Today's Highlight in History:
On November tenth, 1928, Hirohito was enthroned（登上王位） as Emperor of Japan.
On this date:
In 1775, the US Marines were organized under authority of the Continental1 Congress.
In 1871, journalist-explorer Henry M. Stanley found missing Scottish missionary2（传教士） David Livingstone in central Africa.
In 1919, the American Legion held its first national convention, in Minneapolis.
In 1954, the Iwo Jima Memorial was dedicated3 in（专心致力于） Arlington, Virginia.
In 1969, the children's educational program "Sesame Street" made its debut4（初次登场） on PBS.
In 1975, the UN General Assembly approved a resolution equating5（等化，均衡） Zionism with racism6 (however, the world body repealed7 the resolution in December 1991).
In 1975, the ore（矿，矿石）-hauling（运输） ship "Edmund Fitzgerald" and its crew of 29 vanished during a storm in Lake Superior.
In 1982, Soviet8 leader Leonid I. Brezhnev died at age 75.
In 1982, the newly finished Vietnam Veterans Memorial was opened to its first visitors in Washington DC.
In 1989, workers began punching a hole in the Berlin Wall, a day after East Germany abolished（废止，革除） its border restrictions9.
Ten years ago: Secretary of State James A. Baker10 the Third returned to Washington, claiming success in his weeklong diplomatic tour aimed at shoring up the anti-Iraq coalition（结合，联合）. Chandra Shekhar was sworn in（宣誓就职） as India's new prime minister.
Five years ago: Defying（蔑视，挑衅） international appeals for clemency11（仁慈，宽厚）, Nigeria's military rulers hanged playwright12 Ken13 Saro-Wiwa along with eight other anti-government activists14. Searchers in Katmandu, Nepal, rescued 549 hikers after a massive avalanche15（雪崩） struck the Himalayan foothills, killing16 24 tourists and 32 Nepalese.
One year ago: President Clinton decided17 to delay and shorten a trip to Greece in reaction to growing security concerns and the prospect18 of violent anti-American demonstrations19. Investigators20 said the flight data recorder from EgyptAir Flight 990 showed things were normal until the autopilot mysteriously disconnected and the Boeing 767 began what appeared to be a controlled descent（降落）.
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