TODAY IN HISTORY - NOVEMBER 10TH

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

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?".

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

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

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

1919 – Mikhail Kalashnikov, Russian general and engineer, designed the AK-47 (d. 2013) is born.

1919 – The first national convention of the American Legion is held in Minneapolis, ending two days later.

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

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

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 – Ellen Pompeo, American actress, Grey's Anatomy, and producer is born.

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

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

1983 – Bill Gates introduces Windows 1.0.

1983 – Miranda Lambert, American singer-songwriter and guitarist is born.

1992 – Teddy Bridgewater, American football player, Minnesota Vikings, is born.

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

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 posthumously receive the Medal of Honor.