On This Date in Minnesota History: November 10

November 10, 1975 — “The Edmund Fitzgerald, en route from Duluth to the steel mill on Zug Island, near Detroit, Mich., with a full cargo of taconite, sinks during a massive winter storm on Lake Superior. All 29 aboard are lost.”
http://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2008/07/part-2-150-minnesota-moments-wed-just-soon-forget

Edmund Fitzgerald

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Edmund_Fitzgerald_NOAA.jpg

Thank you Gordon Lightfoot for forever reminding us of this tragedy.