David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika, famously greeting him with the words, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?".

1898 – Beginning of the Wilmington insurrection of 1898, the only instance of a municipal government being overthrown in US history.

1910 – The date of Thomas A. Davis' opening of the San Diego Army and Navy Academy, though the official founding date is November 23, 1910.

1918 – The Western Union Cable Office in North Sydney, Nova Scotia, receives a top-secret coded message from Europe (that would be sent to Ottawa and Washington, D.C.) that said on November 11, 1918, all fighting would cease on land, sea and in the air.

1919 – The first national convention of the American Legion is held in Minneapolis, ending on November 12.

1940 – The 1940 Vrancea earthquake strikes Romania killing an estimated 1,000 and injuring approximately 4,000 more.

1942 – World War II: Germany invades Vichy France following French Admiral François Darlan's agreement to an armistice with the Allies in North Africa.

1944 – The ammunition ship USS Mount Hood explodes at Seeadler Harbour, Manus, Admiralty Islands, killing at least 432 and wounding 371.

1945 – Heavy fighting in Surabaya between Indonesian nationalists and returning colonialists after World War II, today celebrated as Heroes' Day (Hari Pahlawan).

1951 – With the rollout of the North American Numbering Plan, direct-dial coast-to-coast telephone service begins in the United States.

1951 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 96 is adopted

1954 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower dedicates the USMC War Memorial (Iwo Jima memorial) in Arlington National Cemetery.

1958 – The Hope Diamond is donated to the Smithsonian Institution by New York diamond merchant Harry Winston.

1969 – National Educational Television (the predecessor to the Public Broadcasting Service) in the United States debuts the children's television program Sesame Street.

1970 – Vietnam War: Vietnamization: For the first time in five years, an entire week ends with no reports of American combat fatalities in Southeast Asia.

1970 – The Soviet lunar probe Lunokhod 1 is launched.

1971 – In Cambodia, Khmer Rouge forces attack the city of Phnom Penh and its airport, killing 44, wounding at least 30 and damaging nine aircraft.

1972 – Southern Airways Flight 49 from Birmingham, Alabama is hijacked and, at one point, is threatened with crashing into the nuclear installation at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. After two days, the plane lands in Havana, Cuba, where the hijackers are jailed by Fidel Castro.

1975 – The 729-foot-long freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinks during a storm on Lake Superior, killing all 29 crew on board.

1975 – United Nations Resolution 3379: United Nations General Assembly approves a resolution equating Zionism with racism (the resolution is repealed in December 1991 by Resolution 4686).

1979 – A 106-car Canadian Pacific freight train carrying explosive and poisonous chemicals from Windsor, Ontario, Canada derails in Mississauga, Ontario, just west of Toronto, causing a massive explosion and the largest peacetime evacuation in Canadian history and one of the largest in North American history.

1983 – Bill Gates introduces Windows 1.0.

1984 – The first Breeders' Cup takes place at Hollywood Park Racetrack.

1989 – The longtime leader of the People's Republic of Bulgaria Todor Zhivkov is removed from office and replaced by Petar Mladenov.

1989 – German citizens begin to bring the Berlin Wall down.

1995 – In Nigeria, playwright and environmental activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, along with eight others from the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (Mosop), are hanged by government forces.

1997 – WorldCom and MCI Communications announce a $37 billion merger (the largest merger in US history at the time).

2002 – Veteran's Day Weekend Tornado Outbreak: A tornado outbreak stretching from Northern Ohio to the Gulf Coast, one of the largest outbreaks recorded in November. The strongest tornado, an F4, hits Van Wert, Ohio during the early to mid afternoon and destroys a movie theater but the theater is evacuated prior to the hit.

2006 – Sri Lankan Tamil Parliamentarian Nadarajah Raviraj is assassinated in Colombo.

2006 – The National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia is opened and dedicated by U.S. President George W. Bush, who announces that Marine Corporal Jason Dunham will receive the Medal of Honor. (two years after his death, he had deliberately covered a grenade with his body to save the lives of other Marines)

2007 – ¿Por qué no te callas? incident between King Juan Carlos of Spain and Venezuela's president Hugo Chávez.

2007 – Ten to forty thousand people march toward the royal palace of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur to hand over a memorandum to the King demanding electoral reform.

2008 – Over five months after landing on Mars, NASA declares the Phoenix mission concluded after communications with the lander were lost.

2009 – Ships of the South and North Korean navies skirmish off Daecheong Island in the Yellow Sea.

On November 10th of the year indicated, the following famous folk were born:

 

    1278 – Philip I, Prince of Taranto (d. 1332)

    1341 – Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland, English politician (d. 1408)

    1433 – Charles the Bold, Burgundy son of Philip the Good (d. 1477)

    1480 – Bridget of York (d. 1517)

    1483 – Martin Luther, German monk and priest, leader of the Protestant Reformation (d. 1546)

    1565 – Laurentius Paulinus Gothus, Swedish astronomer and theologian (d. 1646)

    1566 – Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1601)

    1577 – Jacob Cats, Dutch poet, jurist, and politician (d. 1660)

    1620 – Ninon de l'Enclos, French courtier and author (d. 1705)

    1668 – François Couperin, French organist and composer (d. 1733)

    1668 – Louis, Prince of Condé (d. 1710)

    1695 – John Bevis, English physician and astronomer (d. 1771)

    1697 – William Hogarth, English painter, illustrator, and critic (d. 1764)

    1710 – Adam Gottlob Moltke, Danish courtier, politician, and diplomat (d. 1792)

    1728 – Oliver Goldsmith, Irish novelist, playwright and poet(d. 1774)

    1735 – Granville Sharp, English activist and scholar, co-founded the Sierra Leone Company (d. 1813)

    1755 – Franz Anton Ries, German violinist and educator (d. 1846)

    1759 – Friedrich Schiller, German poet, playwright, and historian (d. 1805)

    1801 – Vladimir Dal, Russian lexicographer and author (d. 1872)

    1801 – Samuel Gridley Howe, American physician and activist (d. 1876)

    1810 – George Jennings, English plumber and engineer, invented the flush toilet (d. 1882)

    1834 – José Hernández, Argentinian journalist, poet, and politician (d. 1886)

    1844 – Henry Eyster Jacobs, American educator and theologian (d. 1932)

    1845 – John Sparrow David Thompson, Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 4th Prime Minister of Canada (d. 1894)

    1848 – Surendranath Banerjee, Indian academic and politician (d. 1925)

    1850 – Arthur Goring Thomas, English composer (d. 1892)

    1851 – Richard Armstedt, German philologist, historian, and educator (d. 1931)

    1868 – Gichin Funakoshi, Japanese martial artist, founded Shotokan (d. 1957)

    1869 – Gaetano Bresci, Italian-American assassin of Umberto I of Italy (d. 1901)

    1871 – Winston Churchill, American author (d. 1947)

    1873 – Henri Rabaud, French conductor and composer (d. 1949)

    1874 – Idabelle Smith Firestone, American composer and songwriter (d. 1954)

    1876 – Sæbjørn Buttedahl, Norwegian actor and sculptor (d. 1960)

    1878 – Cy Morgan, American baseball player (d. 1962)

    1879 – Vachel Lindsay, American poet and educator (d. 1931)

    1879 – Patrick Pearse, Irish lawyer, poet, and educator (d. 1916)

    1880 – Jacob Epstein, American-English sculptor (d. 1959)

    1884 – Zofia Nałkowska, Polish author (d. 1954)

    1886 – Edward Joseph Collins, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1951)

    1887 – Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu, Romanian engineer (d. 1973)

    1887 – Arnold Zweig, German author and activist (d. 1968)

    1888 – Andrei Tupolev, Russian engineer and designer, founded the Tupolev Company (d. 1972)

    1889 – Claude Rains, English-American actor (d. 1967)

    1891 – Carl Stalling, American pianist and composer (d. 1972)

    1893 – John P. Marquand, American author (d. 1960)

    1894 – Boris Furlan, Slovenian jurist and politician (d. 1957)

    1895 – József Mátyás Baló, Hungarian physician and academic (d. 1979)

    1895 – Jack Northrop, American businessman, founded the Northrop Corporation (d. 1981)

    1896 – Jimmy Dykes, American baseball player and manager (d. 1976)

    1896 – Olga Grey, Hungarian-American actress (d. 1973)

    1899 – Swami Satyabhakta, Indian guru, philosopher, and scholar (d. 1998)

    1906 – Josef Kramer, German SS officer (d. 1945)

    1907 – Jane Froman, American actor and singer (d. 1980)

    1907 – John Moore, English activist and author (d. 1967)

    1908 – Noemí Gerstein, Argentine artist (d. 1996)

    1908 – Charles Merritt, Canadian colonel and politician, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 2000)

    1909 – Paweł Jasienica, Russian-Polish soldier, journalist, and historian (d. 1970)

    1909 – Johnny Marks, American composer and songwriter (d. 1985)

    1910 – Angelo Frattini, Italian sculptor (d. 1975)

    1912 – Birdie Tebbetts, American baseball player and manager (d. 1999)

    1913 – Karl Shapiro, American poet (d. 2000)

    1916 – Louis le Brocquy, Irish painter and illustrator (d. 2012)

    1916 – Billy May, American trumpet player and composer (d. 2004)

    1916 – Dr. Tangalanga, Argentinian comedian and author (d. 2013)

    1918 – Ernst Otto Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)

    1919 – George Fenneman, American radio and television announcer (d. 1997)

    1919 – Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian general and weapons designer, designed the AK-47 (d. 2013)

    1919 – François Périer, French actor (d. 2002)

    1919 – Michael Strank, Slovak-American sergeant, member of the Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima (d. 1945)

    1919 – Moise Tshombe, Congolese politician, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (d. 1969)

    1920 – Ina Clough, English actress (d. 2003)

    1920 – Jennifer Holt, American-English actress and singer (d. 1997)

    1920 – Rafael del Pino, Spanish businessman, founded the Ferrovial Company (d. 2008)

    1923 – Hachikō, Japanese dog (d. 1935)

    1924 – Russell Johnson, American actor (d. 2014)

    1924 – Bobby Limb, Australian comedian, actor, and bandleader (d. 1999)

    1925 – Richard Burton, Welsh actor and producer (d. 1984)

    1926 – Rossella Falk, Italian actress (d. 2013)

    1927 – Sabah, Lebanese singer and actress (d. 2014)

    1927 – Vaughn O. Lang, American general (d. 2014)

    1927 – Sohei Miyashita, Japanese politician, Japanese Minister of Defense (d. 2013)

    1928 – Ennio Morricone, Italian trumpet player, composer, and conductor (Gruppo di Improvvisazione di Nuova Consonanza)

    1929 – Marilyn Bergman, American composer and songwriter

    1929 – W. E. B. Griffin, American soldier and author

    1929 – Ninón Sevilla, Cuban-Mexican actress and dancer (d. 2015)

    1931 – Lilly Pulitzer, American fashion designer (d. 2013)

    1932 – Paul Bley, Canadian-American pianist and composer

    1932 – Don Henderson, English actor (d. 1997)

    1932 – Roy Scheider, American boxer, actor, and singer (d. 2008)

    1932 – Arthur K. Snyder American lawyer and politician (d. 2012)

    1932 – Necmettin Hacıeminoğlu, Turkish linguist and writer (d. 1996)

    1933 – Ronald Evans, American captain, engineer, and astronaut (d. 1990)

    1934 – Lucien Bianchi, Italian-Belgian race car driver (d. 1969)

    1934 – Garry Runciman, 3rd Viscount Runciman of Doxford, English sociologist and academic

    1934 – A. Thurairajah, Sri Lankan engineer and academic (d. 1994)

    1935 – Bernard Babior, American physician and biochemist (d. 2004)

    1935 – Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov, Russian astronomer, astrophysicist, and cosmologist

    1937 – Albert Hall, American actor

    1937 – Zdeněk Zikán, Czech footballer (d. 2013)

    1938 – Ogün Altıparmak, Turkish national former football player

    1939 – Anscar Chupungco, Filipino monk and theologian (d. 2013)

    1939 – Russell Means, American actor and activist (d. 2012)

    1939 – Allan Moffat, Canadian-Australian race car driver

    1940 – Richard Cotton, Australian geneticist and academic (d. 2015)

    1940 – Screaming Lord Sutch, English singer-songwriter and politician (d. 1999)

    1941 – John Geoghegan, American lieutenant (d. 1965)

    1942 – Robert F. Engle, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate

    1942 – James Hood, American activist (d. 2013)

    1942 – Hans-Rudolf Merz, Swiss politician, 92nd President of the Swiss Confederation

    1943 – Saxby Chambliss, American lawyer and politician

    1944 – Askar Akayev, Kyrgyzstani economist and politician, 1st President of Kyrgyzstan

    1944 – Mark E. Neely, Jr., American historian, author, and academic

    1944 – Silvestre Reyes, American sergeant and politician

    1944 – Tim Rice, English composer and author

    1945 – Terence Davies, English actor, director, and screenwriter

    1945 – Donna Fargo, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

    1945 – Gary Plauche, American murderer (d. 2014)

    1946 – Alaina Reed Hall, American actress and singer (d. 2009)

    1947 – Glen Buxton, American guitarist and songwriter (d. 1997)

    1947 – Bachir Gemayel, Lebanese commander and politician (d. 1982)

    1947 – Greg Lake, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (King Crimson, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Emerson, Lake & Powell, The Gods, and Asia)

    1947 – Dave Loggins, American singer-songwriter

    1948 – Aaron Brown, American journalist

    1948 – Shigesato Itoi, Japanese video game designer and voice actor, created EarthBound

    1948 – Steven Utley, American author and poet (d. 2013)

    1949 – Ann Reinking, American actress, singer, dancer, and choreographer

    1949 – Don Saleski, Canadian ice hockey player

    1949 – Mustafa Denizli, Turkish former football player and manager

    1950 – Debra Hill, American screenwriter and producer (d. 2005)

    1950 – Bob Orton, Jr., American wrestler

    1950 – Jack Scalia, American actor and producer

    1951 – Viktor Sukhorukov, Russian actor

    1952 – Gerry DiNardo, American football player and coach

    1953 – Les Miles, American football player and coach

    1954 – Kevin Spraggett, Canadian chess player

    1954 – Bob Stanley, American baseball player and coach

    1955 – Jack Clark, American baseball player, coach, and manager

    1955 – Roland Emmerich, German director, producer, and screenwriter

    1956 – Sinbad, American comedian, actor, and producer

    1956 – Mohsen Badawi, Egyptian businessman and activist

    1957 – Nigel Evans, Welsh politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Wales

    1958 – Deborah Cameron, British linguistic anthropologist

    1958 – Stephen Herek, American director and producer

    1958 – George Lowe, American voice actor and producer

    1958 – Omar Minaya, American baseball player and manager

    1958 – Massimo Morsello, Italian singer-songwriter and activist (d. 2001)

    1958 – Brooks Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

    1959 – Linda Cohn, American sportscaster

    1959 – Mike McCarthy, American football player and coach

    1959 – Mackenzie Phillips, American actress and singer

    1959 – Michael Schröder, German footballer and manager

    1960 – Neil Gaiman, English novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter

    1960 – Dan Hawkins, American football player, coach, and sportscaster

    1960 – Naomi Kawashima, Japanese actress and singer (d. 2015)

    1960 – Maeve Sherlock, English politician

    1961 – Rudolf Grimm, German-Austrian physicist and academic

    1961 – John Walton, English darts player

    1962 – Daniel Waters, American screenwriter and film director

    1963 – Hugh Bonneville, English actor

    1963 – Tommy Davidson, American actor and screenwriter

    1963 – Tanju Çolak, retired Turkish footballer

    1964 – Kenny Rogers, American baseball player and coach

    1964 – Magnús Scheving, Icelandic gymnast, actor, and producer

    1965 – Jamie Dixon, American basketball player and coach

    1965 – Sean Hughes, English-Irish comedian, actor, and screenwriter

    1965 – Eddie Irvine, Irish race car driver

    1966 – Vanessa Angel, English model and actress

    1966 – Bill DeMott, American wrestler and agent

    1967 – Jackie Fairweather, Australian runner and coach (d. 2014)

    1967 – Miyuki Kobayashi, Japanese canoeist

    1967 – Andreas Scholl, German tenor and educator

    1967 – Michael Jai White, American actor, producer, screenwriter, and martial artist

    1968 – Steve Brookstein, English singer

    1968 – Tracy Morgan, American comedian, actor, and producer

    1968 – Tom Papa, American comedian, actor, television host

    1969 – Faustino Asprilla, Colombian footballer and coach

    1969 – Jens Lehmann, German footballer and actor

    1969 – Ellen Pompeo, American actress and producer

    1969 – Zoltán Téglás, American punk rock singer (Ignite)

    1970 – Warren G, American rapper and producer (213)

    1970 – Freddy Loix, Belgian race car driver

    1970 – Sergei Ovchinnikov, Russian footballer and manager

    1970 – Tay Ping Hui, Singaporean actor

    1970 – Vince Vieluf, American actor and screenwriter

    1971 – Holly Black, American journalist, author, and poet

    1971 – Walton Goggins, American actor and producer

    1971 – Magnus Johansson, Swedish footballer

    1971 – Niki Karimi, Iranian actress, director, and screenwriter

    1971 – Terry Pearson, American baseball player

    1972 – DJ Ashba, American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (Guns N' Roses, Sixx:A.M., BulletBoys, and Beautiful Creatures)

    1972 – Isaac Bruce, American football player

    1972 – Lou Brutus, American singer-songwriter, radio host, and photographer

    1972 – Virág Csurgó, Hungarian tennis player

    1972 – Shawn Green, American baseball player

    1972 – Greg LaRocca, American baseball player

    1973 – Patrik Berger, Czech footballer

    1973 – Marco Antonio Rodríguez, Mexican footballer and referee

    1974 – Niko Hurme, Finnish bass player (Lordi and Stala & so.)

    1974 – Chris Lilley, Australian comedian, actor, and producer

    1975 – Markko Märtin, Estonian rally driver

    1976 – Martin Åslund, Swedish footballer and sportscaster

    1976 – Sergio González, Spanish footballer and manager

    1976 – Steffen Iversen, Norwegian footballer

    1976 – Shefki Kuqi, Finnish footballer and manager

    1976 – Mike Leclerc, Canadian ice hockey player

    1977 – Josh Barnett, American mixed martial artist and wrestler

    1977 – Won Bin, South Korean actor

    1977 – Matt Cepicky, American baseball player

    1977 – Brittany Murphy, American actress and singer (d. 2009)

    1977 – Erik Nevland, Norwegian footballer

    1978 – Eve, American rapper, producer, and actress

    1978 – Kyla Cole, Slovak porn actress and model

    1978 – Jorge DePaula, Dominican baseball player

    1978 – Diplo, American DJ, songwriter, and producer (Major Lazer)

    1978 – Kristian Huselius, Swedish ice hockey player

    1978 – Drew McConnell, Irish bass player (Babyshambles, Mongrel, and Elviss)

    1978 – David Paetkau, Canadian actor

    1979 – Chris Joannou, Australian bass player (Silverchair)

    1979 – Nina Mercedez, American porn actress, director, and producer

    1979 – Anthony Réveillère, French footballer

    1979 – Ragnvald Soma, Norwegian footballer

    1980 – Danilo Belić, Serbian footballer

    1980 – Troy Bell, American basketball player

    1980 – Calvin Chen, Taiwanese singer and actor (Fahrenheit)

    1980 – Agustín De La Canal, Argentinian footballer

    1980 – Jeroen Ketting, Dutch footballer

    1980 – Yevhen Lutsenko, Ukrainian footballer

    1980 – Matt Mullins, American actor, director, producer, and martial artist

    1980 – Donté Stallworth, American football player

    1981 – Ryback, American wrestler

    1981 – Tony Blanco, Dominican baseball player

    1981 – Jason Dunham, American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 2004)

    1981 – Ezequiel Garré, Argentinian footballer

    1981 – Paul Kipsiele Koech, Kenyan runner

    1981 – Miroslav Slepička, Czech footballer

    1981 – Brett Tamburrino, Australian baseball player

    1981 – Marko Tomasović, Croatian boxer

    1982 – Shane Cansdell-Sherriff, Australian footballer

    1982 – Chris Canty, American football player

    1982 – Clayton Fortune, English footballer

    1982 – Heather Matarazzo, American actress

    1982 – Matt Pagnozzi, American baseball player

    1982 – Rafael Rosell, Filipino actor and model

    1982 – Ahmet Kural, Turkish actor

    1983 – Brian Dinkelman, American baseball player

    1983 – Dinko Felić, Norwegian footballer

    1983 – Miranda Lambert, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Pistol Annies)

    1983 – Ryan Mattheus, American baseball player

    1983 – Craig Smith, American basketball player

    1983 – Marius Žaliūkas, Lithuanian footballer

    1984 – Britt Irvin, Canadian actress and singer

    1984 – Jean-Martial Kipré, Ivorian footballer

    1984 – Jarno Mattila, Finnish footballer

    1984 – Ludovic Obraniak, Polish footballer

    1984 – Kendrick Perkins, American basketball player

    1985 – Ricki-Lee Coulter, New Zealand singer-songwriter and dancer (Young Divas)

    1985 – Daan Huiskamp, Dutch footballer

    1985 – Aleksandar Kolarov, Serbian footballer

    1985 – Cherno Samba, Gambian footballer

    1985 – Giovonnie Samuels, American actress

    1985 – Krystian Trochowski, German rugby player

    1986 – Aaron Crow, American baseball player

    1986 – Will Hendry, English footballer

    1986 – Ilias Iliadis, Georgian-Greek martial artist

    1986 – Goran Jerković, French footballer

    1986 – Stanislav Namașco, Moldovan footballer

    1986 – Josh Peck, American actor

    1986 – Eric Thames, American baseball player

    1986 – Samuel Wanjiru, Kenyan runner (d. 2011)

    1986 – Britney Amber, American porn actress

    1987 – Dannic, Dutch DJ

    1987 – Edi Maia, Portuguese pole vaulter

    1987 – Sam Malsom, English footballer

    1987 – Kana Oya, Japanese model

    1987 – Theo Peckham, Canadian ice hockey player

    1987 – Jessica Tovey, Australian actress

    1988 – Massimo Coda, Italian footballer

    1988 – Pauleen Luna, Filipino actress and host

    1989 – Daniel Agyei, Ghanaian footballer

    1989 – Luke Daley, English footballer

    1989 – Taron Egerton, English actor

    1989 – Matt Magill, American baseball player

    1989 – Adrian Nikçi, Swiss footballer

    1990 – Andre Blackman, English footballer

    1990 – Marcus Browne, American boxer

    1990 – Aaron Murray, American football player

    1990 – Robert Primus, Trinidadian footballer

    1990 – Kristina Vogel, German cyclist

    1991 – Genevieve Buechner, Canadian actress

    1992 – Marko Blaževski, Macedonian swimmer

    1992 – Teddy Bridgewater, American football player

    1992 – Marek Frimmel, Slovak footballer

    1992 – Dimitri Petratos, Australian footballer

    1992 – Rafał Wolski, Polish footballer

    1992 – Wilfried Zaha, English footballer

    1994 – Zoey Deutch, American actress

    1994 – Claudio Dias, English footballer

    1995 – Ralfs Grīnbergs, Latvian ice hockey player

    1999 – Kiernan Shipka, American actress

    2000 – Mackenzie Foy, American actress

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Today is the 240th birthday of the U. S. Marine Corps. In honor of this day, let me pay tribute to some folks you might not have known served in the USMC.

Don Adams

Sandy Alderson (General Manager of the New York Mets)

Bea Arthur (although later in life she attempted to deny her service)

F. Lee Bailey

Dusty Baker

James Baker (former Secretary of State)

Bob Bell (Bozo the Clown)

Glenn Bell (founder of Taco Bell)

Donald P. Bellisario

Robert Bork

Donald Bren

Art Buchwald

Enrique Camarena

Rod Carew

Drew Carey

James Carville

Roberto Clemente

Eddie Collins

David Dinkins (former mayor of New York)

R. Lee Ermey (I know, you knew this but listing him gives me the excuse to include this video)

Don and Phil Everly

Mike Farrell

Freddie Fender

Glemn Ford

Hayden Fry

Mark Fuhrman

Christopher George
Gene Hackman

Ernie Harwell

George Roy Hill

Gil Hodges

Don Imus

Keith Jackson

Bob Keeshan

Harvey Keitel

Brian Keith

Dan Lauria

Jim Lehrer

Robert Ludlum

Mike Mansfield

Lee Marvin

Tug McGraw

Ed McMahon

Steve McQueen

Elizabeth Moon

Alvy Moore

Jim Mora

Ken Norton

Sam Peckinpah

George Peppard

Bum Phillips

C. J. Ramone

Donald Regan

Robert "Sgt Slaughter" Remus

Robert Ryan

George Schultz

George C. Scott

Tom Seaver

Shaggy

Bernard Shaw

Frederick C. Smith (founder of Fed-Ex)

John Phillip Sousa

Leon Spinks

Lee Trevino

Gene Tunney

Leon Uris

Bill Veeck

Ralph Waite

Jim Webb

Chuck Wepner

Steve Wilkos

Montel Williams (prior to attending the Naval Academy)

Ted Williams (served five years during two wars as a Marine aviator.  He flew 39 combat missions and was awarded the Air Medal on three occasions.  

Jonathon Winters

Pete Wilson

Ed Wood

Reverend Jeremiah Wright

Burt Young