On Oct. 11, 1968, Apollo 7, the first manned Apollo mission, was launched with astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn Fulton Eisele and R. Walter Cunningham aboard.
On Oct. 11, 1884, Eleanor Roosevelt, the American first lady, social reformer, diplomat and author, was born. Following her death on Nov. 7, 1962, her obituary appeared in The Times.
On This Date
| 1811 | The first steam-powered ferryboat was put into operation between New York City and Hoboken, N.J. |
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| 1958 | The lunar probe Pioneer 1 was launched; it failed to go as far as planned, fell back to Earth and burned up in the atmosphere. |
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| 1962 | Pope John XXIII convened the first session of the Roman Catholic Church's 21st Ecumenical Council, better known as Vatican II. |
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| 1968 | Apollo 7 was launched with astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn Fulton Eisele and R. Walter Cunningham aboard. |
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| 1975 | "Saturday Night Live" debuted on NBC. |
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| 1986 | President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev opened two days of talks on arms control and human rights in Reykjavik, Iceland. |
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| 1991 | Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, law professor Anita Hill accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexually harassing her; Thomas reappeared before the panel to denounce the proceedings as a "high-tech lynching." |
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| 1998 | Pope John Paul II canonized the first Jewish-born saint of the modern era: Edith Stein, a Catholic nun killed at Auschwitz. |
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| 2001 | Trinidad-born writer V.S. Naipaul won the Nobel Prize in literature. |
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| 2002 | The Senate joined the House in approving the use of America's military might against Iraq. |
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| 2002 | Former President Jimmy Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize for his 1970s Middle East diplomacy. |
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Current Birthdays
Actress Jane Krakowski ("30 Rock") turns 43 years old today.
AP Photo/Peter Kramer
Actress Emily Deschanel ("Bones") turns 35 years old today.
AP Photo/Peter Kramer
| 1925 | Elmore Leonard, Author, turns 86 |
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| 1927 | William Perry, Former defense secretary, turns 84 |
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| 1950 | Patty Murray, U.S. senator, D-Wash., turns 61 |
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| 1961 | Steve Young, Football Hall of Famer, turns 50 |
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| 1962 | Joan Cusack, Actress, turns 49 |
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| 1966 | Luke Perry, Actor ("Beverly Hills 90210"), turns 45 |
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| 1971 | MC Lyte, Rapper, turns 40 |
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| 1985 | Michelle Trachtenberg, Actress, turns 26 |
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Historic Birthdays
Eleanor Roosevelt10/11/1884 - 11/7/1962American First Lady (1933-44), diplomat and social reformer.Go to obituary »
| 64 | James Barry 10/11/1741 - 2/22/1806
Irish painter |
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| 62 | John Thadeus Delane 10/11/1817 - 11/22/1879
British editor |
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| 73 | Harlan Fisk Stone 10/11/1872 - 4/22/1946
American jurist; associate justice (1925-41) and chief justice (1941-6) of U.S. Supreme Court |
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| 84 | Francois Mauriac 10/11/1885 - 9/1/1970
French writer |
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| 68 | Charles Revson 10/11/1906 - 8/24/1975
American business entrepeneur; founded Revlon cosmetics line |
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| 78 | Joseph W. Alsop Jr. 10/11/1910 - 8/28/1989
American journalist |
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| 79 | Jerome Robbins 10/11/1918 - 7/29/1998
American choreographer |
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