October 11 - Lunchtime

Lunchtime

This Day In History

1767

Surveying for the Mason–Dixon Line separating Maryland from Pennsylvania is completed.

1811

Inventor John Stevens' boat, the Juliana, begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry (service between New York City, New York, and Hoboken, New Jersey).

1890

In Washington, DC, the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.

1910

Former President Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane. He flew for four minutes with Arch Hoxsey in a plane built by the Wright Brothers at Kinloch Field (Lambert-St. Louis International Airport), St. Louis, Missouri.

1950

CBS's mechanical color television system is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.

1962

Second Vatican Council: Pope John XXIII convenes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years.

1968

NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful manned Apollo mission, with astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn F. Eisele and Walter Cunningham aboard.

1982

The Mary Rose, a Tudor carrack which sank on July 19, 1545, is salvaged from the sea bed of the Solent, off Portsmouth.

2000

Discovery launches on STS-92, the 100th Space Shuttle mission.

Famous Birthdays

1679

Christian Vater, German organ and harpsichord builder (d. 1756)

1758

Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers, German astronomer (d. 1840)

1821

George Williams, English founder of the YMCA (d. 1905)

1884

Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States and humanitarian (d. 1962)

1912

Betty Noyes, singer who dubbed Debbie Reynolds' singing voice in Singin' in the Rain (d. 1987)

1918

Jerome Robbins, American choreographer (d. 1998)

1925

Elmore Leonard, American novelist

1942

Amitabh Bachchan, Indian actor

1946

Daryl Hall, American rock singer

1953

David Morse, American actor

1962

Joan Cusack, American actress and comedian

1965

Sean Patrick Flanery, American actor
Luke Perry, American actor
1969
Stephen Moyer, British actor
1972
Claudia Black, Australian actress
1976
Emily Deschanel, American actress