WEDNESDAY, Oct. 11, 2023

1811 — The Juliana, the first steam-powered ferryboat, begins operation

1864 — Slavery abolished in Maryland

1922 — First woman FBI "special investigator" appointed (Alaska Davidson)

1932 — First political telecast (Democratic National Committee) at CBS, NYC

1936 — "Professor Quiz", 1st radio quiz show premieres

1945 — Chinese civil war begins, Chiang Kai-Shek vs Mao Tse-Tung

1968 — Panama revolts

1972 — Prison uprising at Washington D.C. jail

1975 — "Saturday Night Live" premieres with guest host George Carlin

1979 — Allan McLeod Cormack & Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield win Nobel Prize for medicine for developing the CAT scan

1985 — Pres Reagan bans importation of South African Krugerrands

1990 — Octavio Paz wins Nobel Prize for literature