October 11
1779 - Polish patriot and American Revolutionary War commander Casimir Pulaski was killed in the Battle of Savannah.
1899 - The Boer War began in South Africa.
1906 - The San Francisco Board of Education ordered all of the city's Asian students segregated into their own school. (The order was later rescinded at the behest of President Theodore Roosevelt, who in exchange promised to curb future Japanese immigration to the United States.)
1915 - English nurse Edith Cavell was executed by the Germans during World War I.
1939 - A letter from Albert Einstein was delivered to President Franklin D. Roosevelt concerning the possibility of atomic weapons.
1962 - The first session of Vatican II was convened by Pope John XXIII.
1968 - The first staffed Apollo mission, Apollo 7, was launched with astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn Fulton Eisele, and R. Walter Cunningham aboard.
1984 - Space shuttle Challenger astronaut Kathryn Sullivan became the first American woman to walk in space.
1986 - President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev opened two days of talks in Reykjavik, Iceland, concerning arms control and human rights.
1987 - The AIDS Memorial Quilt was first displayed, during the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights on the National Mall.
1991 - Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Anita Hill accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment; Thomas re-appeared before the panel to denounce the proceedings as a "high-tech lynching."
2017 - The Boy Scouts of America announced that it would admit girls into the Cub Scouts starting the following year and establish a new program for older girls based on the Boy Scout curriculum.
Birthdays
28 - Rhea Ripley (professional wrestler)
30 - T.J. Watt (football player)
30 - Hayley Erbert (dancer)
31 - Brandon Flynn (actor)
32 - Cardi B (rapper)
35 - Michelle Wie (golfer)
39 - Michelle Trachtenberg (actress)
47 - Matt Bomer (actor)
48 - Emily Deschanel (actress)
54 - MC Lyte (rapper)
56 - Jane Krakowski (actress)
59 - Rikishi (professional wrestler)
62 - Joan Cusack (actress)
63 - Steve Young (football player)
71 - David Morse (actor)
78 - Daryl Hall (singer)
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Today in Sports History - October 11
1913 - The Philadelphia Athletics defeat the New York Giants in five games to win the World Series.
1924 - The Boston Bruins and the Montreal Maroons were granted NHL franchises.
1925 - The New York Giants played their first NFL game. The Giants lost 14-0 to Providence.
1943 - The New York Yankees defeat the St. Louis Cardinals in five games to win their 10th World Series.
1948 - The Cleveland Indians defeat the Boston Braves in six games to win the World Series.
1984 - Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh Penguins) made his debut in the National Hockey League (NHL) against the Boston Bruins. He scored a goal on his first shot on his first NHL shift.
1992 - Deion Sanders plays for the Atlanta Falcons in Miami and then flies to Pittsburgh, hoping to play for the Atlanta Braves and become the first athlete to play in two pro sports on the same day; however, Braves manager Bobby Cox does not play Sanders.
1998 - Steve Young (San Francisco 49ers) became the 20th player in NFL history to throw for 30,000 yards.
2004 - The Houston Astros won a postseason series for the first time in their 43 year history. They defeated the Atlanta Braves 12-3 in Game 5. The Astros had lost 7 playoff series previously, three of them to Atlanta.
2006 - In New York, Cory Lidle (New York Yankees) and his flight instructor were killed when Lidle's plane crashed into a high-rise apartment building.
2020 - The Los Angeles Lakers defeat the Miami Heat in six games to win a record-tying 17th NBA championship. LeBron James is named Finals MVP, and is the first player to win the award with three different teams.
2021 - Jon Gruden resigned as head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders following reports about messages he wrote years earlier that used offensive terms to refer to Blacks, gays and women.
1779 - Polish patriot and American Revolutionary War commander Casimir Pulaski was killed in the Battle of Savannah.
1899 - The Boer War began in South Africa.
1906 - The San Francisco Board of Education ordered all of the city's Asian students segregated into their own school. (The order was later rescinded at the behest of President Theodore Roosevelt, who in exchange promised to curb future Japanese immigration to the United States.)
1915 - English nurse Edith Cavell was executed by the Germans during World War I.
1939 - A letter from Albert Einstein was delivered to President Franklin D. Roosevelt concerning the possibility of atomic weapons.
1962 - The first session of Vatican II was convened by Pope John XXIII.
1968 - The first staffed Apollo mission, Apollo 7, was launched with astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn Fulton Eisele, and R. Walter Cunningham aboard.
1984 - Space shuttle Challenger astronaut Kathryn Sullivan became the first American woman to walk in space.
1986 - President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev opened two days of talks in Reykjavik, Iceland, concerning arms control and human rights.
1987 - The AIDS Memorial Quilt was first displayed, during the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights on the National Mall.
1991 - Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Anita Hill accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment; Thomas re-appeared before the panel to denounce the proceedings as a "high-tech lynching."
2017 - The Boy Scouts of America announced that it would admit girls into the Cub Scouts starting the following year and establish a new program for older girls based on the Boy Scout curriculum.
Birthdays
28 - Rhea Ripley (professional wrestler)
30 - T.J. Watt (football player)
30 - Hayley Erbert (dancer)
31 - Brandon Flynn (actor)
32 - Cardi B (rapper)
35 - Michelle Wie (golfer)
39 - Michelle Trachtenberg (actress)
47 - Matt Bomer (actor)
48 - Emily Deschanel (actress)
54 - MC Lyte (rapper)
56 - Jane Krakowski (actress)
59 - Rikishi (professional wrestler)
62 - Joan Cusack (actress)
63 - Steve Young (football player)
71 - David Morse (actor)
78 - Daryl Hall (singer)
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Today in Sports History - October 11
1913 - The Philadelphia Athletics defeat the New York Giants in five games to win the World Series.
1924 - The Boston Bruins and the Montreal Maroons were granted NHL franchises.
1925 - The New York Giants played their first NFL game. The Giants lost 14-0 to Providence.
1943 - The New York Yankees defeat the St. Louis Cardinals in five games to win their 10th World Series.
1948 - The Cleveland Indians defeat the Boston Braves in six games to win the World Series.
1984 - Mario Lemieux (Pittsburgh Penguins) made his debut in the National Hockey League (NHL) against the Boston Bruins. He scored a goal on his first shot on his first NHL shift.
1992 - Deion Sanders plays for the Atlanta Falcons in Miami and then flies to Pittsburgh, hoping to play for the Atlanta Braves and become the first athlete to play in two pro sports on the same day; however, Braves manager Bobby Cox does not play Sanders.
1998 - Steve Young (San Francisco 49ers) became the 20th player in NFL history to throw for 30,000 yards.
2004 - The Houston Astros won a postseason series for the first time in their 43 year history. They defeated the Atlanta Braves 12-3 in Game 5. The Astros had lost 7 playoff series previously, three of them to Atlanta.
2006 - In New York, Cory Lidle (New York Yankees) and his flight instructor were killed when Lidle's plane crashed into a high-rise apartment building.
2020 - The Los Angeles Lakers defeat the Miami Heat in six games to win a record-tying 17th NBA championship. LeBron James is named Finals MVP, and is the first player to win the award with three different teams.
2021 - Jon Gruden resigned as head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders following reports about messages he wrote years earlier that used offensive terms to refer to Blacks, gays and women.
