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What happened in history on October 11th?
Year | Name |
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2018 | Soyuz MS-10, launching an intended crew for the ISS, suffers an in-flight abort. The crew lands safely. |
2013 | A migrant boat sinks in the Channel of Sicily, with at least 34 people drowning. |
2002 | A bomb attack in a Myyrmanni shopping mall in Vantaa, Finland kills seven. |
2001 | The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection. |
2000 | NASA launches STS-92, the 100th Space Shuttle mission. |
1999 | Air Botswana pilot Chris Phatswe steals an ATR 42 from Sir Seretse Khama International Airport and later crashes it into two other aircraft at the airport, killing himself. |
1991 | Prof. Anita Hill delivers her televised testimony concerning sexual harassment during the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination. |
1987 | The AIDS Memorial Quilt is first displayed during the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. |
1987 | Start of Operation Pawan by Indian forces in Sri Lanka. Thousands of civilians, insurgents, soldiers die. |
1986 | Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Iceland to continue discussions about scaling back IRBM arsenals in Europe. |
1984 | Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk. |
1984 | Aeroflot Flight 3352 crashes into maintenance vehicles upon landing in Omsk, Russia, killing 178. |
1976 | George Washington is posthumously promoted to the grade of General of the Armies. |
1968 | NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful manned Apollo mission. |
1962 | The Second Vatican Council becomes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years. |
1961 | The 1st Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement is held in Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia, resulting in the establishment of the Non-Aligned Movement. |
1958 | NASA launches Pioneer 1, its first space probe, although it fails to achieve a stable orbit. |
1954 | In accord with the 1954 Geneva Conference, French troops complete their withdrawal from North Vietnam. |
1950 | CBS's field-sequential color system for television is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. |
1944 | The Tuvan People's Republic is annexed by the Soviet Union. |
1942 | World War II: Off Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese force. |
1941 | Beginning of the National Liberation War of Macedonia. |
1937 | The Duke and Duchess of Windsor tour Nazi Germany for 12 days and meet Adolf Hitler on the 22nd. |
1918 | The 7.1 .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Mw San Fermín earthquake shakes Puerto Rico. The quake and resulting tsunami kill up to 116 people. |
1912 | First Balkan War: The day after the Battle of Sarantaporo, Greek troops liberate the city of Kozani. |
1910 | Piloted by Arch Hoxsey, Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane. |
1906 | San Francisco sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering segregated schools for Japanese students. |
1899 | The Second Boer War erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony, and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State. |
1890 | In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded. |
1865 | Hundreds of black men and women march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion. |
1862 | American Civil War: Confederate troops conduct a raid on Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. |
1852 | The University of Sydney, Australia's oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney. |
1840 | The Maronite leader Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the Ottoman Empire and later is sent to Malta in exile. |
1811 | The Juliana begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry in New York harbor. |
1797 | The Royal Navy decisively defeats the Batavian Navy at Camperdown during the French Revolutionary Wars. |
1776 | American Revolution: A fleet of American boats on Lake Champlain is defeated by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777. |
1767 | Surveying for the Mason–Dixon line separating Maryland from Pennsylvania is completed. |
1649 | Cromwell's New Model Army sacks Wexford, killing over 2,000 Irish Confederate troops and 1,500 civilians. |
1634 | The Burchardi flood kills around 15,000 in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany. |
1614 | The New Netherland Company applies to the States General of the Netherlands for exclusive trading rights in what is now the northeastern United States. |
1311 | The peerage and clergy restrict the authority of English kings with the Ordinances of 1311. |
1142 | A peace treaty ends the Jin–Song wars. |
1138 | A massive earthquake strikes Aleppo; it is one of the most destructive earthquakes ever. |
Here is a random list who born on October 11. For full list please click on the link above.
Year | Name |
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1924 | Mal Whitfield, American athlete (d. 2015) |
1946 | Sawao Katō, Japanese gymnast |
1987 | Tony Beltran, American soccer player |
1992 | Riffi Mandanda, Congolese footballer |
1974 | Jason Arnott, Canadian ice hockey player |
1946 | Daryl Hall, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer |
1803 | Gregor von Helmersen, Estonian-Russian general and geologist (d. 1885) |
1911 | Nello Pagani, Italian motorcycle racer and race car driver (d. 2003) |
1946 | Elinor Goodman, English journalist |
1884 | Friedrich Bergius, German-Argentinian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1949) |
Here is a list of some famous peope who died on October 11. For full list please click on the link above.
Date | Name |
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1999 | Leo Lionni, Dutch-American author and illustrator (b. 1910) |
1896 | Edward Benson, English archbishop (b. 1829) |
1303 | Pope Boniface VIII (b. 1235) |
1698 | William Molyneux, Irish philosopher and writer (b. 1656) |
2007 | David Lee "Tex" Hill, South Korean-American general and pilot (b. 1915) |
1998 | Richard Denning, American actor (b. 1914) |
1971 | Tamanoumi Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 51st Yokozuna (b. 1944) |
1721 | Edward Colston, English merchant and politician (b. 1636) |
1977 | MacKinlay Kantor, American journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1904) |
1531 | Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss pastor and theologian (b. 1484) |