October 11 - The Day in History

October 11 : General Interest 2002: Jimmy Carter wins Nobel Prize On this day in 2002, former President Jimmy Carter wins the Nobel Peace Prize "for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development..." read more American Revolution 1776 : Benedict Arnold fights valiantly at Valcour Island http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/benedict-arnold-fights-valiantly-at-valcour-island Automotive 2008 : Blind driver breaks land-speed record http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/blind-driver-breaks-land-speed-record Civil War 1862 : Rebels raid Chambersburg, Pennsylvania http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/stuart-hits-pennsylvania Cold War 1986 : Reagan and Gorbachev meet in Reykjavik http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/reagan-and-gorbachev-meet-in-reykjavik Crime 1923 : A mail car explodes in a train robbery http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/a-mail-car-explodes-in-a-train-robbery Disaster 1793 : Yellow fever breaks out in Philadelphia http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/yellow-fever-breaks-out-in-philadelphia General Interest 1776 : Benedict Arnold and the Battle of Valcour Island http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/benedict-arnold-and-the-battle-of-valcour-island 1899 : Boer War begins in South Africa http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/boer-war-begins-in-south-africa 1962 : Pope opens Vatican II http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pope-opens-vatican-ii 1968 : Apollo 7 launched http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/iapollo-7i-launched Hollywood 1975 : Saturday Night Live debuts http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/saturday-night-live-debuts Literary 1925 : Elmore Leonard is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/elmore-leonard-is-born Music 1975 : Bruce Springsteen scores his first pop hit with "Born to Run" http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bruce-springsteen-scores-his-first-pop-hit-with-quotborn-to-runquot Old West 1809 : Meriwether Lewis dies along the Natchez Trace, Tennessee http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/meriwether-lewis-dies-along-the-natchez-trace-tennessee Presidential 1975 : Bill Clinton marries Hillary Rodham http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bill-clinton-marries-hillary-rodham Sports 2003 : Martinez-Zimmer scuffle interrupts ALCS http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/martinez-zimmer-scuffle-interrupts-alcs Vietnam War 1954 : Viet Minh take control in the north http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/viet-minh-take-control-in-the-north 1961 : Kennedy ponders the Vietnam situation http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kennedy-ponders-the-vietnam-situation World War I 1915 : Bulgaria enters World War I http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bulgaria-enters-world-war-i World War II 1942 : United States defeats Japanese in the Battle of Cape Esperance http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/united-states-defeats-japanese-in-the-battle-of-cape-esperance

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