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November 10th, 1975:

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The ore-hauling ship Edmund Fitzgerald sinks --- and its crew of 29 perishes --- during a severe storm on Lake Superior.

1982:

Leonid Brezhnev , the Soviet leader whose years in power saw the stagnation of the Cold War superpower, dies in Moscow at age 75. Yuri Andropov succeeds him in the Kremlin.

1871:

In central Africa, journalist and explorer Henry M. Stanley finds David Livingstone near Lake Tanganyika.

Livingstone, a Scottish missionary, had not been heard from for years.

1928:

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Film composer Ennio Morricone is born in Italy. He's best known for his scores of spaghetti Westerns --- from "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" to "A Fistful of Dollars."

And, 1969:

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"Sesame Street" --- the kids' TV educational program with Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch and many more Muppets --- debuts on PBS.

Today in History, November 10th --- ___ ___, The Associated Press.