October 11

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Lead Story
Jimmy Carter wins Nobel Prize, 2002
American Revolution
Benedict Arnold fights valiantly at Valcour Island, 1776
Automotive
Blind driver breaks land-speed record, 2008
Civil War
Rebels raid Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, 1862
Cold War
Reagan and Gorbachev meet in Reykjavik, 1986
Crime
A mail car explodes in a train robbery, 1923
Disaster
Yellow fever breaks out in Philadelphia, 1793
General Interest
Benedict Arnold and the Battle of Valcour Island, 1776
Boer War begins in South Africa, 1899
Pope opens Vatican II, 1962
Apollo 7 launched, 1968
Hollywood
Saturday Night Live debuts, 1975
Literary
Elmore Leonard is born, 1925
Music
Bruce Springsteen scores his first pop hit with "Born to Run", 1975
Old West
Meriwether Lewis dies along the Natchez Trace, Tennessee, 1809
Presidential
Bill Clinton marries Hillary Rodham, 1975
Sports
Martinez-Zimmer scuffle interrupts ALCS, 2003
Vietnam War
Viet Minh take control in the north, 1954
Kennedy ponders the Vietnam situation, 1961
World War I
Bulgaria enters World War I , 1915
World War II
United States defeats Japanese in the Battle of Cape Esperance, 1942

General Interest

Oct 11, 1968:

Apollo 7 launched

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Apollo 7, the first manned Apollo mission, is launched with astronauts Walter M. Schirra, Jr.; Donn F. Eisele; and Walter Cunningham aboard. Under the command of Schirra, the crew of Apollo 7 conducted an 11-day orbit of Earth, during which the crew transmitted the first live television broadcasts from orbit.

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This Week in History, Oct 11 - Oct 17

Oct 11, 1776
Benedict Arnold and the Battle of Valcour Island
Oct 11, 1899
Boer War begins in South Africa
Oct 11, 1962
Pope opens Vatican II
Oct 11, 1968
Apollo 7 launched
Oct 12, 1810
The origin of Oktoberfest
Oct 12, 1915
British nurse executed in WWI
Oct 12, 1945
Conscientious objector wins Medal of Honor
Oct 12, 1964
USSR leads the space race
Oct 12, 2000
USS Cole attacked by terrorists
Oct 12, 2002
Terrorists kill 202 in Bali
Oct 13, 1775
Continental Navy established
Oct 13, 1812
Sir Isaac Brock saves Canada
Oct 13, 1843
B'nai B'rith founded
Oct 13, 1977
Palestinians hijack German airliner
Oct 14, 1066
The Battle of Hastings
Oct 14, 1912
Theodore Roosevelt shot in Milwaukee
Oct 14, 1964
King wins Nobel Peace Prize
Oct 14, 2012
Skydiver breaks sound barrier with 24-mile jump
Oct 15, 1945
Vichy leader executed for treason
Oct 15, 1989
Gretzky breaks scoring record
Oct 15, 1991
Thomas confirmed to the Supreme Court
Oct 16, 1793
Marie-Antoinette is beheaded
Oct 16, 1946
Nazi war criminals executed
Oct 16, 1987
Baby Jessica rescued from a well as the world watches
Oct 17, 1777
Patriot victory at Saratoga
Oct 17, 1961
Algerians massacred in Paris
Oct 17, 1973
OPEC enacts oil embargo
Oct 17, 1989
Earthquake rocks San Francisco

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