On this day...
1775: Hoorah! The US Marine Corps is founded in Tun Tavern, Pennsylvania by Samuel Nicholas.
1918: A cable office in Nova Scotia receives a top-secret coded message from Europe. The Great War will be over in 24 hours.
1958: Harry Winston donates the Hope Diamond to the Smithsonian Institute.
1975: The Edmund Fitzgerald sinks in Lake Superior. The entire crew of 29 men is lost.
