Erin O'Riordan's Almanac for November 10th: https://ko-fi.com/post/November-10-Martinmas-Eve-X7X015V6EU
Bummer November 10th
November 10, 1898: In the Wilmington insurrection, white supremacists in Wilmington, North Carolina drove the duly-elected government of the city from office, successfully staging a coup against them for the perceived offence of including African-Americans in the city’s governance. White supremacists engaged in an organized campaign of vilifying Blacks in newspapers and in speeches.
They attempted to physically block Black North Carolinians from voting in the November 8th election. When their intimidation failed to result in the all-white government they desired, white people in Wilmington took to openly rioting, physically attacking African-Americans and burning Black-owned homes and businesses. An estimated 2,000 Black residents of Wilmington were displaced, and an unknown number of people were killed.
November 10, 1975: The SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinks to the bottom of Lake Michigan in an autumn snow squall, taking all 29 hands down with her.
November 10, 2010: Hollywood publicist Veronica “Ronni” Chasen, age 64, is killed in a random robbery attempt while driving home from a screening of the film Burlesque. After she is shot, she crashes her car into a street light. Police find her at the wheel, bleeding and semi-conscious; she dies at the hospital a short time later. When the suspect is confronted by police, he pulls out a gun and shoots himself in the head.
