Today in History - History - October 11th

1911Ty Cobb (AL) & Frank Schulte (NL) are 1st MVPs, each gets an auto

1945Chinese civil war begins, Chiang Kai-Shek vs Mao Zedong

1521Pope Leo X titles King Henry VIII of England "Defender of the Faith"

1868Thomas Edison patents his 1st invention: electric voice machine

1927Lou Gehrig named AL MVP (Babe Ruth (former winner) not eligible)

1975Islander's Bryan Trottier's 1st career hat trick

1929JC Penney opens store #1252 in Milford, Delaware, making it a nationwide company with stores in all 48 U.S. states.

198216th Country Music Association Award: Willie Nelson & Ricky Skagg

1969Blues artist Muddy Waters involved in a car crash that kills 3

1985President Reagan bans importation of South African Krugerrands

1966Luke Perry, Mansfield Ohio, actor (Dillon-Beverly Hill 90210)

1884Eleanor Roosevelt, [Anna], New York, 1st lady (1933-1945)/crusader (Nobel 1931), (d. 1962)

1975Future US President Bill Clinton weds future Secretary of State Hillary Rodham

1948Fellow students Fidel Castro and Mirta Diaz-Balart marry (divorced 1955)

1954Philippine president Corazon Aquino (21) weds Tarlac governor Benigno Aquino Jr (22) in Pasay City, Philippines

1938Jazz musician Louis Armstrong (37) weds longtime girlfriend Alpha Smith

1963Edith Piaf, French singer (No, I don't regret anything), dies at 47

1809Meriwether Lewis, (Lewis & Clark Expedition), commits suicide at 35