October 11th: Coming Out Day
2006 - NY Yankees (American baseball) pitcher Cory Lidle crashed his personal plane into a high-rise condo in NY City. Cory, along with his co-pilot and 4 others in the building died.
1994 - The Colorado Supreme Court declared that the anti-gay rights measure in the state was unconstitutional.
1975 - "Saturday Night Live" was broadcast for the first time. George Carlin was the guest host.
1975 - Bill Clinton and Hillary Rodham were married in Fayetteville, AR.
1932 - In New York, the first telecast of a political campaign was aired.
1881 - David Henderson Houston patented the first roll film for cameras. Michelle Wie (Hawaiian golfer played in the LPGA at age 12) 1989 Michelle Trachtenberg (child star acted in: "Harriet the Spy", "Buffy (TV)", "Inspector Gadget", "Ice Princess", "Euro Trip") 1985 Emily Deschanel (sister of Zooey, stars in the TV series "Bones", also in movies: "It Could Happen To You", "Cold Mountain", "The Alamo", "Spider-Man 2", "Glory Road", "Boogeyman") 1976 Artie Lange ("MADtv" commedian became Howard Stern's radio co-host) 1967 "Donita Dunes" (pornstar known for her enhanced 44GG breasts) 1966 Luke Perry (TV: "90210", "Oz") 1966 Mike Nelson (head writer and human star of "Mystery Science Thearer 3000") 1964 Eleanor Roosevelt (US First Lady during the Great Depression and WW2) 1884 John Henry Heinz (Founder of "57 Varieties" of Heinz ketchup) 1844 Parson Mason Weems (Journalist remembered for his fictitious stories that he presented as fact. He was responsible for the story about George Washington cutting down his father's cherry tree.) 1759
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