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What happend on 11. October in History
In our data base we found 311 events happened on 11. October:
• 1138: A massive earthquake strikes Aleppo, Syria. [category: Events]
• 1188: Robert I, Count of Dreux (b. 1123) [category: Deaths]
• 1303: Pope Boniface VIII (b. 1235) [category: Deaths]
• 1335: Taejo of Joseon (d. 1408) [category: Births]
• 1347: Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1282) [category: Deaths]
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• 1424: Jan Žižka, Czech general (b. 1360) [category: Deaths]
• 1531: Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss pastor and theologian (b. 1484) [category: Deaths]
• 1531: Huldrych Zwingli is killed in battle with the Roman Catholic cantons of Switzerland. [category: Events]
• 1572: Sulaiman Khan Karrani, Indian sultan [category: Deaths]
• 1582: Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain. [category: Events]
• 1614: Adriaen Block and 12 Amsterdam merchants petition the States General for exclusive trading rights in the New Netherland colony. [category: Events]
• 1616: Andreas Gryphius, German poet (d. 1664) [category: Births]
• 1634: The Burchardi flood – "the second Grote Mandrenke" killed around 15,000 men in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany. [category: Events]
• 1636: Johann Albrecht Adelgrief, German man who claimed to be a prophet [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1661: Melchior de Polignac, French cardinal and poet (d. 1742) [category: Births]
• 1671: Frederick IV of Denmark (d. 1730) [category: Births]
• 1672: Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian diplomat (d. 1742) [category: Births]
• 1675: Samuel Clarke, English philosopher (d. 1729) [category: Births]
• 1679: Christian Vater, German organ builder (d. 1756) [category: Births]
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• 1705: Guillaume Amontons, French physicist (b. 1663) [category: Deaths]
• 1708: Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician, physicist, physician, and philosopher (b. 1651) [category: Deaths]
• 1721: Edward Colston, English merchant and politician (b. 1636) [category: Deaths]
• 1725: Hans Herr, Swiss bishop (b. 1639) [category: Deaths]
• 1727: George II and Caroline of Ansbach are crowned King and Queen of Great Britain. [category: Events]
• 1738: Arthur Phillip, English admiral and politician, 1st Governor of New South Wales (d. 1814) [category: Births]
• 1739: Grigory Potemkin, Russian military leader and politician (d. 1791) [category: Births]
• 1758: Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, German physician and astronomer (d. 1840) [category: Births]
• 1767: Surveying for the Mason–Dixon Line separating Maryland from Pennsylvania is completed. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1779: Casimir Pulaski, Polish soldier (b. 1745) [category: Deaths]
• 1786: Stevenson Archer, American politician (d. 1848) [category: Births]
• 1788: Simon Sechter, Austrian organist, conductor, and composer (d. 1867) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1809: Orson Squire Fowler, American phrenologist (d. 1887) [category: Births]
• 1809: Meriwether Lewis, American soldier and explorer, co-leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (b. 1774) [category: Deaths]
• 1809: Along the Natchez Trace in Tennessee, explorer Meriwether Lewis dies under mysterious circumstances at an inn called Grinder's Stand. [category: Events]
• 1811: Johann Conrad Ammann, Swiss physician and naturalist (b. 1724) [category: Deaths]
• 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). [category: Events]
• 1814: Jean-Baptiste Lamy, French archbishop (d. 1888) [category: Births]
• 1815: Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte, Italian-French adventurer (d. 1881) [category: Births]
• 1821: George Williams, English founder of the YMCA (d. 1905) [category: Births]
• 1821: John Ross Key, American judge and lawyer (b. 1754) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1844: Henry J. Heinz, American businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company (d. 1916) [category: Births]
• 1852: Gotthold Eisenstein, German mathematician (b. 1823) [category: Deaths]
• 1852: The University of Sydney, Australia's oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1864: Campina Grande, Brazil is established as a city. [category: Events]
• 1865: Hans E. Kinck, Norwegian author and philologist (d. 1926) [category: Births]
• 1865: Paul Bogle led hundreds of black men and women in a march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion. [category: Events]
• 1871: Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian religious leader, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1872: Emily Davison, English activist (d. 1913) [category: Births]
• 1872: Harlan F. Stone, American lawyer and jurist, 12th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1876: Paul Masson, French cyclist (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1877: Henri Hazebroucq, French rower [category: Births]
• 1879: Ernst Mally, Austrian philosopher (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1881: Hans Kelsen, Austrian jurist and philosopher (d. 1973) [category: Births]
• 1884: Eleanor Roosevelt, American politician and humanitarian, 34th First Lady of the United States (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1884: Friedrich Bergius, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 1884: Sig Ruman, German-American actor (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1885: François Mauriac, French author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970) [category: Births]
• 1889: James Prescott Joule, English physicist (b. 1818) [category: Deaths]
• 1890: In Washington, DC, the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded. [category: Events]
• 1895: Jakov Gotovac, Croatian composer (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1896: Anton Bruckner, Austrian composer (b. 1824) [category: Deaths]
• 1896: Edward Benson, English archbishop (b. 1829) [category: Deaths]
• 1897: Nathan Farragut Twining, American general (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1897: Léon Boëllmann, French composer (b. 1862) [category: Deaths]
• 1899: Eddie Dyer, American baseball player (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1899: The Western League is renamed the American League. [category: Events]
• 1902: Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian activist and politician (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1905: Fred Trump, American real estate developer (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1912: Betty Noyes,American singer and actress (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1912: First Balkan War: The Greek Army liberates the city of Kozani. [category: Events]
• 1913: Dorothy Woolfolk, American writer and editor (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1913: Joe Simon, American writer and illustrator (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1915: T. Llew Jones, Welsh author (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1918: Fred Bodsworth, Canadian journalist (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1918: Jerome Robbins, American choreographer, director, and producer (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1918: San Fermín earthquake hits western Puerto Rico. [category: Events]
• 1919: Art Blakey, American drummer and bandleader (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1919: Jean Vander Pyl, American actress (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1920: Édgar Negret, Colombian sculptor (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1924: André Emmerich, German-American art dealer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1924: Mal Whitfield, American runner [category: Births]
• 1925: Elmore Leonard, American author and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1926: Earle Hyman, American actor [category: Births]
• 1926: Joe Ginsberg, American baseball player (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1926: Neville Wran, Australian lawyer and politician, 35th Premier of New South Wales [category: Births]
• 1926: Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese monk, author, and poet [category: Births]
• 1927: Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1928: Alfonso de Portago, Spanish race car driver (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1928: Roscoe Robinson, Jr., American general (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1929: Curtis Amy, American saxophonist (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1929: Liselotte Pulver, Swiss actress [category: Births]
• 1929: Raymond Moriyama, Canadian architect, designed the Ottawa Civic Centre and Scarborough Civic Centre [category: Births]
• 1929: JC Penney opens store #1252 in Milford, Delaware, making it a nationwide company with stores in all 48 U.S. states. [category: Events]
• 1930: K. P. Ummer, Indian Actor (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1930: LaVell Edwards, American football coach [category: Births]
• 1930: Sam Johnson, American pilot and politician [category: Births]
• 1932: Dottie West, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1932: William Alden Smith, American politician (b. 1859) [category: Deaths]
• 1935: Dan Evins, American businessman, founded Cracker Barrel (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1935: Daniel Quinn, American environmentalist and author [category: Births]
• 1935: Steele Rudd, Australian author (b. 1868) [category: Deaths]
• 1936: Billy Higgins, American drummer (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1936: Tom Zé, Brazilian singer-songwriter and musician [category: Births]
• 1937: Bobby Charlton, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1937: R. H. W. Dillard, American poet, author, and critic [category: Births]
• 1939: Austin Currie, Irish politician [category: Births]
• 1939: Maria Bueno, Brazilian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1940: Lluís Companys, Spanish politician, 123rd President of Catalonia (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1940: Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1860) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: Charles Shyer, American director [category: Births]
• 1941: Lester Bowie, American trumpet player and composer (Art Ensemble of Chicago) (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1941: Beginning of the National Liberation War of Macedonia. [category: Events]
• 1942: Amitabh Bachchan, Indian actor [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1943: Gene Watson, American singer [category: Births]
• 1943: John Nettles, English actor [category: Births]
• 1944: Mike Fiore, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1944: Rodney Marsh, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1944: Tuvinian People's Republic or formerly Tannu Tuva is annexed by the U.S.S.R [category: Events]
• 1946: Daryl Hall, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Hall & Oates) [category: Births]
• 1946: Gary Mallaber, American drummer (Steve Miller Band) [category: Births]
• 1946: Oba Chandler, American convicted murderer (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1946: Sawao Kato, Japanese gymnast [category: Births]
• 1947: Al Atkins, English singer-songwriter (Judas Priest) [category: Births]
• 1947: George McCorkle, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Marshall Tucker Band) (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1947: Lucas Papademos, Greek economist and politician, Prime Minister of Greece [category: Births]
• 1947: Thomas Boswell, American columnist [category: Births]
• 1948: Cecilia, Spanish singer-songwriter (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1949: Henry Luke Orombi, Ugandan archbishop [category: Births]
• 1950: Amos Gitai, Israeli director, producer, and author [category: Births]
• 1950: Patty Murray, American politician [category: Births]
• 1950: Television: CBS's mechanical color system is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. [category: Events]
• 1951: Bruce Bartlett, American economist, author, and historian [category: Births]
• 1951: Jean-Jacques Goldman, French singer-songwriter and musician (Taï Phong and Fredericks Goldman Jones) [category: Births]
• 1952: Paulette Carlson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Highway 101) [category: Births]
• 1953: David Morse, American actor [category: Births]
• 1954: David Michaels, American politician [category: Births]
• 1954: Vojislav Šešelj, Serbian lawyer and politician [category: Births]
• 1954: First Indochina War: The Viet Minh take control of North Vietnam. [category: Events]
• 1955: Norm Nixon, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1956: Eduardo Arellano Félix, Mexican drug trafficker [category: Births]
• 1956: Nicanor Duarte, Paraguayan politician, President of Paraguay [category: Births]
• 1957: Dawn French, Welsh actress and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1957: Paul Bown, English actor [category: Births]
• 1957: Paul Sereno, American paleontologist [category: Births]
• 1957: Space Race: M.I.T. scientists calculate Sputnik I's booster rocket's orbit. [category: Events]
• 1958: Gregory Dudek, Canadian computer scientist and academic [category: Births]
• 1958: Pioneer program: NASA launches the lunar probe Pioneer 1 (the probe falls back to Earth and burns up). [category: Events]
• 1959: Wayne Gardner, Australian race car driver [category: Births]
• 1960: Curt Ford, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1960: Nicola Bryant, English actress [category: Births]
• 1960: Randy Breuer, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1961: Amr Diab, Egyptian singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1961: Neil Buchanan, English television host, guitarist, and actor (Marseille) [category: Births]
• 1961: Steve Young, American football player [category: Births]
• 1961: Chico Marx, American comedian and actor (b. 1887) [category: Deaths]
• 1962: Andy McCoy, Finnish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Hanoi Rocks, The Suicide Twins, and Shooting Gallery) [category: Births]
• 1962: Joan Cusack, American actress [category: Births]
• 1962: Richard Paul Evans, American author [category: Births]
• 1962: Second Vatican Council: Pope John XXIII convenes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years. [category: Events]
• 1963: Prince Faisal bin Al Hussein of Jordan [category: Births]
• 1963: Ronny Rosenthal, Israeli footballer [category: Births]
• 1963: Jean Cocteau, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: Édith Piaf, French singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Michael J. Nelson, American actor [category: Births]
• 1965: Alexander Hacke, German singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Einstürzende Neubauten) [category: Births]
• 1965: Luke Perry, American actor [category: Births]
• 1965: Orlando Hernández, Cuban baseball player [category: Births]
• 1965: Sean Patrick Flanery, American actor [category: Births]
• 1965: Dorothea Lange, American photographer (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: Walther Stampfli, Swiss politician (b. 1884) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Rikishi, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1966: Todd Snider, American singer-songwriter and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1967: Artie Lange, American actor and comedian [category: Births]
• 1967: Daniel Razon, Filipino television host, singer, and minister [category: Births]
• 1967: David Starr, American race car driver [category: Births]
• 1967: Tazz, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1967: Tony Chimel, American wrestling announcer [category: Births]
• 1968: Brett Salisbury, American football player and author [category: Births]
• 1968: Claude Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1968: Jane Krakowski, American actress [category: Births]
• 1968: Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful manned Apollo mission, with astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn F. Eisele and Walter Cunningham aboard. [category: Events]
• 1969: Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands [category: Births]
• 1969: Stephen Moyer, English actor and director [category: Births]
• 1970: Andy Marriott, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1970: Chidi Ahanotu, American football player [category: Births]
• 1970: Constance Zimmer, American actress [category: Births]
• 1971: Jason Ellis, Australian skateboarder [category: Births]
• 1971: MC Lyte, American rapper and actress [category: Births]
• 1971: Petra Haden, American violinist and singer (That Dog, Tito & Tarantula, and The Decemberists) [category: Births]
• 1971: Chesty Puller, American general (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Tamanoumi Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 51st Yokozuna (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Cherokee Parks, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1972: Claudia Black, Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1972: A race riot occurs on the United States Navy aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off the coast of Vietnam during Operation Linebacker. [category: Events]
• 1973: Dmitri Young, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1973: Mike Smith, American guitarist (Snot and Limp Bizkit) [category: Births]
• 1973: Niki Xanthou, Greek long jumper [category: Births]
• 1973: Steven Pressley, Scottish footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Japanese actor and singer [category: Births]
• 1974: Jamie Thomas, American skateboarder [category: Births]
• 1974: Jason Arnott, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1974: Rachel Barton Pine, American violinist (Earthen Grave) [category: Births]
• 1974: Terje Haakonsen, Norwegian snowboarder [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1976: Brent Bennett, American soldier [category: Births]
• 1976: Dominic Aitchison, Scottish bass player and songwriter (Mogwai and Crippled Black Phoenix) [category: Births]
• 1976: Emily Deschanel, American actress [category: Births]
• 1976: Alfredo Bracchi, Italian author (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1977: Claudia Palacios, Colombian journalist [category: Births]
• 1977: Desmond Mason, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Jérémie Janot, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1977: Matthew Bomer, American actor [category: Births]
• 1977: Napoleon, American rapper (Outlawz) [category: Births]
• 1977: Ty Wigginton, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1977: MacKinlay Kantor, American author (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Kali, Angolan footballer [category: Births]
• 1978: Trevor Donovan, American actor [category: Births]
• 1979: Andy Douglas, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1979: Bae Doona, South Korean model and actress [category: Births]
• 1979: Gabe Saporta, Uruguayan-American singer-songwriter and producer (Cobra Starship, Midtown, and Humble Beginnings) [category: Births]
• 1980: Matthew Felker, American actor [category: Births]
• 1980: Nyron Nosworthy, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: Tomokazu Sugita, Japanese voice actor [category: Births]
• 1981: Beau Brady, Australian actor [category: Births]
• 1982: Jeff Larish, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1982: Kristy Wu, American actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Liz Cantor, Australian journalist [category: Births]
• 1982: Terrell Suggs, American football player [category: Births]
• 1982: The Mary Rose, a Tudor carrack which sank on July 19, 1545, is salvaged from the sea bed of the Solent, off Portsmouth. [category: Events]
• 1983: Bradley James, English actor [category: Births]
• 1983: Ruslan Ponomariov, Ukrainian chess player [category: Births]
• 1983: William Sledd, American video blogger [category: Births]
• 1984: Martha MacIsaac, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1984: Sergio Hellings, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk. [category: Events]
• 1985: Michelle Trachtenberg, American actress [category: Births]
• 1985: Álvaro Fernández, Uruguayan footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Norm Cash, American baseball player (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1987: Mike Conley, Jr., American basketball player [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1988: Bonita Granville, American actress (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Henry Lau, Canadian-Chinese singer-songwriter (Super Junior-M) [category: Births]
• 1989: Michelle Wie, American golfer [category: Births]
• 1989: M. King Hubbert, American geophysicist (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Andre Tyson, English wrestler [category: Births]
• 1991: Panagiotis Vlachodimos, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1991: Patrick Leyland, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1991: Redd Foxx, American comedian and actor (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Steven "Jesse" Bernstein, American poet (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Sean Murray, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1993: Jess Thomas, American tenor (b. 1927) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Joe Morris, Canadian trade unionist (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Lars Ahlfors, Finnish mathematician (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Renato Russo, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Legião Urbana and Aborto Elétrico) (b. 1960) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Pala accident: a wood lorry and school bus collide in Jõgeva county, Estonia, killing eight children. [category: Events]
• 1998: Richard Denning, American actor (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Donald Dewar, Scottish politician, 1st First Minister of Scotland (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Luc-Marie Bayle, French navy officer and painter (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: NASA launches STS-92, the 100th Space Shuttle mission, using Space Shuttle Discovery. [category: Events]
• 2001: The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection. [category: Events]
• 2002: Dina Pathak, Indian actress (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: A bomb attack in a shopping mall in Vantaa, Finland kills seven. [category: Events]
• 2004: Keith Miller, Australian cricketer and pilot (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Edward Szczepanik, Polish economist and politician, Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, Pakistani poet and journalist (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Cory Lidle, American baseball player (b. 1972) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: David Lee "Tex" Hill, Korean-American pilot (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Sri Chinmoy, Bengali-American spiritual leader and poet (b. 1931) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Werner von Trapp, Austrian-Hungarian singer (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Ernst-Paul Hasselbach, Dutch television host and producer (b. 1966) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Jörg Haider, Austrian politician (b. 1950) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Neal Hefti, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Angelo DiGeorge, Italian-American endocrinologist (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Veronika Neugebauer, German actress (b. 1968) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Champ Summers, American baseball player (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Edward Kossoy, Polish lawyer, publicist, and activist (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Erik Moseholm, Danish bassist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Frank Alamo, French singer (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Helmut Haller, German footballer (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Pier Ugo Calzolari, Italian engineer and academic (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Sher Afgan Niazi, Pakistani politician (b. 1946) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Édgar Negret, Colombian sculptor (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: International Day of the Girl Child (United Nations). [category: Events]
• _: Alexander Sauli [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Andronicus, Probus, and Tarachus (Roman Catholic Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Cainnech of Aghaboe [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian feast days: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: General Pulaski Memorial Day (United States) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Gummarus [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: International Day of the Girl Child (International) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Lommán of Trim [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Mato Grosso do Sul Day (the state was created by dividing the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Meditrinalia, in honor of Meditrina (Roman Empire) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Coming Out Day (multinational, including United Kingdom, Switzerland, and United States among others) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Nectarius of Constantinople [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: October 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Old Michelmas Day (Celtic) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Pope John XXIII (Roman Catholic Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Revolution Day (Republic of Macedonia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Æthelburh of Barking [category: Holidays and observances]