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This day in history: 11 October

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375 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 11 October.
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1942: World War II: Off Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese force.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast days: Æthelburh of Barking

Christian feast days: Agilbert

Christian feast days: Alexander Sauli

Christian feast days: Andronicus, Probus, and Tarachus (Roman Catholic Church)

Christian feast days: Bruno the Great

Christian feast days: Cainnech of Aghaboe

Christian feast days: Gratus of Oloron

Christian feast days: Gummarus

Christian feast days: James the Deacon (Church of England, Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church)

Christian feast days: Lommán of Trim

Christian feast days: Maria Soledad Torres y Acosta

Christian feast days: Nicasius, Quirinus, Scubiculus, and Pientia

Events

1942World War II: Off Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese force.

1937The Duke and Duchess of Windsor tour Nazi Germany for 12 days and meet Adolf Hitler on 22 October.

1976George Washington is posthumously promoted to the grade of General of the Armies.

1986Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Iceland to continue discussions about scaling back IRBM arsenals in Europe.

1311The peerage and clergy restrict the authority of English kings with the Ordinances of 1311.

1862American Civil War: Confederate troops conduct a raid on Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.

1776American Revolution: A fleet of American boats on Lake Champlain is defeated by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777.

1899The Second Boer War erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony, and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.

1962The Second Vatican Council becomes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years.

1991Prof. Anita Hill delivers her televised testimony concerning sexual harassment during the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination.

1912First Balkan War: The day after the Battle of Sarantaporo, Greek troops liberate the city of Kozani.

1890In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.

1982The hull of the Mary Rose is recovered, over four hundred years after her sinking during the battle of the Solent.

1944The Tuvan People's Republic is annexed by the Soviet Union.

1918The 7.1 Mw San Fermín earthquake shakes Puerto Rico. The quake and resulting tsunami kill up to 116 people.

1852The University of Sydney, Australia's oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney.

1643A Parliamentarian cavalry force defeats a Royalist cavalry force in the battle of Winceby.

2001The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.

1999Air 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.

1987The AIDS Memorial Quilt is first displayed during the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.

1968NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful crewed Apollo mission.

1954In accord with the 1954 Geneva Conference, French troops complete their withdrawal from North Vietnam.

1531The five Catholic cantons defeat the Protestant canton of Zurich in the battle of Kappel.

1987Start of Operation Pawan by Indian forces in Sri Lanka. Thousands of civilians, insurgents, soldiers die.

1797The Royal Navy decisively defeats the Batavian Navy at Camperdown during the French Revolutionary Wars.

1984Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk.

1984Aeroflot Flight 3352 crashes into maintenance vehicles upon landing in Omsk, Russia, killing 178.

1906San Francisco sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering segregated schools for Japanese students.

1865Hundreds of black men and women march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion.

1840The Maronite leader Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the Ottoman Empire and later is sent to Malta in exile.

2018Soyuz MS-10, launching an intended crew for the ISS, suffers an in-flight abort. The crew lands safely.

1941Beginning of the National Liberation War of Macedonia.

1958NASA launches Pioneer 1, its first space probe, although it fails to achieve a stable orbit.

2002A bomb attack in a Myyrmanni shopping mall in Vantaa, Finland kills seven.

1649Cromwell's New Model Army sacks Wexford, killing over 2,000 Irish Confederate troops and 1,500 civilians.

1811The Juliana begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry in New York harbor.

1138A massive earthquake strikes Aleppo; it is one of the most destructive earthquakes ever.

944Caliph al-Muttaqi is blinded and deposed by the Turkish general Tuzun.

2000NASA launches STS-92, the 100th Space Shuttle mission.

1950CBS's field-sequential color system for television is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.

Born on this day

1996Arman Tsarukyan, Armenian professional mixed martial artist

1992Cardi B, American rapper

1994T. J. Watt, American football player

1996Rhea Ripley, Australian wrestler

2001Daniel Maldini, Italian footballer

2001Maja Chwalińska, Polish tennis player

1993Hardik Pandya, Indian cricketer

1993Brandon Flynn, American actor

1999Keldon Johnson, American basketball player

1999Leicester Fainga'anuku, New Zealand rugby union player

1994Zior Park, South Korean rapper

1995Nicolás Jarry, Chilean tennis player

2001Jacob Preston, Australian rugby league player

2001Chu Ye-jin, South Korean actress

1994Clésio Baúque, Mozambican footballer

1992Christian Davis, English cricketer

1992Ligi Sao, New Zealand rugby league player

1992Riffi Mandanda, Congolese footballer

1991Gio Urshela, Colombian baseball player

1991Joel Bitonio, American football player

1991Kika van Es, Dutch footballer

1991Toby Fox, American video game developer and composer

1990Joo, South Korean singer and actress

1990Sebastian Rode, German footballer

1989Michelle Wie, American golfer

1988Omar Gonzalez, American soccer player

1988Ricochet, American wrestler

1987Mike Conley Jr., American basketball player

1987Nathan Coulter-Nile, Australian cricketer

1987Tony Beltran, American soccer player

1986Ikioi Shōta, Japanese sumo wrestler

1985Álvaro Fernández, Uruguayan footballer

1985Michelle Trachtenberg, American actress (died 2025)

1985Nesta Carter, Jamaican sprinter

1985Peter Ölvecký, Slovak ice hockey player

1985Yang Cheng, Chinese footballer

1984Jane Zhang, Chinese singer-songwriter

1984Martha MacIsaac, Canadian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter

1984Sergio Hellings, Dutch footballer

1984Zeb Taia, Australian-New Zealand rugby league player

Died on this day

2025Diane Keaton, American actress (born 1946)

2024Jamaluddin Hossain, Bangladeshi actor (born 1943)

2022Angela Lansbury, English-American actress, singer, and producer (born 1925)

2019Alexei Leonov, Soviet/Russian cosmonaut and first human to conduct a spacewalk (born 1934)

2017Clifford Husbands, Barbadian politician (born 1926)

2015Dean Chance, American baseball player and manager (born 1941)

2014Anita Cerquetti, Italian soprano (born 1931)

2014Bob Such, Australian educator and politician (born 1944)

2014Carmelo Simeone, Argentinian footballer (born 1933)

2013Erich Priebke, German captain (born 1913)

2013María de Villota, Spanish race car driver (born 1980)

2012Avrohom Genachowsky, Israeli rabbi (born 1936)

2012Champ Summers, American baseball player and coach (born 1946)

2012Édgar Negret, Colombian sculptor (born 1920)

2012Edward Kossoy, Polish lawyer, publicist, and activist (born 1913)

2012Helmut Haller, German footballer and coach (born 1939)

2009Angelo DiGeorge, American physician and endocrinologist (born 1922)

2009Halit Refiğ, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1934)

2008Ernst-Paul Hasselbach, Surinamese-Dutch television host and producer (born 1966)

2008Jörg Haider, Austrian lawyer and politician, Governor of Carinthia (born 1950)

2008Marjorie Fletcher, English Director of the Women's Royal Naval Service (born 1932)

2008Neal Hefti, American trumpet player and composer (born 1922)

2007David Lee "Tex" Hill, South Korean-American general and pilot (born 1915)

2007Werner von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (born 1915)

2006Cory Lidle, American baseball player (born 1972)

2005Attilâ İlhan, Turkish poet, author, and journalist (born 1925)

2005Edward Szczepanik, Polish economist and politician, Prime Minister of Poland (born 1915)

2005Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, Pakistani-Canadian linguist, journalist, and poet (born 1917)

2004Keith Miller, Australian cricketer and pilot (born 1919)

2001Beni Montresor, Italian director, set designer, and illustrator (born 1926)

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“Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.”

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