Today is Friday, Oct. 11, the 284th day of 2013. There are 81 days left in the year.
On Oct. 11, 1962, Pope John XXIII convened the first session of the Roman Catholic Church's Second Vatican Council, also known as “Vatican 2.”
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In 1932, the first American political telecast took place as the Democratic National Committee sponsored a program from a CBS television studio in New York.
In 1984, space shuttle Challenger astronaut Kathryn Sullivan became the first American woman to walk in space.