Today in History
Listings for Tuesday, October 11, 2022.
Birthdays:
- 1758 Wilhelm Olbers, discoverer of asteroids Pallas & Vesta
- 1777 B. Brisson --1828
- 1844 Henry John Heinz, founded a prepared-foods company
- 1884 Eleanor Roosevelt, crusader
- 1885 Francois Mauriac, French novelist, poet, playwright (Nobel 1952)
- 1918 Jerome Robbins
- 1925 Elmore Leonard
- 1961 Steve Young
- 1962 Joan Cusack
- 1966 Luke Perry
Events:
- 1797 British naval forces defeat Dutch off Camperdown, Netherlands
- 1811 "Juliana", the first steam-powered ferryboat, begins operation.
- 1890 Daughters of the American Revolution founded.
- 1958 Pioneer 1 launched; first spacecraft launched by NASA
- 1968 Apollo 7 launched, first of the manned Apollo missions.
- 1969 Soyuz 6 launched; Soyuz 7 & 8 follow in next two days.
- 1980 Cosmonauts Popov & Ryumin set space endurance record of 184 days
- 1984 Kathy Sullivan becomes first American woman to walk in space.
- 1987 200,000 gays march for civil rights in Washington.
That's all for today.
