October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 81 days remaining until the end of the year.
Holidays
- Christian feast days:
- Agilbert
- Alexander Sauli
- Andronicus, Probus, and Tarachus (Roman Catholic Church)
- Æthelburh of Barking
- Bruno the Great
- Cainnech of Aghaboe
- Gratus of Oloron
- Gummarus
- James the Deacon (Church of England, Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church)
- Lommán of Trim
- Maria Soledad Torres y Acosta
- Nectarius of Constantinople
- Nicasius, Quirinus, Scubiculus, and Pientia
- Philip the Evangelist
- Pope John XXIII (Roman Catholic Church)
- Zenaida and Philonella
- October 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- General Pulaski Memorial Day (United States)
- International Day of the Girl Child
- International Newspaper Carrier Day
- Meditrinalia, in honor of Meditrina (Roman Empire)
- National Coming Out Day (multinational, including United Kingdom, Switzerland, and United States among others). It is exactly what you think…..
- Revolution Day (North Macedonia)
- Old Michelmas Day (Celtic)
- Mato Grosso do Sul Day (the state was created by dividing the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso)
In 1582, Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
In 1675, Samuel Clarke, English philosopher was born (d. 1729)
In 1852,The University of Sydney, Australia’s oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney.
In 1864, Campina Grande, Brazil is established as a city.
In 1890, In Washington, DC, the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
In 1899, The Western League is renamed the American League.
In 1929, JC Penney opens store #1252 in Milford, Delaware, making it a nationwide company with stores in all 48 U.S. states.
In 1950, Television: CBS’s mechanical color system is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
In 1975, The NBC sketch comedy/variety show Saturday Night Live debuts with George Carlin as the host and Andy Kaufman, Janis Ian and Billy Preston as guests.
In 2001, The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.
Government and Politics on October 11th
In 1142, A peace treaty between the Jin Dynasty and Southern Song Dynasty is formally ratified when a Jin envoy visits the Song court.
In 1614, Adriaen Block and 12 Amsterdam merchants petition the States General for exclusive trading rights in the New Netherland colony.
In 1767, Surveying for the Mason–Dixon Line separating Maryland from Pennsylvania is completed.
In 1833, A big demonstration at the gates of the legislature of Buenos Aires forces the ousting of governor Juan Ramón Balcarce and his replacement with Juan José Viamonte.
In 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. And you only thought that blacks and whites were segregated.
In 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.
In 1944, Tuvinian People’s Republic or formerly Tannu Tuva is annexed by the U.S.S.R
In 1976, George Washington‘s appointment, posthumously, to the grade of General of the Armies of the United States by congressional joint resolution Public Law 94-479 is approved by President Gerald R. Ford.
In 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.
War, Crime and Disaster events on October 11th
In 1138, A massive earthquake strikes Aleppo, Syria.
In 1531, Huldrych Zwingli is killed in battle with the Roman Catholic cantons of Switzerland.
In 1634, The Burchardi flood – “the second Grote Mandrenke” killed around 15,000 men in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany.
In 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.
In 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.
In 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.
In 1809, Along the Natchez Trace in Tennessee, explorer Meriwether Lewis dies under mysterious circumstances at an inn called Grinder’s Stand.
In 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.
In 1865, Paul Bogle led hundreds of black men and women in a march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion.
In 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.
In 1912, First Balkan War: The Greek Army liberates the city of Kozani.
In 1918, San Fermín earthquake hits western Puerto Rico.
In 1941, Beginning of the National Liberation War of Macedonia.
In 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.
In 1954, First Indochina War: The Viet Minh take control of North Vietnam.
In 1972, A race riot occurs on the United States Navy aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off the coast of Vietnam during Operation Linebacker.
In 1982, The Mary Rose, a Tudor carrack which sank on July 19, 1545, is salvaged from the sea bed of the Solent, off Portsmouth.
In 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 & Indian Army soldiers.
In 1996, Pala accident: a wood lorry and school bus collide in Jõgeva county, Estonia, killing eight children.
In 2002, A bomb attack in a shopping mall in Vantaa, Finland kills seven.
Royalty and Religious events on October 11th
In 1727, George II and Caroline of Ansbach are crowned King and Queen of Great Britain.
In 1962, Second Vatican Council: Pope John XXIII convenes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years.
Human Achievement and Science events on October 11th
In 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).
In 1957, Space Race: M.I.T. scientists calculate Sputnik I‘s booster rocket’s orbit.
In 1958, Pioneer program: NASA launches the lunar probe Pioneer 1 (the probe falls back to Earth and burns up).
In 1968, Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful manned Apollo mission, with astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn F. Eisele and Walter Cunningham aboard.
In 1984, Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk.
In 2000, NASA launches STS-92, the 100th Space Shuttle mission, using Space Shuttle Discovery.