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\nOn Oct. 11, 1962, Pope John XXIII convened the first session of the Roman Catholic Church’s 21st Ecumenical Council, better known as Vatican II.
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1811<\/td>\nThe first steam-powered ferryboat was put into operation between New York City and Hoboken, N.J.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1884<\/td>\nFirst lady Eleanor Roosevelt was born in New York City.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1958<\/td>\nThe lunar probe Pioneer 1 was launched; it failed to go as far as planned, fell back to Earth and burned up in the atmosphere.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1968<\/td>\nApollo 7 was launched with astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn Fulton Eisele and R. Walter Cunningham aboard.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1975<\/td>\n“Saturday Night Live” debuted on NBC.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1986<\/td>\nPresident Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev opened two days of talks on arms control and human rights in Reykjavik, Iceland.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1991<\/td>\nTestifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, law professor Anita Hill accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexually harassing her; Thomas reappeared before the panel to denounce the proceedings as a “high-tech lynching.”<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1998<\/td>\nPope John Paul II canonized the first Jewish-born saint of the modern era: Edith Stein, a Catholic nun killed at Auschwitz.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2001<\/td>\nTrinidad-born writer V.S. Naipaul won the Nobel Prize in literature.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/td>\nThe Senate joined the House in approving the use of America’s military might against Iraq.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/td>\nFormer President Jimmy Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize for his 1970s Middle East diplomacy.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Actress Jane Krakowski (“30 Rock”) turns 48 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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William Perry<\/td>\nFormer defense secretary<\/td>\n89<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Patty Murray<\/td>\nU.S. senator, D-Wash.<\/td>\n66<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Steve Young<\/td>\nFootball Hall of Famer<\/td>\n55<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joan Cusack<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Luke Perry<\/td>\nActor (“Beverly Hills 90210”)<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MC Lyte<\/td>\nRapper<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michelle Trachtenberg<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actress Emily Deschanel (“Bones”) turns 40 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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