On This Day — October 11

🕰️ Notable Events on October 11

• 2013 — A migrant boat sinks in the Channel of Sicily with at least 34 people dead. Wikipedia ↗
• 2002 — A bomb attack in a shopping mall in Vantaa, Finland kills seven. Wikipedia ↗
• 2001 — The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection. Wikipedia ↗
• 2000 — NASA launches STS-92, the 100th Space Shuttle mission, using Space Shuttle Discovery. Wikipedia ↗
• 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. Wikipedia ↗
• 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. Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Cold War: U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Reykjavík, Iceland, in an effort to continue discussions about scaling back their intermediate missile arsenals in Europe. Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk. Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-154 crashes into maintenance vehicles upon landing in Omsk, Russia, killing 178. Wikipedia ↗
• 1976 — George Washington's appointment, posthumously, to the grade of General of the Armies by congressional joint resolution Public Law 94-479 is approved by President Gerald R. Ford. Wikipedia ↗
• 1972 — A race riot occurs on the United States Navy aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off the coast of Vietnam during Operation Linebacker. Wikipedia ↗
• 1968 — Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful manned Apollo mission, with astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn F. Eisele and Walter Cunningham aboard. Wikipedia ↗
• 1962 — Second Vatican Council: Pope John XXIII convenes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years. Wikipedia ↗
• 1958 — Pioneer program: NASA launches the lunar probe Pioneer 1 (the probe falls back to Earth and burns up). Wikipedia ↗
• 1957 — Space Race: Operation Moonwatch scientists calculate Sputnik 1's booster rocket's orbit. Wikipedia ↗
• 1954 — First Indochina War: The Viet Minh take control of North Vietnam. Wikipedia ↗
• 1950 — Television: CBS's mechanical color system is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — Tuvan People's Republic, formerly Tannu Tuva, is annexed by the U.S.S.R. Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — World War II: Battle of Cape Esperance: On the northwest coast of Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese fleet on their way to reinforce troops on the island. Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — Beginning of the National Liberation War of Macedonia. Wikipedia ↗
• 1918 — The 7.1 Mw San Fermín earthquake shakes Puerto Rico with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 76-116 people. A destructive tsunami contributed to the damage and loss of life. Wikipedia ↗
• 1912 — First Balkan War: The Greek Army liberates the city of Kozani. Wikipedia ↗
• 1910 — Former President Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane. He flew for four minutes with Arch Hoxsey in a plane built by the Wright brothers at Kinloch Field (Lambert-St. Louis International Airport), St. Louis, Missouri. Wikipedia ↗
• 1906 — San Francisco public school board sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering Japanese students to be taught in racially segregated schools. Wikipedia ↗
• 1899 — Second Boer War begins: In South Africa, a war between the United Kingdom and the Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State erupts. Wikipedia ↗
• 1899 — The Western League is renamed the American League. Wikipedia ↗
• 1890 — In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded. Wikipedia ↗
• 1865 — Paul Bogle led hundreds of black men and women in a march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion. Wikipedia ↗
• 1862 — American Civil War: In the aftermath of the Battle of Antietam, Confederate General J. E. B. Stuart and his men loot Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, during a raid into the north. Wikipedia ↗
• 1852 — The University of Sydney, Australia's oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney. Wikipedia ↗
• 1840 — The Maronite leader Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the Ottoman Empire and later is sent to Malta in exile. Wikipedia ↗
• 1811 — Inventor John Stevens' boat, the Juliana, begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry (service between New York City, New York, and Hoboken, New Jersey). Wikipedia ↗
• 1809 — Along the Natchez Trace in Tennessee, explorer Meriwether Lewis dies under mysterious circumstances at an inn called Grinder's Stand. Wikipedia ↗
• 1797 — Battle of Camperdown: Naval battle between Royal Navy and Royal Netherlands Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars. The outcome of the battle was a decisive British victory. Wikipedia ↗
• 1776 — American Revolutionary War: Battle of Valcour Island: On Lake Champlain a fleet of American boats is defeated by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777. Wikipedia ↗
• 1767 — Surveying for the Mason-Dixon line separating Maryland from Pennsylvania is completed. Wikipedia ↗
• 1727 — George II and Caroline of Ansbach are crowned King and Queen of Great Britain. Wikipedia ↗
• 1649 — Sack of Wexford: After a ten-day siege, English New Model Army troops (under Oliver Cromwell) stormed the town of Wexford, killing over 2,000 Irish Confederate troops and 1,500 civilians. Wikipedia ↗
• 1634 — The Burchardi flood: "The second Grote Mandrenke" killed around 15,000 men in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany. Wikipedia ↗
• 1614 — Adriaen Block and 12 Amsterdam merchants petition the States General for exclusive trading rights in the New Netherland colony. Wikipedia ↗
• 1582 — Due to the adoption of the Gregorian calendar, this date does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain. Wikipedia ↗
• 1531 — Huldrych Zwingli is killed in battle with the Roman Catholic cantons of Switzerland. Wikipedia ↗
• 1311 — The Ordinances of 1311 are published, imposing a series of regulations upon King Edward II of England by the peerage and clergy. Wikipedia ↗
• 1142 — A peace treaty between the Jin dynasty and Southern Song dynasty is formally ratified when a Jin envoy visits the Song court during the Jin-Song wars. Wikipedia ↗
• 1138 — A massive earthquake strikes Aleppo. Wikipedia ↗

🎂 Notable Births on October 11

• 1997 — Jeando Fuchs, French footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1994 — Clésio Baúque, Mozambican footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1994 — T.J. Watt, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1992 — Riffi Mandanda, Congolese footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1992 — Ligi Sao, New Zealand rugby league player Wikipedia ↗
• 1992 — Christian Davis, English cricketer Wikipedia ↗
• 1991 — Patrick Leyland, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1990 — Sebastian Rode, German footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1989 — Michelle Wie, American golfer Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — Omar Gonzalez, American soccer player Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — Ricochet, American Professional Wrestler Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Tony Beltran, American soccer player Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Mike Conley, Jr., American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Nathan Coulter-Nile, Australian cricketer Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Ikioi Shōta, Japanese sumo wrestler Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Nesta Carter, Jamaican sprinter Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Yang Cheng, Chinese footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Álvaro Fernández, Uruguayan footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Michelle Trachtenberg, American actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Sergio Hellings, Dutch footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Martha MacIsaac, Canadian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Zeb Taia, Australian-New Zealand rugby league player Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Jane Zhang, Chinese singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1982 — Cameron Knowles, New Zealand footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1982 — Jeff Larish, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1982 — Terrell Suggs, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1982 — Mauricio Victorino, Uruguayan footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Nyron Nosworthy, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Jamar Beasley, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Andy Douglas, American wrestler Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Kim Yong-dae, South Korean footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — Carl Bussey, American soccer player Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — Takuya Kawaguchi, Japanese footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Matt Bomer, American actor and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Igor Figueiredo, Brazilian snooker player Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Jérémie Janot, French footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Desmond Mason, American basketball player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Ty Wigginton, American baseball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1976 — Dominic Aitchison, Scottish bass player and songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1976 — Emily Deschanel, American actress and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — Jason Arnott, Canadian ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — Rachel Barton Pine, American violinist and educator Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Brendan B. Brown, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Wheatus) Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Greg Chalmers, Australian golfer Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Steven Pressley, Scottish footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Niki Xanthou, Greek long jumper Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Dmitri Young, American baseball player and radio host Wikipedia ↗
• 1972 — Marcus Bai, Papua New Guinean rugby league player Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — Petra Haden, American violinist and singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — Oleksandr Pomazun, Ukrainian footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Chidi Ahanotu, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Vanessa Harding, American wrestler Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — MC Lyte, American rapper, DJ, and actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Andy Marriott, English-Welsh footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Shin Tae-yong, South Korean footballer and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Merieme Chadid, Moroccan astronomer and explorer Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Stephen Moyer, English actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1968 — Jane Krakowski, American actress and singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1968 — Claude Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1968 — Brett Salisbury, American football player and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1967 — Jay Grdina, American businessman and pornographic actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1967 — Artie Lange, American actor and comedian Wikipedia ↗
• 1967 — David Starr, American race car driver Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Luke Perry, American actor and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Todd Snider, American singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Stephen Williams, Welsh lawyer and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Sean Patrick Flanery, American actor and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Alexander Hacke, German singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Orlando Hernández, Cuban baseball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Volodymyr Horilyi, Ukrainian footballer and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Orlando Maturana, Colombian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Michael J. Nelson, American actor, director, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — Marcus Graham, Australian actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — Brian Rice, Scottish footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — Ronny Rosenthal, Israeli-English footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1962 — Joan Cusack, American actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1961 — Neil Buchanan, English guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1961 — Steve Young, American football player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Randy Breuer, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Curt Ford, American baseball player and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Gábor Pölöskei, Hungarian footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1959 — Wayne Gardner, Australian motorcycle racer Wikipedia ↗
• 1959 — Allan Little, Scottish journalist and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1957 — Francky Dury, Belgian footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1957 — Dawn French, Welsh-English actress, comedian and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Nicanor Duarte, Paraguayan lawyer and politician, President of Paraguay Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Derek Ringer, Scottish race car driver Wikipedia ↗
• 1955 — Norm Nixon, American basketball player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1954 — David Michaels, American epidemiologist and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1954 — Vojislav Šešelj, Serbian lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia Wikipedia ↗
• 1953 — David Morse, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1952 — Paulette Carlson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1951 — Bruce Bartlett, American economist, historian, and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1951 — Jean-Jacques Goldman, French singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1951 — Charles Shyer, American director, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1950 — William R. Forstchen, American historian and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1950 — Amos Gitai, Israeli director, producer, and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1950 — Patty Murray, American educator and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1949 — Henry Luke Orombi, Ugandan archbishop Wikipedia ↗
• 1948 — David Rendall, English tenor and actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1948 — Peter Turkson, Ghanaian cardinal Wikipedia ↗
• 1947 — Thomas Boswell, American journalist and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1947 — Lucas Papademos, Greek economist and politician, 183rd Prime Minister of Greece Wikipedia ↗
• 1947 — Alan Pascoe, English hurdler Wikipedia ↗
• 1946 — Elinor Goodman, English journalist Wikipedia ↗
• 1946 — Daryl Hall, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1945 — Andrew Logan, English sculptor and painter Wikipedia ↗
• 1945 — Dusty Rhodes, American professional wrestler (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — Rodney Marsh, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1943 — Keith Boyce, Barbadian cricketer (d. 1996) Wikipedia ↗
• 1943 — Michael Harloe, English sociologist and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1943 — Ilmar Reepalu, Swedish lawyer and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1943 — Gene Watson, American singer-songwriter and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — Richard Wilson, Baron Wilson of Dinton, Welsh academic and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — Amitabh Bachchan, Indian Actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — Lester Bowie, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1999) Wikipedia ↗
• 1940 — Lucy Morgan, American newspaper reporter Wikipedia ↗
• 1939 — Maria Bueno, Brazilian tennis player Wikipedia ↗
• 1939 — Austin Currie, Northern Irish lawyer and SDLP politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1938 — Michael Stear, English air marshal Wikipedia ↗
• 1937 — Bobby Charlton, English footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1937 — R. H. W. Dillard, American poet, author, and critic Wikipedia ↗
• 1937 — Ron Leibman, American actor and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1936 — C. Gordon Fullerton, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1936 — Billy Higgins, American drummer and educator (d. 2001) Wikipedia ↗
• 1936 — James M. McPherson, American historian and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1935 — Dan Evins, American businessman, founded Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (d. 2012) Wikipedia ↗
• 1935 — Daniel Quinn, American author and environmentalist Wikipedia ↗
• 1932 — Saul Friedländer, Israeli historian and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1932 — Barry Jones, Australian lawyer and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1932 — Dottie West, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1991) Wikipedia ↗
• 1930 — Michael Edwardes, South African-English businessman Wikipedia ↗
• 1930 — LaVell Edwards, American football player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1930 — Sam Johnson, American colonel and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1929 — Curtis Amy, American saxophonist and clarinetist player (d. 2002) Wikipedia ↗
• 1928 — Alfonso de Portago, Spanish race car driver and bobsledder (d. 1957) Wikipedia ↗
• 1928 — Roscoe Robinson, Jr., American general (d. 1993) Wikipedia ↗
• 1928 — Geoffrey Tordoff, Baron Tordoff, English businessman and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1927 — Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (d. 2005) Wikipedia ↗
• 1927 — Jim Prior, Baron Prior, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (d. 2016) Wikipedia ↗
• 1926 — Jean Alexander, English actress (d. 2016) Wikipedia ↗
• 1926 — Yvon Dupuis, Canadian politician (d. 2017) Wikipedia ↗
• 1926 — Thích Nhất Hạnh, Vietnamese monk, author, and poet Wikipedia ↗
• 1926 — Earle Hyman, American actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1926 — Neville Wran, Australian lawyer and politician, 35th Premier of New South Wales (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
• 1925 — Elmore Leonard, American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1924 — André Emmerich, German-American art dealer (d. 2007) Wikipedia ↗
• 1924 — Sammy McCrory, Northern Irish footballer (d. 2011) Wikipedia ↗
• 1922 — G. C. Edmondson, American soldier and author (d. 1995) Wikipedia ↗
• 1919 — Art Blakey, American drummer and bandleader (d. 1990) Wikipedia ↗
• 1919 — Douglas Albert Munro, United States Coast Guard signalman, posthumously awarded Medal of Honor (d. 1942) Wikipedia ↗
• 1918 — Fred Bodsworth, Canadian journalist and author (d. 2012) Wikipedia ↗
• 1918 — Jerome Robbins, American director, producer, and choreographer (d. 1998) Wikipedia ↗
• 1916 — Nanaji Deshmukh, Indian educator and activist (d. 2010) Wikipedia ↗
• 1915 — T. Llew Jones, Welsh author and poet (d. 2009) Wikipedia ↗

📅 National Days on October 11 (Calendar.cx)

Also observed on October 11

✡️ Religious Observances

• Jewish: Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan