In History – SNL Premiers

TODAY IN HISTORY - 10/11

1868 - Thomas Edison patents his 1st invention: electric voice machine
1911 - Ty Cobb (AL) & Frank Schulte (NL) are 1st MVPs, each gets an auto
1975 - "Saturday Night Live" premieres with guest host George Carlin
1996 - Ford buys rights to named Detroit domed stadium for $40 million

HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY

1884 - Eleanor Roosevelt, New York, 1st lady (1933-1945)/crusader (Nobel 1931), (d. 1962)
1932 - Dottie West, Nashville Tenn, country singer
1966 - Luke Perry, Mansfield Ohio, actor (Dillon-Beverly Hill 90210)
1975 - Future US President Bill Clinton weds future Secretary of State Hillary Rodham

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