Religious Observances on October 11

• Jewish: Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan ראש חודש חשון

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On This Day in History — October 11

• 2013 — A migrant boat sinks in the Channel of Sicily with at least 34 people dead.
• 2002 — A bomb attack in a 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, using Space Shuttle Discovery.
• 1987 — First public display of AIDS Memorial Quilt on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., during the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.
• 1987 — Start of Operation Pawan by Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka that killed thousands of ethnic Tamil civilians and hundreds of Tamil Tigers and Indian Army soldiers.

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Notable Births on October 11

• 1997 — Jeando Fuchs, French footballer
• 1994 — Clésio Baúque, Mozambican footballer
• 1994 — T.J. Watt, American football player
• 1992 — Riffi Mandanda, Congolese footballer
• 1992 — Ligi Sao, New Zealand rugby league player
• 1992 — Christian Davis, English cricketer

Notable Deaths on October 11

• 2015 — Dean Chance, American baseball player and manager (b. 1941)
• 2015 — Jack Drake, American lawyer and politician (b. 1934)
• 2014 — Anita Cerquetti, Italian soprano (b. 1931)
• 2014 — Carmelo Simeone, Argentinian footballer (b. 1933)
• 2014 — Bob Such, Australian educator and politician (b. 1944)
• 2013 — María de Villota, Spanish race car driver (b. 1980)

Sports on October 11

• College Football: Kansas Jayhawks @ Utah Utes — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• College Football: Minnesota Golden Gophers @ Purdue Boilermakers — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: New York Yankees @ Tampa Bay Rays — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Chicago White Sox @ Cleveland Guardians — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NBA: Minnesota Timberwolves @ Miami Heat — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NBA: Philadelphia 76ers @ Boston Celtics — 00:00 UTC Scheduled

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Public Holidays on October 12

• 🇺🇸 Columbus Day
• 🇺🇸 Indigenous Peoples' Day
• 🌍 Day of Indigenous Resistance (Venezuela)
• 🌍 Day of Respect for Cultural Diversity (Argentina)
• 🌍 Día de la Raza (Colombia)
• 🌍 Día de la Resistencia Indígena (Venezuela)
• 🌍 Día del Encuentro de dos Mundos (Chile)
• 🌍 Día del Respeto a la Diversidad Cultural (Argentina)
• 🌍 Fiesta Nacional de España (Spain)
• 🌍 National Day of Spain (Spain)
• 🌍 Nossa Senhora Aparecida (Brazil)
• 🌍 Our Lady of Aparecida (Brazil)
• 🌍 Sports Day (Japan)
• 🌍 Thanksgiving (Canada)
• 🌍 スポーツの日 (Japan)

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Religious Observances on October 12

• Jewish: Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan ראש חודש חשון

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On This Day in History — October 12

• 2013 — Fifty-one people are killed after a truck veers off a cliff in La Convención Province, Peru.
• 2008 — Lithuanian nuclear power referendum, 2008 is performed.
• 2005 — The second Chinese human spaceflight Shenzhou 6 launched carrying Fèi Jùnlóng and Niè Hǎishèng for five days in orbit.
• 2002 — Terrorists detonate bombs in the Sari Club in Kuta, Bali, killing 202 and wounding over 300.
• 2000 — The USS Cole is badly damaged in Aden, Yemen, by two suicide bombers, killing 17 crew members and wounding at least 39.
• 1999 — Pervez Musharraf takes power in Pakistan from Nawaz Sharif through a bloodless coup.

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Notable Births on October 12

• 2002 — Iris Apatow, American actress
• 1997 — Curtis Scott, Australian rugby league player
• 1996 — Riechedly Bazoer, Dutch footballer
• 1994 — Sean Monahan, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1994 — Olivia Smoliga, American swimmer
• 1992 — Josh Hutcherson, American actor and producer

Notable Deaths on October 12

• 2015 — Abdallah Kigoda, Tanzanian politician, 8th Tanzanian Minister of Industry and Trade (b. 1953)
• 2015 — Joan Leslie, American actress, dancer, and vaudevillian (b. 1925)
• 2014 — Ali Mazrui, Kenyan-American political scientist, philosopher, and academic (b. 1933)
• 2014 — Graham Miles, English snooker player (b. 1941)
• 2014 — Roberto Telch, Argentinian footballer and coach (b. 1943)
• 2013 — George Herbig, American astronomer and academic (b. 1920)

Sports on October 12

• MLB: Los Angeles Dodgers @ Milwaukee Brewers — 00:00 UTC Scheduled
• NFL: Baltimore Ravens @ Atlanta Falcons — 00:20 UTC Scheduled
• NBA: Chicago Bulls @ Denver Nuggets — 01:00 UTC Scheduled
• Serie A: Venezia @ Atalanta — 16:30 UTC Scheduled
• NHL: Florida Panthers @ Buffalo Sabres — 17:00 UTC Scheduled
• Serie A: Udinese @ Torino — 18:45 UTC Scheduled

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