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What Happened on October 11th This Day in History

Year	Name
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.

Famous People Born on October 11

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Year	Name
1924	Mal Whitfield, American athlete (d. 2015)
1793	Maria James, Welsh-born American poet, domestic servant (d. 1868)
1942	Amitabh Bachchan, Indian film actor, producer, television host, and former politician
1616	Andreas Gryphius, German poet and playwright (d. 1664)
1935	Dan Evins, American businessman, founded Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (d. 2012)
1990	Sebastian Rode, German footballer
1973	Niki Xanthou, Greek long jumper
1965	Alexander Hacke, German singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1987	Tony Beltran, American soccer player
1977	Desmond Mason, American basketball player and sportscaster

Famous People Deaths On October 11

Here is a list of some famous peope who died on October 11. For full list please click on the link above.

Date	Name
1991	Redd Foxx, American actor and comedian (b. 1922)
2001	Beni Montresor, Italian director, set designer, and illustrator (b. 1926)
1999	Leo Lionni, Dutch-American author and illustrator (b. 1910)
1086	Sima Guang, Chinese historian and statesman (b. 1019)
1989	M. King Hubbert, American geologist and academic (b. 1904)
1904	Mary Tenney Gray, American editorial writer, club-woman, philanthropist, and suffragette (b. 1833)
1988	Bonita Granville, American actress (b. 1923)
1708	Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician, physicist, physician, and philosopher (b. 1651)
1983	R. Fraser Armstrong, Canadian administrator and engineer (b. 1889)
2005	Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, Pakistani-Canadian linguist, journalist, and poet (b. 1917)