What happened on October 11? There are more than 261 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About October 11
October 11 is the 285th day of the year 2024. There are 81 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday. This day falls under the 41st week of the year 2024.
On this day in Kingsport, Tennessee 37660 sunrise will occur at 07:33 AM and sunset will occur at 07:00 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Libra. The modern birthstone for this month is Opal while the mystical birthstone is Jasper.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 110 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For October 11
- 1138A massive earthquake strikes Aleppo, Syria.
- 1531Huldrych Zwingli is killed in battle with the Roman Catholic cantons of Switzerland.
- 1582Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
- 1614Adriaen Block and 12 Amsterdam merchants petition the States General for exclusive trading rights in the New Netherland colony.
- 1634The Burchardi flood – “the second Grote Mandrenke” killed around 15,000 men in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany.
- 1649Sack 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.
- 1727George II and Caroline of Ansbach are crowned King and Queen of Great Britain.
- 1767Surveying for the Mason–Dixon Line separating Maryland from Pennsylvania is completed.
- 1776American 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.
- 1797Battle 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.
- 1809Along the Natchez Trace in Tennessee, explorer Meriwether Lewis dies under mysterious circumstances at an inn called Grinder’s Stand.
- 1811Inventor John Stevens’ boat, the Juliana, begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry (service between New York City, New York, and Hoboken, New Jersey).
- 1833A 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.
- 1852The University of Sydney, Australia’s oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney.
- 1862American 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.
- 1864Campina Grande, Brazil is established as a city.
- 1865Paul Bogle led hundreds of black men and women in a march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion.
- 1890In Washington, DC, the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
- 1899Second Boer War begins: In South Africa, a war between the United Kingdom and the Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State erupts.
- 1899The Western League is renamed the American League.
- 1906San Francisco public school board sparks United States diplomatic crisis with Japan by ordering Japanese students to be taught in racially segregated schools.
- 1910Former 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.
- 1912First Balkan War: The Greek Army liberates the city of Kozani.
- 1929JC Penney opens store #1252 in Milford, Delaware, making it a nationwide company with stores in all 48 U.S. states.
- 1941Beginning of the National Liberation War of Macedonia.
- 1942World 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.
- 1944Tuvinian People’s Republic or formerly Tannu Tuva is annexed by the U.S.S.R
- 1950Television: CBS’s mechanical color system is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
- 1954First Indochina War: The Viet Minh take control of North Vietnam.
- 1957Space Race: M.I.T. scientists calculate Sputnik I’s booster rocket’s orbit.
- 1958Pioneer program: NASA launches the lunar probe Pioneer 1 (the probe falls back to Earth and burns up).
- 1962Second Vatican Council: Pope John XXIII convenes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years.
- 1968Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful manned Apollo mission, with astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn F. Eisele and Walter Cunningham aboard.
- 1972A race riot occurs on the United States Navy aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off the coast of Vietnam during Operation Linebacker.
- 1975The 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.
- 1976George 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.
- 1982The Mary Rose, a Tudor carrack which sank on July 19 1545, is salvaged from the sea bed of the Solent, off Portsmouth.
- 1984Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk.
- 1986Cold 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.
- 1987Start of Operation Pawan by Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka that killed few thousand ethnic Tamil civilians, several hundred Tamil Tigers and few hundred Indian Army soldiers.
- 1996Pala accident: a wood lorry and school bus collide in Jõgeva county, Estonia, killing eight children.
- 2000NASA launches STS-92, the 100th Space Shuttle mission, using Space Shuttle Discovery.
- 2001The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.
- 2002A bomb attack in a shopping mall in Vantaa, Finland kills seven.
Who Were Born On October 11?
- 1335Taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (d. 1408)
- 1616Andreas Gryphius, German writer (d. 1664)
- 1661Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat (d. 1742)
- 1671Frederick IV of Denmark (d. 1730)
- 1672Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian Zaporozhian Cossack starshina, diplomat (d. 1742)
- 1675Samuel Clarke, English philosopher (d. 1729)
- 1738Arthur Phillip, Governor of New South Wales (d. 1814)
- 1758Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers, German astronomer (d. 1840)
- 1786Stevenson Archer, American Congressman (d. 1848)
- 1788Simon Sechter, Austrian music teacher (d. 1867)
- 1809Orson Squire Fowler, American phrenologist (d. 1887)
- 1814Jean Baptiste Lamy, first Archbishop of Santa Fe (d. 1888)
- 1815Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte, Italian-born adventurer (d. 1881)
- 1821George Williams, English founder of the YMCA (d. 1905)
- 1844Henry Heinz, American food manufacturer (d. 1916)
- 1865Hans E. Kinck, Norwegian author and philologist (d. 1926)
- 1871Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian religious leader (d. 1943)
- 1872Emily Davison, Militant womans suffrage activist (d. 1913)
- 1872Harlan Fiske Stone, 12th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1946)
- 1879Ernst Mally, Austrian philosopher (d. 1944)
- 1881Hans Kelsen, Austrian legal theorist (d. 1973)
- 1884Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States and humanitarian (d. 1962)
- 1884Friedrich Bergius, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1949)
- 1884Sig Ruman, German-American actor (d. 1967)
- 1885François Mauriac, French author, Nobel laureate (d. 1970)
- 1895Jakov Gotovac, Croatian composer (d. 1982)
- 1897Nathan Twining, USAF general (d. 1982)
- 1899Eddie Dyer, American baseball player (d. 1964)
- 1902Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian freedom fighter and political leader (d. 1979)
- 1905Fred Trump, American real estate developer, father of Donald Trump (d. 1999)
- 1912Betty Noyes, singer who dubbed Debbie Reynolds‘ singing voice in Singin’in the Rain (d. 1987)
- 1913Dorothy Woolfolk, American comic book editor (d. 2000)
- 1913Joe Simon, American comic book artist and writer (d. 2011)
- 1915T. Llew Jones, Welsh author (d. 2009)
- 1918Jerome Robbins, American choreographer (d. 1998)
- 1919Art Blakey, American jazz drummer (d. 1990)
- 1919Jean Vander Pyl, American voice actress (d. 1999)
- 1924André Emmerich, American gallerist (d. 2007)
- 1924Mal Whitfield, American athlete
- 1925Elmore Leonard, American novelist
- 1926Earle Hyman, American actor
- 1926Neville Wran, former Premier of New South Wales
- 1926Thích Nhất Hạnh, Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk
- 1927Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium (d. 2005)
- 1928Alfonso de Portago, Spanish race car driver (d. 1957)
- 1928Roscoe Robinson, Jr., first African American four-star Army general (d. 1993)
- 1929Curtis Amy, American tenor saxophone jazz musician
- 1929Liselotte Pulver, Swiss actress
- 1929Raymond Moriyama, Canadian architect
- 1930LaVell Edwards, American football coach
- 1930Sam Johnson, American politician
- 1932Dottie West, American singer (d. 1991)
- 1936Billy Higgins, American jazz drummer (d. 2001)
- 1936Tom Zé, Brazilian songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer
- 1937R. H. W. Dillard, American poet
- 1937Sir Bobby Charlton, English footballer
- 1939Austin Currie, Northern Irish politician
- 1939Maria Bueno, Brazilian tennis player
- 1941Charles Shyer, American film director
- 1941Lester Bowie, American jazz trumpeter (d. 1999)
- 1942Amitabh Bachchan, Indian actor
- 1943Gene Watson, American country singer
- 1943John Nettles, English actor
- 1944Mike Fiore, American baseball player
- 1944Rodney Marsh, English Footballer
- 1946Daryl Hall, American rock singer
- 1946Gary Mallaber, American musician
- 1946Oba Chandler, American convicted murderer
- 1946Sawao Kato, Japanese gymnast
- 1947Al Atkins, English musician
- 1947George McCorkle, American musician
- 1947Lucas Papademos, Greek economist
- 1947Thomas Boswell, American sports columnist
- 1948Cecilia, Spanish singer-songwriter (d. 1976)
- 1949Henry Luke Orombi, Archbishop of Uganda
- 1950Patty Murray, American politician, senior senator of Washington
- 1951Jean-Jacques Goldman, French singer/songwriter
- 1952Paulette Carlson, country music singer-songwriter
- 1953David Morse, American actor
- 1954David Michaels, American professor and government official
- 1954Vojislav Seselj, Serbian politician
- 1955Norm Nixon, American basketball player
- 1956Nicanor Duarte Frutos, former President of Paraguay, Senator for life
- 1957Dawn French, Welsh comedian,actress and screenwriter
- 1957Paul Bown, English actor
- 1957Paul Sereno, American paleontologist
- 1958Gregory Dudek, Canadian roboticist and computer scientist
- 1959Wayne Gardner, Australian racing driver
- 1960Curt Ford, American baseball player
- 1960Nicola Bryant, English actress
- 1960Randy Breuer, American basketball player
- 1961Amr Diab, Egyptian singer
- 1961Neil Buchanan, English television presenter
- 1961Steve Young, American football player
- 1962Andy McCoy, Finnish musician Hanoi Rocks
- 1962Joan Cusack, American actress and comedian
- 1963Prince Faisal bin Al Hussein of Jordan
- 1963Ronny Rosenthal, Israeli footballer
- 1964Michael J. Nelson, American actor
- 1965Alexander Hacke, German musician
- 1965Luke Perry, American actor
- 1965Orlando Hernández, Cuban baseball player
- 1965Sean Patrick Flanery, American actor
- 1966Solofa Fatu, aka Rikishi, American professional wrestler
- 1966Todd Snider, American singer-songwriter
- 1967Artie Lange, American actor and comedian
- 1967Daniel Razon, Vice Presiding Minister, Church of God International
- 1967David Starr, American race car driver
- 1967Tazz, American professional wrestler and commentator
- 1967Tony Chimel, American professional wrestling announcer
- 1968Brett Salisbury, American football player and author
- 1968Claude Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1968Jane Krakowski, American actress
- 1969Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands
- 1969Stephen Moyer, British actor
- 1970Andy Marriott, English footballer
- 1970Chidi Ahanotu, American football player
- 1970Constance Zimmer, American actress
- 1971Jason Ellis, Australian professional skateboarder
- 1971MC Lyte, American rapper
- 1971Petra Haden, American musician
- 1972Cherokee Parks, American basketball player
- 1972Claudia Black, Australian actress
- 1973Dmitri Young, American baseball player
- 1973Mike Smith, American guitarist (Snot, Limp Bizkit)
- 1973Niki Xanthou, Greek long jumper
- 1973Steven Pressley, Scottish footballer
- 1973Takeshi Kaneshiro, actor/model
- 1974Jamie Thomas, American skateboarder
- 1974Jason Arnott, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1974Rachel Barton Pine, violinist from Chicago
- 1974Terje Haakonsen, Norwegian snowboarder
- 1976Brent Bennett, American mercenary
- 1976Dominic Aitchison, Scottish musician (Mogwai)
- 1976Emily Deschanel, American actress
- 1977Claudia Palacios, Colombian television journalist
- 1977Desmond Mason, American basketball player
- 1977Matthew Bomer, American actor
- 1977Ty Wigginton, American baseball player
- 1978Kali, Angolan footballer
- 1979Andy Douglas, American professional wrestler
- 1979Bae Doona, South Korean model and actress
- 1979Gabe Saporta, Uruguayan-born American musician
- 1980Nyron Nosworthy, English footballer
- 1981Beau Brady, Australian Actor
- 1982Jeff Larish, American Baseball Player
- 1982Kristy Wu, American Actress
- 1982Liz Cantor, Australian journalist
- 1982Terrell Suggs, American Football Player
- 1983Bradley James, British actor
- 1983Ruslan Ponomariov, Ukrainian chess player
- 1983William Sledd, American internet personality
- 1984Martha MacIsaac, Canadian actress
- 1984Sergio Hellings, Dutch footballer
- 1985Michelle Trachtenberg, American actress
- 1987Mike Conley, Jr., American basketball player
- 1989Henry Lau, Canadian-Chinese singer
- 1989Michelle Wie, American golfer
- 1991Panagiotis Vlachodimos, Greek footballer
- 1993Sean Murray, Irish footballer
Who Died On October 11?
- 1188Robert I of Dreux, son of Louis VI of France
- 1303Pope Boniface VIII
- 1347Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1282)
- 1424Jan Žižka, leader of the Hussites (b. 1360)
- 1531Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (b. 1484)
- 1572Sulaiman Khan Karrani, Sultan of Bengal
- 1636Johann Albrecht Adelgrief, German man who claimed to be a prophet and was executed for witchcraft.
- 1705Guillaume Amontons, French physicist and instrument maker (b. 1663)
- 1708Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (b. 1651)
- 1721Edward Colston, English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1636)
- 1725Hans Herr, Swiss-born Mennonite bishop (b. 1639)
- 1779Kazimierz Pułaski, Polish fighter for American independence (b. 1745)
- 1809Meriwether Lewis, American explorer (b. 1774)
- 1811Johann Conrad Ammann, Swiss physician and naturalist (b. 1724)
- 1821John Ross Key, American judge and lawyer (b. 1754)
- 1852Gotthold Eisenstein, German mathematician (b. 1823)
- 1889James Prescott Joule, English physicist (b. 1818)
- 1896Anton Bruckner, Austrian composer (b. 1824)
- 1896Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1829)
- 1897Léon Boëllmann, French composer (b. 1862)
- 1935Steele Rudd, Australian author (b. 1868)
- 1940Lluís Companys i Jover, President of Generalitat of Catalonia (shot) (b. 1882)
- 1940Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1860)
- 1961Chico Marx, American comedian (b. 1887)
- 1963Édith Piaf, French singer (b. 1915)
- 1963Jean Cocteau, French writer (b. 1889)
- 1965Dorothea Lange, American photographer (b. 1895)
- 1965Walther Stampfli, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1884)
- 1971Chesty Puller, the most decorated American Marine in history (b. 1898)
- 1971Tamanoumi Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 51st Yokozuna (b. 1944)
- 1976Alfredo Bracchi, Italian author (b. 1897)
- 1977MacKinlay Kantor, American author (b. 1904)
- 1986Norm Cash, American baseball player (b. 1934)
- 1988Bonita Granville, American actress (b. 1923)
- 1989M. King Hubbert, American geophysicist (b. 1904)
- 1991Redd Foxx, American comedian and actor (b. 1922)
- 1991Steven Jesse Bernstein, American underground poet (suicide) (b. 1950)
- 1993Jess Thomas, American tenor (b. 1927)
- 1996Joe Morris, C.C., LL.D., Canadian trade unionist (b. 1913)
- 1996Lars Ahlfors, Finnish mathematician (b. 1907)
- 1996Renato Russo, Brazilian rock singer-songwriter (b. 1960)
- 1998Richard Denning, American actor (b. 1914)
- 2000Donald Dewar, first First Minister of Scotland (b. 1937)
- 2000Luc-Marie Bayle, French naval officer and artist (b. 1914)
- 2002Dina Pathak, Indian Actress (b. 1922)
- 2004Keith Miller, Australian sportsman (b. 1919)
- 2005Edward Szczepanik, Polish economist and Prime Minister in exile (b. 1915)
- 2005Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, Linguist, and writer of Pakistan (b. 1917)
- 2006Cory Lidle, American baseball pitcher (b. 1972)
- 2007David Lee “Tex” Hill, World War II fighter pilot, flying ace, 1st American Volunteer Group (b. 1915)
- 2007Sri Chinmoy (Chinmoy Kumar Ghose), founder of the Sri Chinmoy meditation centres (b. 1931)
- 2007Werner von Trapp, member of the Trapp Family Singers (b. 1915)
- 2008Ernst-Paul Hasselbach, Dutch tv-host and producer (b. 1966)
- 2008Jörg Haider, Austrian politician (b. 1950)
- 2008Neal Hefti, American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger (b. 1922)
- 2009Angelo DiGeorge, Italian-American pediatric endocrinologist (b. 1922)
- 2009Veronika Neugebauer, German actress and voice actress (b. 1968)
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