What Happened On This

Day – 11 October
 2000 100th Mission of NASA’s Space Shuttle Program
Also known as the Space Transportation System or STS, the program was the first
in the world to employ reusable spacecraft to take people into outer space. The first
flight of the space shuttle fleet, which included Columbia, Challenger, Discovery,
Atlantis, and Endeavour took place on April 12, 1981. The 100th flight was on space
shuttle Discovery and the mission was designated STS-92. It was the 30th time
Discovery had flown into space.
 1984 First American Woman to walk in Space
Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan undertook a 3.5-hour long space walk with fellow
astronaut David Leestma while on the Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-41-G.
The spacewalk was performed to demonstrate the possibility of refueling a satellite.
STS-41-G was the first flight mission to carry two women astronauts - Sullivan and
Sally Ride.
 1975 The First Episode of Saturday Night Live Airs
A popular sketch comedy show, SNL, as it is popularly known, was initially called
NBC's Saturday Night, and it was created and produced by Lorne Michaels. The
original cast members of the show, which usually opens with the slogan “Live from
New York, it's Saturday Night!”, included Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, and Chevy
Chase.

 1911 Wuchang Uprising

The Wuchang Uprising occurred in Wuchang, China, leading to the fall of the Qing
dynasty and the establishment of the Republic of China. This day is celebrated as an
important holiday in Taiwan.
 1899 Second Boer War Begins
The almost 3-year long conflict was fought between British and Irish troops and the
Boers from the Transvaal and Orange Free State. The war began as a result of
disagreements between the two sides over the ownership of gold and diamond mines
in the region. The two countries were annexed by the British at the end of the war
in May 1902. The word Boer is the Afrikaans word for farmer and it was used at
that time to refer to Afrikaans-speaking settlers in the region.
Births On This Day – 11 October Deaths On This Day – 11 October

 1989 Michelle Wie  2008 Jörg Haider

American golfer
 1942 Amitabh Bachchan
Indian actor
 1937 Bobby Charlton
English footballer
 1884 Eleanor Roosevelt
American politician, humanitarian,
34th First Lady of the United States
 1739 Grigory Potemkin
Austrian politician, Governor of
Carinthia
 2004 Keith Miller
Australian cricketer, pilot
 1963 Édith Piaf
French singer-songwriter, actress
 1896 Anton Bruckner
Austrian composer
 1531 Huldrych Zwingli
Russian military leader, politician Swiss pastor, theologian