What happened in history on this day: October 11?
On October 11 in ...
- 1942 - The first color comic strip of "Jose Carioca" is published in Sunday editions of newspapers.
- 1946 - The Figaro film Bath Day is released. Minnie Mouse also appears.
- 1955 - The first ticket books are made available at Disneyland. They cost US$2.50 per adult ($1.50 per child), containing tickets A, B, and C, for eight rides.
- 1959 - The Rainbow Caverns Mine Train attraction at Disneyland closes for remodelling.
- 1961 - Buena Vista releases Disney's live-action feature film Greyfriars Bobby to theaters. The film is based on the book by Eleanor Atkinson.
- 1964 - The NBC TV network airs the Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color show, entitled A Rag, a Bone, a Box of Junk, with Ludwig von Drake.
- 1990 - The Fox Broadcasting Company airs The Simpsons TV show. A character mentions Peg-Leg Pete in a list of pirates.
- 1991 - Touchstone Pictures releases the live-action feature film Ernest Scared Stupid to theaters in the US.
- 2002 - Buena Vista International re-releases the film Beauty and the Beast to theaters in Sweden.
Births on October 11
Deaths on October 11
- 2022 - Death of Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury at age 96 at home in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Bedknobs and Broomsticks film (1971)), voice actor (Mrs. Pots - Beauty and the Beast film (1991)), knighted (2014), Oscar award winner (2013), Tony award winner.
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