# What happened on October 11 in history?

**Date:** October 11  
**Events recorded:** 41  
**Years spanned:** 1138 – 2018  
**Full page:** https://thisday.info/events/october/11/

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## Featured Event

**2002** — A bomb attack in a Myyrmanni shopping mall in Vantaa, Finland kills seven.

[Read more on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myyrmanni_bombing)

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## Events on this date

- **1138** — A massive earthquake strikes Aleppo; it is one of the most destructive earthquakes ever. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1138_Aleppo_earthquake))
- **1142** — A peace treaty ends the Jin–Song wars. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Shaoxing))
- **1311** — The peerage and clergy restrict the authority of English kings with the Ordinances of 1311. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England))
- **1614** — The New Netherland Company applies to the States General of the Netherlands for exclusive trading rights in what is now the northeastern United States. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Netherland_Company))
- **1634** — The Burchardi flood kills around 15,000 in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burchardi_flood))
- **1649** — Cromwell's New Model Army sacks Wexford, killing over 2,000 Irish Confederate troops and 1,500 civilians. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sack_of_Wexford))
- **1776** — American Revolution: A fleet of American boats on Lake Champlain is defeated by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution))
- **1797** — The Royal Navy decisively defeats the Batavian Navy at Camperdown during the French Revolutionary Wars. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Camperdown))
- **1811** — The Juliana begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry in New York harbor. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stevens_(inventor%2C_born_1749)))
- **1840** — The Maronite leader Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the Ottoman Empire and later is sent to Malta in exile. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bashir_Shihab_II))
- **1852** — The University of Sydney, Australia's oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Sydney))
- **1862** — American Civil War: Confederate troops conduct a raid on Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War))
- **1865** — Hundreds of black men and women march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morant_Bay_rebellion))
- **1890** — In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daughters_of_the_American_Revolution))
- **1899** — The Second Boer War erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony, and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Boer_War))
- **1906** — San Francisco sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering segregated schools for Japanese students. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentlemen's_Agreement_of_1907))
- **1910** — Piloted by Arch Hoxsey, Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Hoxsey))
- **1912** — First Balkan War: The day after the Battle of Sarantaporo, Greek troops liberate the city of Kozani. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Balkan_War))
- **1918** — The 7.1 Mw San Fermín earthquake shakes Puerto Rico. The quake and resulting tsunami kill up to 116 people. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seismic_magnitude_scales))
- **1937** — The Duke and Duchess of Windsor tour Nazi Germany for 12 days and meet Adolf Hitler on 22 October. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_VIII))
- **1941** — Beginning of the National Liberation War of Macedonia. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II_in_Yugoslav_Macedonia))
- **1942** — World War II: Off Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese force. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II))
- **1944** — The Tuvan People's Republic is annexed by the Soviet Union. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvan_People's_Republic))
- **1950** — CBS's field-sequential color system for television is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field-sequential_color_system))
- **1954** — In accord with the 1954 Geneva Conference, French troops complete their withdrawal from North Vietnam. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Geneva_Conference))
- **1958** — NASA launches Pioneer 1, its first space probe, although it fails to achieve a stable orbit. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_1))
- **1962** — The Second Vatican Council becomes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Vatican_Council))
- **1968** — NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful crewed Apollo mission. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_7))
- **1976** — George Washington is posthumously promoted to the grade of General of the Armies. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington))
- **1984** — Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathryn_D._Sullivan))
- **1984** — Aeroflot Flight 3352 crashes into maintenance vehicles upon landing in Omsk, Russia, killing 178. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroflot_Flight_3352))
- **1986** — Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Iceland to continue discussions about scaling back IRBM arsenals in Europe. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan))
- **1987** — The AIDS Memorial Quilt is first displayed during the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAMES_Project_AIDS_Memorial_Quilt))
- **1987** — Start of Operation Pawan by Indian forces in Sri Lanka. Thousands of civilians, insurgents, soldiers die. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Pawan))
- **1991** — Prof. Anita Hill delivers her televised testimony concerning sexual harassment during the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Hill))
- **1999** — Air Botswana pilot Chris Phatswe steals an ATR 42 from Sir Seretse Khama International Airport and later crashes it into two other aircraft at the airport, killing himself. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Botswana))
- **2000** — NASA launches STS-92, the 100th Space Shuttle mission. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STS-92))
- **2001** — The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polaroid_Corporation))
- **2002** — A bomb attack in a Myyrmanni shopping mall in Vantaa, Finland kills seven. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myyrmanni_bombing))
- **2013** — A migrant boat sinks in the Channel of Sicily, with at least 359 people drowning. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Lampedusa_migrant_shipwreck))
- **2018** — Soyuz MS-10, launching an intended crew for the ISS, suffers an in-flight abort. The crew lands safely. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_MS-10))

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## Notable births on October 11

- **2001** — **Maja Chwalińska** — Polish tennis player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maja_Chwali%C5%84ska))
- **2001** — **Daniel Maldini** — Italian footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Maldini))
- **2001** — **Jacob Preston** — Australian rugby league player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Preston_(rugby_league)))
- **2001** — **Chu Ye-jin** — South Korean actress ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chu_Ye-jin))
- **1999** — **Leicester Fainga'anuku** — New Zealand rugby union player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester_Fainga%CA%BBanuku))
- **1999** — **Keldon Johnson** — American basketball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keldon_Johnson))
- **1996** — **Rhea Ripley** — Australian wrestler ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhea_Ripley))
- **1996** — **Arman Tsarukyan** — Armenian professional mixed martial artist ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arman_Tsarukyan))
- **1995** — **Nicolás Jarry** — Chilean tennis player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Jarry))
- **1994** — **Clésio Baúque** — Mozambican footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cl%C3%A9sio))

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## Notable deaths on October 11

- **2025** — **Diane Keaton** — American actress (born 1946) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diane_Keaton))
- **2024** — **Jamaluddin Hossain** — Bangladeshi actor (born 1943) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaluddin_Hossain))
- **2022** — **Angela Lansbury** — English-American actress, singer, and producer (born 1925) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Lansbury))
- **2019** — **Alexei Leonov** — Soviet/Russian cosmonaut and first human to conduct a spacewalk (born 1934) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexei_Leonov))
- **2017** — **Clifford Husbands** — Barbadian politician (born 1926) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Husbands))
- **2015** — **Dean Chance** — American baseball player and manager (born 1941) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Chance))
- **2014** — **Anita Cerquetti** — Italian soprano (born 1931) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Cerquetti))
- **2014** — **Carmelo Simeone** — Argentinian footballer (born 1933) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmelo_Simeone))
- **2014** — **Bob Such** — Australian educator and politician (born 1944) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Such))
- **2013** — **María de Villota** — Spanish race car driver (born 1980) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_de_Villota))

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