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Daniel Ortega first came to power as the coordinator of the Junta of National Reconstruction from 1979 to 1985, and then served as president of Nicaragua from 1985 until 1990.
Famous Birthdays on November 11
1945 — Daniel Ortega
Nicaraguan politician, President of Nicaragua
November 11 has 231 recorded notable births across history, from 1050 to 2005. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Major events on November 11
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- 1975 Australian constitutional crisis of 1975: Australian Governor-General Sir John Kerr dismisses the government of Gough Whitlam, appoints Malcolm Fraser as caretaker Prime Minister and announces a general election to be held in early December. Source
- 1831 In Jerusalem, Virginia, Nat Turner is hanged after inciting a violent slave uprising. Source
- 1982 Space Shuttle Columbia launches from the Kennedy Space Center on STS-5, the first operational mission of the Space Shuttle program. Source
- 1918 Józef Piłsudski assumes supreme military power in Poland – symbolic first day of Polish independence. Source
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Fyodor Dostoevsky's most acclaimed novels include Crime and Punishment (1866), The Idiot (1869), Demons (1872), The Adolescent (1875) and The Brothers Karamazov (1880).
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Calista Flockhart is also known for portraying Kitty Walker on Brothers & Sisters (2006–2011), Cat Grant on Supergirl (2015–2021), and as Lee Radziwill on Feud: Capote vs.
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Most recently he has starred in Hostiles (2017) as Black Hawk and the Netflix original film Juanita (2019) as Jess Gardiner and Edward Nappo in Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog.
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Bresci emigrated to the United States, where he became involved with other Italian immigrant anarchists in Paterson, New Jersey.
More major people born on November 11
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
1821
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Russian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and philosopher (died 1881)
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky was a Russian philosopher, novelist, short story writer, essayist and journalist.
1964
Calista Flockhart
American actress
Calista Kay Flockhart is an American actress. She is best known for her role as the title character on the television series Ally McBeal (1997–2002), for which she received a Golden Globe Award in 1998 and was thrice…
1972
Adam Beach
Canadian actor
Adam Rueben Beach is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his roles as Victor Joseph in Smoke Signals; Frank Fencepost in Dance Me Outside; Tommy on Walker, Texas Ranger; Kickin' Wing in Joe Dirt; US Marine Corporal…
1869
Gaetano Bresci
Italian anarchist assassin (died 1901)
Gaetano Bresci was an Italian anarchist who assassinated King Umberto I of Italy.
1928
Carlos Fuentes
Mexican novelist and essayist (died 2012)
Carlos Fuentes Macías was a Mexican novelist, essayist and ambassador to France.
1868
Édouard Vuillard
French painter and academic (died 1940)
Jean-Édouard Vuillard was a French painter, decorative artist, and printmaker.
1973
Jason White
American singer-songwriter and guitarist
Jason White is an American musician, best known for being the touring guitarist of the rock band Green Day, with whom he has performed since 1999.
1975
Daisuke Ohata
Japanese rugby player
Daisuke Ohata is a former Japanese rugby union player. He usually played on the wing, and sometimes at centre, for the Japanese national team.
1898
René Clair
French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1981)
René Clair, born René-Lucien Chomette, was a French filmmaker and writer. He first established his reputation in the 1920s as a director of silent films which often featured fantasy comedy themes.
1914
Henry Wade
American soldier and lawyer (died 2001)
Henry Menasco Wade was an American lawyer who served as district attorney of Dallas County from 1951 to 1988. He participated in two notable U.S.
1912
Thomas C. Mann
American lawyer, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to El Salvador (died 1999)
Thomas Clifton Mann was an American diplomat who specialized in Latin American affairs. He entered the U.S. Department of State in 1942 and quickly rose through the ranks to become an influential establishment figure.
1930
Mildred Dresselhaus
American physicist and academic (died 2017)
Mildred Spiewak Dresselhaus, known as the "Queen of Carbon Science", was an American physicist, materials scientist, and nanotechnologist.
1899
Pat O'Brien
American actor (died 1983)
William Joseph Patrick O'Brien was an American film actor with more than 100 screen credits.
1994
Lio Rush
American wrestler
Lionel Gerard Green, better known by the ring name Lio Rush, is an American professional wrestler and rapper.
1976
Jason Grilli
American baseball player
Jason Michael Grilli is an American former professional baseball pitcher.
1579
Frans Snyders
Flemish painter (died 1657)
Frans Snyders or Frans Snijders was a Flemish painter of animals, hunting scenes, market scenes, and still lifes.
1867
Shrimad Rajchandra
a Jain philosopher, spiritual mentor of Mahatma Gandhi (died 1901)
Shrimad Rajchandra, also known as Param Krupalu Dev, was a Jain poet, mystic, philosopher, scholar, and a major reformer from India.
1869
Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (died 1947)
Victor Emmanuel III was King of Italy from 29 July 1900 until his abdication on 9 May 1946.
1926
Harry Lumley
Canadian ice hockey player (died 1998)
Harry "Apple Cheeks" Lumley was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender in the National Hockey League (NHL).