Today is Tuesday, Oct. 11, the 285th day of 2016. There are 81 days left in the year. The Jewish Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur, begins at sunset.
On this date:
In 1890, the Daughters of the American Revolution was founded in Washington, D.C.
In 1905, the Juilliard School was founded as the Institute of Musical Art in New York.
In 1968, Apollo 7, the first manned Apollo mission, was launched with astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn Fulton Eisele and R. Walter Cunningham aboard. The government of Panama was overthrown in a military coup.
In 1975, Bill Clinton and Hillary Diane Rodham were married in Fayetteville, Arkansas. “NBC Saturday Night” (later “Saturday Night Live”) made its debut with guest host George Carlin.
In 2002, former President Jimmy Carter was named the recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
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