A man in Virginia legally changed his middle name to 'Lindsay Lohan' to mock the actress
The 27-year-old man said he did it because he thought Lohan was a terrible role model for young people. He paid $150 for the legal name change and adm...
October 11 in History
Significant events that happened on this day.
Historical Events
2010
2002
Former President Jimmy Carter was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Committee recognized his decades of work advancing peace, democracy, and human rights worldwide. The committee's chairman made a pointed sta...
1986
President Reagan and Soviet leader Gorbachev met in Reykjavik for a historic summit
MajorThe meeting almost resulted in an agreement to eliminate all nuclear weapons, but collapsed over Reagan's refusal to limit his Strategic Defense Initi...
1984
Astronaut Kathryn Sullivan became the first American woman to walk in space
During the Space Shuttle Challenger mission, Sullivan spent 3.5 hours outside the spacecraft. She would later become the first woman to reach the deep...
1982
The Mary Rose, King Henry VIII's warship, was raised from the seabed after 437 years
The ship sank in 1545 during a battle with the French, watched by Henry VIII himself from shore. When raised, it still contained the skeletons of crew...
1975
Saturday Night Live premiered on NBC, changing television comedy forever
MajorThe first episode was hosted by George Carlin and featured the Not Ready for Prime Time Players. The show almost didn't happen because network executi...
1939
Physicist Albert Einstein wrote to President Roosevelt warning him about the possibility of atomic bombs
MajorEinstein's letter, actually drafted by physicist Leo Szilard, warned that Germany might be developing nuclear weapons. This letter directly led to the...
1910
Theodore Roosevelt became the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane
The former president took a four-minute flight in a Wright Brothers plane in St. Louis, reaching the dizzying height of 50 feet. His wife was reported...
1906
The San Francisco Board of Education ordered all Asian students to attend segregated schools
This sparked an international incident with Japan, leading President Theodore Roosevelt to intervene. He convinced the board to rescind the order in e...
1899
The Second Boer War began in South Africa between British forces and Boer republics
MajorThis conflict would last until 1902 and introduce the world to concentration camps, used by the British to detain Boer civilians. The war also saw you...
1852
The University of Sydney was founded, becoming Australia's first university
The university opened with just 24 students and three professors. It was remarkably progressive for its time, admitting students solely on academic me...
1776
The British and American navies fought the first naval engagement of the Revolutionary War on Lake Champlain
Benedict Arnold commanded the American fleet in the Battle of Valcour Island. Though he lost the battle, the delay it caused prevented the British fro...
