Tukuk-OS📅 October 11
19 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on October 11? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2002 — A bomb exploded in the Myyrmanni shopping center in Helsinki, Finland (aftermath pictured), resulting in seven deaths and 159 injuries.
- 1987 — Sri Lankan Civil War: The Indian Peace Keeping Force began Operation Pawan to take control of Jaffna from the Tamil Tigers and enforce their disarmament as a part of the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord.
Sri Lankan civil warIndian Peace Keeping ForceOperation Pawan
- 1987 — An estimated 750,000 people attended the "Great March" in Washington, D.C., to demand greater civil rights for the LGBT community.
Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay RightsLGBTQ people
- 1984 — Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan (pictured) became the first American woman to perform a space walk.
- 1973 — Typhoon Nora, the fourth-most intense tropical cyclone on record, dissipated after killing 40 people and leaving more than a million homeless across Taiwan and the Philippines.
- 1968 — Apollo 7, the first manned mission of NASA's Apollo program, and the first three-man American space mission, launched from Complex 34 in Cape Kennedy, Florida.
- 1950 — A field-sequential color system developed by Hungarian-American engineer Peter Goldmark became the first color television system to be adopted for commercial use, only for it to be abandoned a year later.
Field-sequential color systemHungarian AmericansPeter Carl Goldmark
- 1950 — CBS's field-sequential color system for television was the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
CBSField-sequential color systemFederal Communications Commission
- 1942 — World War II: At the Battle of Cape Esperance on the northwest coast of Guadalcanal, American ships intercepted and defeated a Japanese fleet sent to attack Henderson Field.
- 1937 — Former British king Edward and his wife arrived at Berlin Friedrichstraße station to begin a tour of Nazi Germany, where they were greeted with Nazi salutes and dined with high-ranking members of the state apparatus.
- 1919 — Communist leader Paul Freeman was deported from Australia, following several unsuccessful attempts and protests by the labour movement.
- 1890 — In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution was founded.
- 1865 — The Morant Bay rebellion, led by Paul Bogle and George William Gordon, began in Jamaica; after protestors burned down the courthouse, it was brutally suppressed by Governor Edward John Eyre.
- 1852 — The University of Sydney (pictured), Australia's oldest university, was inaugurated two years after being established by the University of Sydney Act.
- 1840 — Bashir Shihab II (pictured) surrendered to the Ottoman Empire and was removed as Emir of Mount Lebanon after an imperial decree by Sultan Abdülmecid I.
- 1797 — French Revolutionary Wars: The Royal Navy captured eleven Dutch Navy ships without any losses at the Battle of Camperdown.
- 1776 — American Revolutionary War: A British fleet defeated American ships at the Battle of Valcour Island on Lake Champlain, but gave American forces enough time to prepare their defenses for the Saratoga campaign.
American Revolutionary WarBattle of Valcour IslandLake Champlain
- 1311 — The peerage and clergy of the Kingdom of England published the Ordinances of 1311 to restrict King Edward II's powers.
- 1142 — The Treaty of Shaoxing was ratified, ending the Jin–Song wars, although sporadic fighting continued until 1234.
Births
- 2001 — Maja Chwalińska, Polish tennis player
- 2001 — Daniel Maldini, Italian footballer
- 2001 — Jacob Preston, Australian rugby league player
- 2001 — Chu Ye-jin, South Korean actress
- 2000 — Adin Ross, American internet personality and streamer
- 1999 — Leicester Fainga'anuku, New Zealand rugby union player
- 1999 — Keldon Johnson, American basketball player
- 1996 — Rhea Ripley, Australian wrestler
- 1996 — Arman Tsarukyan, Armenian professional mixed martial artist
- 1995 — Nicolás Jarry, Chilean tennis player
- 1994 — Clésio Baúque, Mozambican footballer
- 1994 — Zior Park, South Korean rapper
Deaths
- 2026 — Hiroshi Tsuchida, Japanese actor and voice actor (born 1972)
- 2025 — Diane Keaton, American actress (born 1946)
- 2024 — Jamaluddin Hossain, Bangladeshi actor (born 1943)
- 2022 — Angela Lansbury, English-American actress, singer, and producer (born 1925)
- 2019 — Alexei Leonov, Soviet/Russian cosmonaut and first human to conduct a spacewalk (born 1934)
- 2017 — Clifford Husbands, Barbadian politician (born 1926)
- 2015 — Dean Chance, American baseball player and manager (born 1941)
- 2014 — Anita Cerquetti, Italian soprano (born 1931)
- 2014 — Carmelo Simeone, Argentinian footballer (born 1933)
- 2014 — Bob Such, Australian educator and politician (born 1944)
- 2013 — María de Villota, Spanish race car driver (born 1980)
- 2013 — Erich Priebke, German captain (born 1913)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast days: Agilbert
- Christian feast days: Alexander Sauli
- Christian feast days: Andronicus, Probus, and Tarachus (Roman Catholic Church)
- Christian feast days: Æthelburh of Barking
- Christian feast days: Bruno the Great
- Christian feast days: Cainnech of Aghaboe
- Christian feast days: Gratus of Oloron
- Christian feast days: Gummarus
- Christian feast days:
James the Deacon (Church of England, Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church)
James the DeaconCalendar of saints (Church of England)Catholic Church
- Christian feast days: Lommán of Trim
- Christian feast days: Maria Soledad Torres y Acosta
- Christian feast days: Nicasius, Quirinus, Scubiculus, and Pientia
- Christian feast days: Philip the Evangelist
- Christian feast days: Pope John XXIII (Roman Catholic Church)
- Christian feast days: Radim Gaudentius
- Christian feast days: Zenaida and Philonella
- Christian feast days: October 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- General Pulaski Memorial Day (United States)
- International Day of the Girl Child
- International Newspaper Carrier Day
- National Coming Out Day
- Revolution Day (North Macedonia)
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