October 11th, 2008

Today in History

2001:
Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.

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

1962:
Second Vatican Council: Pope John XXIII convenes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years.

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

1776:
On Lake Champlain 15 American gunboats are defeated but give Patriot forces enough time to prepare defenses of New York City.