This Week in History

October 9

Phyllis Inserillo was born.

Liz Sorrentino was born.

1888 – For the first time the public was admitted to the Washington Monument.

1930 – Aviator Laura Ingalls became the first woman to make a solo transcontinental flight across the U.S.

October 10

Linda Peavey was born.

Paul King was born.

1886 – The tuxedo jacket made its debut at a ball in Tuxedo Park, N.Y.

1973 – Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned after being charged with tax evasion.

October 11

James Tubridy was born.

Marilyn Cowhey was born.

Yvonne Teich was born.

Sean Carlton was born.

1962 – The first session of Vatican II was convened by Pope John XXIII.

1984 – Space shuttle Challenger astronaut, Kathryn Sullivan, became the first American woman to walk in space.

OCTOBER 12

Daniel Twomey was born.

Katherine Sullivan Frain was born.

Mark Aiken was born.

1492 – Columbus landed in present-day Bahamas.

2000 – 17 U.S. sailors killed with the terrorist attack on the USS Cole in Yemen.

OCTOBER 13

Maureen O’Malley Byrnes was born.

1792 – The cornerstone of the White House was laid.

1943 – Italy declared war on Germany, its former Axis partner, during World War II.

OCTOBER  14

Michael Benedetto was born.

Fernando Pires was born.

Claire Weisz was born.

Mason Porretto was born.

Linda McLoughlin was born.

Kaitlyn McKeefrey was born.

1947 – U.S. Air Force Captain Charles Yeager became the first person to travel faster than the speed of sound.

1964 – Martin Luther King, Jr. was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

OCTOBER 15

David Bernstein was born.

Kim Potter was born.

1951 – I Love Lucy, starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, had its television debut.

1991 – Clarence Thomas got a narrow (52–48) Senate confirmation of his nomination to the Supreme Court.