Today October 11th in history click read more below to view detail events, deaths, births, Holidays and observances, and video clips in hisotry. Please comments, last database updated: Jan 17th, 2009
Events
1138 – A massive earthquake struck Aleppo, Syria.
1531 – Huldrych Zwingli is killed in battle with the Roman Catholic cantons of Switzerland.
1582 – Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
1614 – Adriaen Block and 12 Amsterdam merchants petition the States General for exclusive trading rights in the New Netherland colony.
1634 – the Burchardi flood — the second Grote Mandrenke killed around 15,000 men in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany.
1776 – American Revolution: Battle of Valcour Island – On Lake Champlain 15 American gunboats are defeated but give Patriot forces enough time to prepare defenses of New York City.
1809 – Along the Natchez Trace in Tennessee, explorer Meriwether Lewis dies under mysterious circumstances at an inn called Grinder s Stand.
1811 – Inventor John Stevens boat, the Juliana, begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry (service between New York, New York, and Hoboken, New Jersey).
1852 – The University of Sydney, Australia s oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney.
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.
1864 – Campina Grande, Brazil was established as a city.
1865 – Paul Bogle led hundreds of black men and women in a march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion.
1890 – In Washington, DC, the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
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.
1899 – The Western League was renamed the American League.
1906 – San Francisco public school board sparks United States diplomatic crisis with Japan by ordering Japanese students to be taught in racially segregated schools.
1910 – Ex-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.
1929 – JC Penney opens store #1252 in Milford, Delaware, making it a nationwide company with stores in all 48 U.S. states.
1941 – Beginning of the National Liberation War of Macedonia.
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.
1944 – Tuvinian People s Republic or formerly Tannu Tuva was annexed by the U.S.S.R
1950 – Television: CBS s mechanical color system is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
1954 – First Indochina War: The Viet Minh take control of North Vietnam.
1957 – Space Race: M.I.T. scientists calculate Sputnik I s booster rocket s orbit.
1958 – Pioneer program: NASA launches the lunar probe Pioneer 1 (the probe falls back to Earth and burns up).
1962 – Second Vatican Council: Pope John XXIII convenes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years.
1968 – Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful manned Apollo mission, with astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn F. Eisele and Walter Cunningham aboard.
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.
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 was approved by President Gerald R. Ford.
1982 – The Mary Rose, a Tudor gunship which sank on July 18 1545, is raised from the sea bed in the Solent Channel, near Portsmouth.
1984 – Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk.
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. G
1998 – A Congo Airlines Boeing 727 is shot down by rebels in Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 40 people.
2000 – The 100th Space Shuttle mission (STS-92) is flown.
2001 – The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.
2002 – A bomb attack in a shopping mall in Vantaa, Finland kills seven.
Births
1335 – Taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (d. 1408)
1616 – Andreas Gryphius, German writer (d. 1664)
1661 – Melchior de Polignac, French diplomat (d. 1742)
1671 – Frederick IV of Denmark (d. 1730)
1671 – Richard Moungler (d. 1730)
1672 – Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian Zaporozhian Cossack starshina, diplomat (d. 1742)
1675 – Samuel Clarke, English philosopher (d. 1729)
1738 – Arthur Phillip, Governor of New South Wales (d. 1814)
1758 – Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers, German astronomer (d. 1840)
1786 – Stevenson Archer, American Congressman (d. 1848)
1788 – Simon Sechter, Austrian music teacher (d. 1867)
1809 – Orson Squire Fowler, American phrenologist (d. 1887)
1814 – Jean Baptiste Lamy, first Archbishop of Santa Fe (d. 1888)
1815 – Pierre Napoleon Bonaparte, Italian-born adventurer (d. 1881)
1821 – George Williams, English founder of the YMCA (d. 1905)
1844 – Henry Heinz, American food manufacturer (d. 1916)
1865 – Hans E. Kinck, Norwegian author and philologist (d. 1926)
1871 – Johan Oscar Smith, Norweigian religious leader (d. 1943)
1872 – Harlan Fiske Stone, 12th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1946)
1881 – Hans Kelsen, Austrian legal theorist (d. 1973)
1884 – Friedrich Bergius, German chemist, Nobel laureate (d. 1949)
1884 – Eleanor Roosevelt, First Lady of the United States (d. 1962)
1884 – Sig Ruman, German-American actor (d. 1967)
1885 – François Mauriac, French author, Nobel laureate (d. 1970)
1895 – Jakov Gotovac, Croatian composer (d. 1982)
1897 – Nathan Twining, USAF general (d. 1982)
1899 – Eddie Dyer, American baseball player (d. 1964)
1902 – Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian freedom fighter and political leader (d. 1979)
1905 – Fred Trump, American real estate developer, father of Donald Trump (d. 1999)
1913 – Dorothy Woolfolk, American comic book editor (d. 2000)
1915 – T. Llew Jones, Welsh author (d. 2009)
1918 – Jerome Robbins, American choreographer (d. 1998)
1919 – Art Blakey, American jazz drummer (d. 1990)
1919 – Jean Vander Pyl, American voice actress (d. 1999)
1924 – Mal Whitfield, American athlete
1925 – Elmore Leonard, American novelist
1926 – Neville Wran, Premier of New South Wales
1926 – Nh?t H?nh, Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk
1927 – Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium (d. 2005)
1928 – Alfonso de Portago, Spanish race car driver (d. 1957)
1929 – Liselotte Pulver, Swiss actress
1930 – Sam Johnson, American politician
1930 – LaVell Edwards, American football coach
1932 – Dottie West, American singer (d. 1991)
1936 – Billy Higgins, American jazz drummer (d. 2001)
1937 – Sir Bobby Charlton, English footballer
1937 – R. H. W. Dillard, American poet
1939 – Maria Bueno, Brazilian tennis player
1939 – Austin Currie, Northern Irish politician
1941 – Lester Bowie, American jazz trumpeter (d. 1999)
1941 – Charles Shyer, American film director
1942 – Amitabh Bachchan, Indian actor
1943 – John Nettles, English actor
1944 – Mike Fiore, American baseball player
1944 – Rodney Marsh, English Footballer
1946 – Sawao Kato, Japanese gymnast
1946 – Oba Chandler, American convicted murderer
1946 – Daryl Hall, American musician
1946 – Gary Mallaber, American musician (The Steve Miller Band)
1947 – Al Atkins, English musician
1947 – Lucas Papademos, Greek economist
1947 – Thomas Boswell, American sports columnist
1948 – Cecilia, Spanish singer-songwriter
1950 – Patty Murray, American politician, senior senator from Washington
1951 – Jean-Jacques Goldman, French singer/songwriter
1953 – David Morse, American actor
1955 – Norm Nixon, American basketball player
1956 – Nicanor Duarte Frutos, President of Paraguay
1957 – Paul Bown, English actor
1957 – Dawn French, Welsh comedian
1957 – Paul Sereno, American paleontologist
1958 – Gregory Dudek, Canadian roboticist and computer scientist
1959 – Wayne Gardner, Australian racing driver
1960 – Curt Ford, American baseball player
1961 – Neil Buchanan, English television presenter
1961 – Amr Diab, Egyptian singer
1961 – Steve Young, American football player
1962 – Nicola Bryant, English actress
1962 – Joan Cusack, American actress
1963 – Prince Faisal bin Al Hussein of Jordan
1963 – Ronny Rosenthal, Israeli footballer
1964 – Michael J. Nelson, American actor
1965 – Alexander Hacke, German musician (Einstürzende Neubauten)
1965 – Sean Patrick Flanery, American actor
1966 – Solofa Fatu, aka Rikishi, American professional wrestler
1966 – Luke Perry, American actor
1967 – Tony Chimel, American professional wrestling announcer
1967 – Artie Lange, American actor and comedian
1967 – David Starr, American race car driver
1967 – Tazz, American professional wrestler and commentator
1968 – Claude Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player
1968 – Jane Krakowski, American actress
1969 – Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands
1970 – Chidi Ahanotu, American football player
1970 – Andy Marriott, English footballer
1970 – U-God, American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan)
1970 – Constance Zimmer, American actress
1971 – MC Lyte, American rapper
1971 – Petra Haden, American musician (The Rentals)
1971 – Jason Ellis, Australian professional skateboarder
1972 – Claudia Black, Australian actress
1973 – Takeshi Kaneshiro, actor/model
1973 – Steven Pressley, Scottish footballer
1973 – Mike Smith, American guitarist (Snot, Limp Bizkit)
1973 – Dmitri Young, American baseball player
1973 – Niki Xanthou, Greek long jumper
1974 – Jason Arnott, Canadian ice hockey player
1974 – Terje Haakonsen, Norwegian snowboarder
1976 – Emily Deschanel, American actress
1976 – Brent Bennett, American mercenary
1977 – Matthew Bomer, American actor
1977 – Desmond Mason, American basketball player
1977 – Claudia Palacios, Colombian television journalist
1977 – Ty Wigginton, American baseball player
1978 – Kali, Angolan footballer
1979 – Bae Doona, South Korean model and actress
1979 – Andy Douglas, American professional wrestler
1979 – Gabe Saporta, Uruguayan-born American musician (Cobra Starship, Midtown)
1980 – Nyron Nosworthy, English footballer
1981 – Beau Brady, Australian Actor
1982 – Kristy Wu, American Actress
1983 – William Sledd, American internet personality
1983 – Ruslan Ponomariov, Ukrainian chess player
1984 – Sergio Hellings, Dutch footballer
1984 – Martha MacIsaac, Canadian actress
1985 – Michelle Trachtenberg, American actress
1987 – Mike Conley, Jr., American basketball player
1989 – Henry Lau, member of Korean Boy Band Super Junior M
1989 – Michelle Wie, American golfer
1991 – Chauncey Matthews, American Juniors singer
Deaths
1188 – Robert I of Dreux, son of Louis VI of France
1303 – Pope Boniface VIII
1347 – Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1282)
1424 – Jan Žižka, leader of the Hussites (b. 1360)
1531 – Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss Protestant leader (b. 1484)
1705 – Guillaume Amontons, French physicist and instrument maker (b. 1663)
1708 – Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician (b. 1651)
1721 – Edward Colston, English merchant and philanthropist (b. 1636)
1725 – Hans Herr, Swiss-born Mennonite bishop (b. 1639)
1779 – Kazimierz Pulaski, Polish fighter for American independence (b. 1745)
1809 – Meriwether Lewis, American explorer (b. 1774)
1811 – Johann Conrad Ammann, Swiss physician and naturalist (b. 1724)
1821 – John Ross Key, American judge and lawyer (b. 1754)
1852 – Ferdinand Eisenstein, German mathematician (b. 1823)
1889 – James Prescott Joule, English physicist (b. 1818)
1896 – Anton Bruckner, Austrian composer (b. 1824)
1896 – Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1829)
1897 – Léon Boëllmann, French composer (b. 1862)
1935 – Steele Rudd, Australian author (b. 1868)
1940 – Lluís Companys, President of Generalitat of Catalonia (shot) (b. 1882)
1940 – Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1860)
1961 – Chico Marx, American comedian (b. 1887)
1963 – Jean Cocteau, French writer (b. 1889)
1965 – Dorothea Lange, American photographer (b. 1895)
1965 – Walther Stampfli, member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. 1884)
1971 – Chesty Puller, the most decorated Marine in history (b. 1898)
1976 – Alfredo Bracchi, Italian author (b. 1897)
1977 – MacKinlay Kantor, American author (b. 1904)
1988 – Bonita Granville, American actress (b. 1923)
1989 – M. King Hubbert, American geophysicist (b. 1904)
1991 – Steven Jesse Bernstein, American underground poet (suicide) (b. 1950)
1991 – Redd Foxx, American comedian and actor (b. 1922)
1993 – Jess Thomas, American tenor (b. 1927)
1996 – Lars Ahlfors, Finnish mathematician (b. 1907)
1996 – Joe Morris, C.C., LL.D., Canadian trade unionist (b. 1913)
1996 – Renato Russo, Brazilian rock singer-songwriter (b. 1960)
1998 – Richard Denning, American actor (b. 1914)
2000 – Donald Dewar, First Minister of Scotland (b. 1937)
2002 – Dina Pathak, Indian Actress (b. 1922)
2004 – Keith Miller, Australian sportsman (b. 1919)
2005 – Edward Szczepanik, Polish economist and Prime Minister in exile (b. 1915)
2005 – Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, Linguist, and writer of Pakistan (b. 1917)
2006 – Cory Lidle, American baseball pitcher (b. 1972)
2006 – Howard Kerzner, Chief Executive Officer of Kerzner International (b. 1964)
2007 – Werner von Trapp, member of the Trapp Family Singers (b. 1915)
2007 – David Lee Tex Hill, World War II fighter pilot, flying ace, 1st American Volunteer Group (b. 1915)
2008 – Jörg Haider, Austrian far-right politician (b. 1950)
Holidays and observances
Roman Empire – Meditrinalia is held in honor of Meditrina
RC Saints – memorial of the blessed Pope John XXIII; Saints Andronicus, Probus, and Tarachus; Alexander Sauli;
United States – National Coming Out Day
Republic of Macedonia – Revolution Day
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