Saturday, November 10, 2018

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



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


Gordon Lightfoot sang about the Wreck of the Edmond Fitzgerald 
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