History for October 11
History for October 11 - On-This-Day.com
- 1869 - Thomas Edison filed for a patent on his first invention. The electric machine was used for counting votes for the U.S. Congress, however the Congress did not buy it.
- 1881 - David Henderson Houston patented the first roll film for cameras.
- 1899 - The Boer War began in South Africa between the British and the Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State.
- 1939 - U.S. President Roosevelt was presented with a letter from Albert Einstein that urged him to develop the U.S. atomic program rapidly.
- 1975 - "Saturday Night Live" was broadcast for the first time. George Carlin was the guest host.
- 1983 - The last hand-cranked telephones in the U.S. went out of service. The 440 telephone customers of Bryant Pond, ME, were switched to direct-dial service.
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