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On This Day
November 10, 1975 – The SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinks 17 miles from the entrance to Whitefish Bay on Lake Superior, taking all 29 crew members with her.
Gordon Lightfoot performs his song “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” on Soundstage (1979)
On This Day
October 6, 1848 – The steamboat SS California left New York Harbor for San Francisco via Cape Horn. The steamboat service arrived on February 28, 1849. The trip took 4 months and 21 days.
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