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October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. 81 days remain until the end of the year.

This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Sunday, or Thursday (58 times in 400 years) than a Friday or Saturday (57), and slightly less likely to fall on a Monday or Wednesday (56).

Events[]

  • 1138 – A massive earthquake strikes Aleppo; it is one of the most destructive earthquakes ever.[1]
  • 1142 – A peace treaty ends the Jin–Song wars.
  • 1311 – The peerage and clergy restrict the authority of English kings with the Ordinances of 1311.
  • 1531Huldrych Zwingli is killed in battle with the Roman Catholic cantons of Switzerland.
  • 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.
  • 1634 – The Burchardi flood kills around 15,000 in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany.
  • 1649 – Cromwell's New Model Army Sacks Wexford, killing over 2,000 Irish Confederate troops and 1,500 civilians.
  • 1767 – Surveying for the Mason–Dixon line separating Maryland from Pennsylvania is completed.
  • 1776 – American Revolution: A fleet of American boats on Lake Champlain is defeated by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777.
  • 1797 – The Royal Navy decisively defeats the Batavian Navy at Camperdown during the French Revolutionary Wars.
  • 1811 – The Juliana begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry in New York harbor.
  • 1840 – The Maronite leader Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the Ottoman Empire and later is sent to Malta in exile.
  • 1852 – The University of Sydney, Australia's oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney.
  • 1862 – American Civil War: Confederate troops conduct a raid on Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.
  • 1865 – Hundreds of black men and women march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion.
  • 1890 – In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
  • 1899 – The Second Boer War erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony, and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.
  • 1906 – San Francisco sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering segregated schools for Japanese students.
  • 1910 – Piloted by Arch Hoxsey, Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane.
  • 1912 – First Balkan War: The day after the Battle of Sarantaporo, Greek troops liberate the city of Kozani.
  • 1918 – The 7.1 Template:M San Fermín earthquake shakes Puerto Rico. The quake and resulting tsunami kill up to 116 people.
  • 1937 – The Duke and Duchess of Windsor tour Nazi Germany for 12 days and meet Adolf Hitler on the 22nd.
  • 1941 – Beginning of the National Liberation War of Macedonia.
  • 1942 – World War II: Off Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese force.
  • 1944 – The Tuvan People's Republic is annexed by the Soviet Union.
  • 1950 – CBS's field-sequential color system for television is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
  • 1954 – In accord with the 1954 Geneva Conference, French troops complete their withdrawal from North Vietnam.
  • 1958 – NASA launches Pioneer 1, its first space probe, although it fails to achieve a stable orbit.
  • 1962 – The Second Vatican Council becomes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years.
  • 1968 – NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful manned Apollo mission.
  • 1972A race riot occurs on the United States Navy aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off the coast of Vietnam.
  • 1976George Washington is posthumously promoted to the grade of General of the Armies.
  • 1984 – Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk.
  • 1984 – Aeroflot Flight 3352 crashes into maintenance vehicles upon landing in Omsk, Russia, killing 178.
  • 1986Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Iceland to continue discussions about scaling back IRBM arsenals in Europe.
  • 1987 – The AIDS Memorial Quilt is first displayed during the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.
  • 1987 – Start of Operation Pawan by Indian forces in Sri Lanka. Thousands of civilians, insurgents, soldiers die.
  • 1991Prof. Anita Hill delivers her televised testimony concerning sexual harassment during the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination.[2]
  • 2000 – NASA launches STS-92, the 100th Space Shuttle mission.
  • 2001 – The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.
  • 2002 – A bomb attack in a shopping mall in Finland kills seven.
  • 2013 – A migrant boat sinks in the Channel of Sicily, with at least 34 people drowning.
  • 2018Soyuz MS-10, launching an intended crew for the ISS, suffers an in-flight abort. The crew lands safely.

Births[]

  • 1492Charles Orlando, Dauphin of France, French noble (d. 1495)
  • 1552Tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich of Russia, Grand Prince of Moscow (d. 1553)
  • 1616Andreas Gryphius, German poet and playwright (d. 1664)
  • 1661Melchior de Polignac, French cardinal and poet (d. 1742)
  • 1671Frederick IV of Denmark (d. 1730)
  • 1672Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian-Romanian diplomat (d. 1742)
  • 1675Samuel Clarke, English minister and philosopher (d. 1729)
  • 1738Arthur Phillip, English admiral and politician, 1st Governor of New South Wales (d. 1814)
  • 1739Grigory Potemkin, Russian general and politician (d. 1791)
  • 1758Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, German physician and astronomer (d. 1840)
  • 1786Stevenson Archer, American judge and politician (d. 1848)
  • 1788Simon Sechter, Austrian organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1867)
  • 1793Maria James, Welsh-born American poet, domestic servant (d. 1868)[3]
  • 1803Gregor von Helmersen, Estonian-Russian general and geologist (d. 1885)
  • 1814Jean-Baptiste Lamy, French-American archbishop (d. 1888)
  • 1815Pierre Napoléon Bonaparte, Italian-French politician (d. 1881)
  • 1821George Williams, English philanthropist, founded the YMCA (d. 1905)
  • 1827Afzal-ud-Daulah, Asaf Jah V, 5th Nizam of Hyderabad[4]
  • 1835Theodore Thomas, American conductor, founded the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (d. 1905)
  • 1844Henry J. Heinz, American businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company (d. 1919)
  • 1865Hans E. Kinck, Norwegian philologist and author (d. 1926)
  • 1871Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian evangelist, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (d. 1943)
  • 1872Emily Davison, English educator and activist (d. 1913)
  • 1872 – Harlan F. Stone, American lawyer and jurist, 12th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1946)
  • 1879Ernst Mally, Austrian philosopher and academic (d. 1944)
  • 1881Hans Kelsen, Czech-American jurist and philosopher (d. 1973)
  • 1884Friedrich Bergius, German-Argentinian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1949)
  • 1884 – Eleanor Roosevelt, American humanitarian and politician, 39th First Lady of the United States (d. 1962)
  • 1884 – Sig Ruman, German-American actor (d. 1967)
  • 1885François Mauriac, French novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
  • 1890A. V. Kulasingham, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1978)
  • 1894Julius Kuperjanov, Estonian educator and lieutenant (d. 1919)
  • 1896Roman Jakobson, Russian-American linguist and theorist (d. 1982)
  • 1897Nathan Farragut Twining, American general (d. 1982)
  • 1899Eddie Dyer, American baseball player and manager (d. 1964)
  • 1901Masanobu Tsuji, Japanese colonel and politician (d. 1961)
  • 1902Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian activist and politician (d. 1979)
  • 1905Fred Trump, American real estate entrepreneur (d. 1999)
  • 1910Cahit Arf, Turkish mathematician and academic (d. 1997)
  • 1911Nello Pagani, Italian motorcycle racer and race car driver (d. 2003)
  • 1913Joe Simon, American author and illustrator (d. 2011)
  • 1915T. Llew Jones, Welsh author and poet (d. 2009)
  • 1916Nanaji Deshmukh, Indian educator and activist (d. 2010)
  • 1918Fred Bodsworth, Canadian journalist and author (d. 2012)
  • 1918 – Jerome Robbins, American director, producer, and choreographer (d. 1998)
  • 1919Art Blakey, American drummer and bandleader (d. 1990)
  • 1919 – Douglas Albert Munro, United States Coast Guard signalman, posthumously awarded Medal of Honor (d. 1942)
  • 1922G. C. Edmondson, American soldier and author (d. 1995)
  • 1924André Emmerich, German-American art dealer (d. 2007)
  • 1924 – Sammy McCrory, Northern Irish footballer (d. 2011)
  • 1924 – Mal Whitfield, American athlete (d. 2015)[5]
  • 1925Elmore Leonard, American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
  • 1926Jean Alexander, English actress (d. 2016)
  • 1926 – Yvon Dupuis, Canadian politician (d. 2017)
  • 1926 – Thích Nhất Hạnh, Vietnamese monk, author, and poet
  • 1926 – Earle Hyman, American actor (d. 2017)
  • 1926 – Neville Wran, Australian lawyer and politician, 35th Premier of New South Wales (d. 2014)
  • 1927Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (d. 2005)
  • 1927 – Jim Prior, Baron Prior, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (d. 2016)
  • 1928Alfonso de Portago, Spanish race car driver and bobsledder (d. 1957)
  • 1928 – Roscoe Robinson, Jr., American general (d. 1993)
  • 1928 – Geoffrey Tordoff, Baron Tordoff, English businessman and politician (d. 2019)
  • 1929Curtis Amy, American saxophonist and clarinetist (d. 2002)
  • 1930Michael Edwardes, South African-English businessman
  • 1930 – LaVell Edwards, American football player and coach (d. 2016)
  • 1930 – Sam Johnson, American colonel and politician
  • 1932Saul Friedländer, Israeli historian and author
  • 1932 – Barry Jones, Australian lawyer and politician
  • 1932 – Dottie West, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1991)
  • 1935Dan Evins, American businessman, founded Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (d. 2012)
  • 1935 – Daniel Quinn, American author and environmentalist (d. 2018)
  • 1936C. Gordon Fullerton, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (d. 2013)
  • 1936 – Billy Higgins, American drummer and educator (d. 2001)
  • 1936 – James M. McPherson, American historian and author
  • 1937Bobby Charlton, English footballer and manager
  • 1937 – R. H. W. Dillard, American poet, author, and critic
  • 1937 – Ron Leibman, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2019)
  • 1938Michael Stear, English air marshal (d. 2020)
  • 1939Maria Bueno, Brazilian tennis player (d. 2018)
  • 1939 – Austin Currie, Northern Irish lawyer and SDLP politician
  • 1940Lucy Morgan, American newspaper reporter
  • 1941Lester Bowie, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1999)
  • 1942Richard Wilson, Baron Wilson of Dinton, Welsh academic and politician
  • 1942 – Amitabh Bachchan, Indian film actor, producer, television host, and former politician
  • 1943Keith Boyce, Barbadian cricketer (d. 1996)
  • 1943 – Michael Harloe, English sociologist and academic
  • 1943 – John Nettles, English actor and writer
  • 1943 – Ilmar Reepalu, Swedish lawyer and politician
  • 1943 – Gene Watson, American singer-songwriter and producer
  • 1944Rodney Marsh, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
  • 1945Andrew Logan, English sculptor and painter
  • 1945 – Dusty Rhodes, American wrestler (d. 2015)
  • 1946Elinor Goodman, English journalist
  • 1946 – Daryl Hall, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1946 – Sawao Kato, Japanese gymnast
  • 1947Thomas Boswell, American journalist and author
  • 1947 – Lucas Papademos, Greek economist and politician, 183rd Prime Minister of Greece
  • 1947 – Alan Pascoe, English hurdler
  • 1948David Rendall, English tenor and actor
  • 1948 – Peter Turkson, Ghanaian cardinal
  • 1949Henry Luke Orombi, Ugandan archbishop
  • 1949 – Lawrence Tanter, American basketball player and sportscaster
  • 1950William R. Forstchen, American historian and author
  • 1950 – Amos Gitai, Israeli director, producer, and author
  • 1950 – Patty Murray, American educator and politician
  • 1951Bruce Bartlett, American economist, historian, and author
  • 1951 – Jean-Jacques Goldman, French singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1951 – Jon Miller, American sportscaster
  • 1951 – Louise Rennison, English author and comedian (d. 2016)[6]
  • 1951 – Charles Shyer, American director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1952Paulette Carlson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1953David Morse, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1954David Michaels, American epidemiologist and politician
  • 1954 – Vojislav Šešelj, Serbian lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia
  • 1955Norm Nixon, American basketball player and sportscaster
  • 1956Nicanor Duarte, Paraguayan lawyer and politician, President of Paraguay
  • 1956 – Derek Ringer, Scottish race car driver
  • 1957Francky Dury, Belgian footballer and manager
  • 1957 – Dawn French, Welsh-English actress, comedian and screenwriter
  • 1959Wayne Gardner, Australian motorcycle racer
  • 1959 – Allan Little, Scottish journalist and author
  • 1960Randy Breuer, American basketball player
  • 1960 – Nicola Bryant, English actress[7]
  • 1960 – Curt Ford, American baseball player and manager
  • 1960 – Gábor Pölöskei, Hungarian footballer and manager
  • 1961Neil Buchanan, English guitarist
  • 1961 – Steve Young, American football player and sportscaster
  • 1962Joan Cusack, American actress
  • 1962 – Andy McCoy, Finnish musician
  • 1963Marcus Graham, Australian actor
  • 1963 – Brian Rice, Scottish footballer and manager
  • 1963 – Ronny Rosenthal, Israeli-English footballer
  • 1964Michael J. Nelson, American actor, director, and screenwriter
  • 1965Sean Patrick Flanery, American actor and producer
  • 1965 – Alexander Hacke, German singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
  • 1965 – Orlando Hernández, Cuban baseball player
  • 1965 – Volodymyr Horilyi, Ukrainian footballer and coach
  • 1966Luke Perry, American actor and producer (d. 2019)
  • 1966 – Todd Snider, American singer-songwriter
  • 1966 – Stephen Williams, Welsh lawyer and politician
  • 1967Jay Grdina, American businessman and pornographic actor
  • 1967 – Artie Lange, American actor and comedian
  • 1967 – David Starr, American race car driver
  • 1968Jane Krakowski, American actress and singer
  • 1968 – Claude Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • 1968 – Brett Salisbury, American football player and author
  • 1969Merieme Chadid, Moroccan astronomer and explorer
  • 1969 – Stephen Moyer, English actor
  • 1969 – Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands
  • 1970Chidi Ahanotu, American football player
  • 1970 – Vanessa Harding, American wrestler
  • 1970 – MC Lyte, American rapper, DJ, and actress
  • 1970 – Andy Marriott, English-Welsh footballer and manager
  • 1970 – Shin Tae-yong, South Korean footballer and coach
  • 1971Petra Haden, American violinist and singer
  • 1971 – Justin Lin, American film director
  • 1971 – Oleksandr Pomazun, Ukrainian footballer and manager
  • 1972Marcus Bai, Papua New Guinean rugby league player
  • 1973Brendan B. Brown, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
  • 1973 – Greg Chalmers, Australian golfer
  • 1973 – Steven Pressley, Scottish footballer and manager
  • 1973 – Niki Xanthou, Greek long jumper
  • 1973 – Dmitri Young, American baseball player and radio host
  • 1974Jason Arnott, Canadian ice hockey player
  • 1974 – Rachel Barton Pine, American violinist and educator
  • 1976Dominic Aitchison, Scottish bass player and songwriter
  • 1976 – Emily Deschanel, American actress and producer
  • 1977Matt Bomer, American actor and producer
  • 1977 – Igor Figueiredo, Brazilian snooker player
  • 1977 – Jérémie Janot, French footballer and manager
  • 1977 – Desmond Mason, American basketball player and sportscaster
  • 1977 – Rhett MacLaughlin, American Youtuber
  • 1977 – Ty Wigginton, American baseball player
  • 1978Carl Bussey, American soccer player
  • 1978 – Takuya Kawaguchi, Japanese footballer
  • 1979Jamar Beasley, American football player
  • 1979 – Andy Douglas, American wrestler
  • 1979 – Kim Yong-dae, South Korean footballer
  • 1980Nyron Nosworthy, English-born Jamaican footballer
  • 1982Cameron Knowles, New Zealand footballer
  • 1982 – Jeff Larish, American baseball player
  • 1982 – Terrell Suggs, American football player
  • 1982 – Mauricio Victorino, Uruguayan footballer
  • 1984Sergio Hellings, Dutch footballer
  • 1984 – Martha MacIsaac, Canadian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter
  • 1984 – Zeb Taia, Australian-New Zealand rugby league player
  • 1984 – Jane Zhang, Chinese singer-songwriter
  • 1985Nesta Carter, Jamaican sprinter
  • 1985 – Yang Cheng, Chinese footballer
  • 1985 – Álvaro Fernández, Uruguayan footballer
  • 1985 – Michelle Trachtenberg, American actress
  • 1986Ikioi Shōta, Japanese sumo wrestler
  • 1987Tony Beltran, American soccer player
  • 1987 – Mike Conley, Jr., American basketball player
  • 1987 – Nathan Coulter-Nile, Australian cricketer
  • 1988Omar Gonzalez, American soccer player
  • 1988 – Ricochet, American wrestler
  • 1989Michelle Wie, American golfer[8]
  • 1990Joo, South Korean singer and actress
  • 1990 – Sebastian Rode, German footballer
  • 1991Kika van Es, Dutch footballer
  • 1991 – Toby Fox, American video game developer and composer
  • 1992Riffi Mandanda, Congolese footballer
  • 1992 – Ligi Sao, New Zealand rugby league player
  • 1993Hardik Pandya, Indian cricketer
  • 1992 – Christian Davis, English cricketer
  • 1992 – Cardi B, American rapper
  • 1994Clésio Baúque, Mozambican footballer
  • 1994 – T.J. Watt, American football player[9]
  • 1995Nicolás Jarry, Chilean tennis player[10]
  • 2001Daniel Maldini, Italian footballer

Deaths[]

  • 965Bruno the Great, Archbishop of Cologne (b. 925)
  • 1086Sima Guang, Chinese historian and statesman (b. 1019)
  • 1159William of Blois, Count of Boulogne and Earl of Surrey (b. c. 1137)
  • 1188Robert I, Count of Dreux (b. 1123)
  • 1303Pope Boniface VIII (b. 1235)
  • 1347Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1282)
  • 1424Jan Žižka, Czech general and Hussite leader
  • 1531Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss pastor and theologian (b. 1484)
  • 1542Thomas Wyatt, English poet and diplomat (born 1503)
  • 1579Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman politician, 43rd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1506)
  • 1667Mattias de' Medici, Italian noble (b. 1613)
  • 1684James Tuchet, 3rd Earl of Castlehaven (b. c. 1617)
  • 1698William Molyneux, Irish philosopher and writer (b. 1656)
  • 1705Guillaume Amontons, French physicist and instrument maker (b. 1663)
  • 1708Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician, physicist, physician, and philosopher (b. 1651)
  • 1721Edward Colston, English merchant and politician (b. 1636)
  • 1725Hans Herr, Swiss-American bishop (b. 1639)
  • 1779Casimir Pulaski, Polish-American general (b. 1745)
  • 1809Meriwether Lewis, American captain, explorer, and politician, 2nd Governor of Louisiana Territory (b. 1774)
  • 1821John Ross Key, American lieutenant, lawyer, and judge (b. 1754)
  • 1837Samuel Wesley, English organist and composer (b. 1766)
  • 1852Gotthold Eisenstein, German mathematician and academic (b. 1823)
  • 1889James Prescott Joule, English physicist and brewer (b. 1818)
  • 1896Edward Benson, English archbishop (b. 1829)
  • 1896 – Anton Bruckner, Austrian organist, composer, and educator (b. 1824)
  • 1897Léon Boëllmann, French organist and composer (b. 1862)
  • 1904Mary Tenney Gray, American editorial writer, club-woman, philanthropist, and suffragette (b. 1833)
  • 1908Rita Cetina Gutiérrez, Mexican poet, educator, and activist (b. 1846)
  • 1932William Alden Smith, American lawyer and politician (b. 1859)
  • 1935Steele Rudd, Australian author (b. 1868)
  • 1940Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1860)
  • 1941Heinrich Gutkin, Estonian businessman and politician (b. 1879)
  • 1941 – Mihkel Pung, Estonian politician, 11th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1876)
  • 1958Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter (b. 1876)
  • 1961Chico Marx, American comedian (b. 1887)
  • 1963Jean Cocteau, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1889)
  • 1965Dorothea Lange, American photographer and journalist (b. 1895)
  • 1965 – Walther Stampfli, Swiss lawyer and politician, 50th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1884)
  • 1967Stanley Morison, typographer, known for work on Times New Roman font (b. 1889)
  • 1968Selim Sarper, Turkish educator and politician, 13th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1899)
  • 1971Tamanoumi Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 51st Yokozuna (b. 1944)
  • 1971 – Chesty Puller, American general (b. 1898)
  • 1976Alfredo Bracchi, Italian author, screenwriter, and songwriter (b. 1897)
  • 1977MacKinlay Kantor, American journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1904)
  • 1983R. Fraser Armstrong, Canadian administrator and engineer (b. 1889)
  • 1984Benno Schotz, Scottish sculptor and engineer (b. 1891)
  • 1986Norm Cash, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1934)
  • 1988Bonita Granville, American actress (b. 1923)
  • 1989M. King Hubbert, American geologist and academic (b. 1904)
  • 1991Redd Foxx, American actor and comedian (b. 1922)
  • 1993Andy Stewart, Scottish singer and entertainer (b. 1933)
  • 1996Keith Boyce, Barbadian cricketer (b. 1943)
  • 1996 – Eleanor Cameron, Canadian-American author and critic (b. 1912)
  • 1996 – Renato Russo, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1960)
  • 1996 – Joe Morris, English-Canadian lieutenant and trade union leader (b. 1913)
  • 1998Richard Denning, American actor (b. 1914)
  • 1999Leo Lionni, Dutch-American author and illustrator (b. 1910)
  • 2000Luc-Marie Bayle, French historian, photographer, and painter (b. 1914)
  • 2000 – Donald Dewar, Scottish lawyer and politician, 1st First Minister of Scotland (b. 1937)
  • 2001Beni Montresor, Italian director, set designer, and illustrator (b. 1926)
  • 2004Keith Miller, Australian cricketer and pilot (b. 1919)
  • 2005Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, Pakistani-Canadian linguist, journalist, and poet (b. 1917)
  • 2005 – Attilâ İlhan, Turkish poet, author, and journalist (b. 1925)
  • 2005 – Edward Szczepanik, Polish economist and politician, Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1915)
  • 2006Cory Lidle, American baseball player (b. 1972)
  • 2007David Lee "Tex" Hill, South Korean-American general and pilot (b. 1915)
  • 2007 – Werner von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (b. 1915)
  • 2008Marjorie Fletcher, English Director of the Women's Royal Naval Service (b. 1932)
  • 2008 – Jörg Haider, Austrian lawyer and politician, Governor of Carinthia (b. 1950)
  • 2008 – Ernst-Paul Hasselbach, Surinamese-Dutch television host and producer (b. 1966)
  • 2008 – Neal Hefti, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1922)
  • 2009Angelo DiGeorge, American physician and endocrinologist (b. 1922)
  • 2009 – Halit Refiğ, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1934)
  • 2012Helmut Haller, German footballer and coach (b. 1939)
  • 2012 – Edward Kossoy, Polish lawyer, publicist, and activist (b. 1913)
  • 2012 – Édgar Negret, Colombian sculptor (b. 1920)
  • 2012 – Champ Summers, American baseball player and coach (b. 1946)
  • 2013María de Villota, Spanish race car driver (b. 1980)
  • 2013 – Johnny Kovatch, American football player and coach (b. 1912)
  • 2013 – Erich Priebke, German captain (b. 1913)
  • 2013 – William H. Sullivan, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Philippines (b. 1922)
  • 2014Anita Cerquetti, Italian soprano (b. 1931)
  • 2014 – Carmelo Simeone, Argentinian footballer (b. 1933)
  • 2014 – Bob Such, Australian educator and politician (b. 1944)
  • 2015Dean Chance, American baseball player and manager (b. 1941)
  • 2015 – Jack Drake, American lawyer and politician (b. 1934)
  • 2017Clifford Husbands, Barbadian politician (b. 1926)
  • 2019Alexei Leonov, Soviet/Russian cosmonaut and first human to conduct a spacewalk (b. 1934)

Holidays and observances[]

  • Christian feast days:
    • Agilbert
    • Alexander Sauli
    • Andronicus, Probus, and Tarachus (Roman Catholic Church)
    • Æthelburh of Barking
    • Bruno the Great
    • Cainnech of Aghaboe
    • Gratus of Oloron
    • Gummarus
    • James the Deacon (Church of England, Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church)
    • Lommán of Trim
    • Maria Soledad Torres y Acosta
    • Nectarius of Constantinople
    • Nicasius, Quirinus, Scubiculus, and Pientia
    • Philip the Evangelist
    • Pope John XXIII (Roman Catholic Church)
    • Zenaida and Philonella
    • 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
  • Old Michaelmas Day (Celtic)
  • Revolution Day (Republic of Macedonia)

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  2. "Anita Hill's Testimony and Other Key Moments From the Clarence Thomas Hearings". Retrieved 2018-10-11.
  3. Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John (1887). Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography (Public domain ed.). D. Appleton. pp. 399–.
  4. Law, John. Modern Hyderabad (Deccan). pp. 25–27.
  5. "Mal Whitfield". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
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