NOVEMBER 10
1954:President Dwight D. Eisenhower dedicates the Marine Corps War Memorial, also known as the Iwo Jima Memorial, in Arlington, Va., adjacent to Arlington National Cemetery. The memorial statue, sculpted by Felix de Weldon, depicts six American servicemen raising the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima’s Mount Suribachi and is based on Joe Rosenthal’s Pulitzer Prize winning photograph.
1871: “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?” Explorer and journalist Henry Morton Stanley discovers missing Scottish missionary and explorer Dr. David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika in present-day Tanzania.
1969: Sesame Street, created by Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett, debuts on PBS television stations. The educational program, featuring Jim Henson’s Muppets and a live action cast, will eventually air in over 120 countries and teach countless children about letters, numbers and positive social values.
1871: “Dr. Livingstone, I presume?” Explorer and journalist Henry Morton Stanley discovers missing Scottish missionary and explorer Dr. David Livingstone in Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika in present-day Tanzania.
1969: Sesame Street, created by Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett, debuts on PBS television stations. The educational program, featuring Jim Henson’s Muppets and a live action cast, will eventually air in over 120 countries and teach countless children about letters, numbers and positive social values.
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