October 11 - This 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... 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