October 11th, 2008

Today in History

1984:
Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American women to perform a space walk.

1975:
Saturday Night Live debuts with George Carlin as the guest host.

1967:
Afghan Prime Minister Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal resigns for health reasons

1865:
Paul Bogle led hundreds of black men and women in a march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion.

1809:
Along the Natchez Trace in Tennessee, explorer Meriwether Lewis dies under mysterious circumstances at an inn called Grinder's Stand.