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What happened in history on this day: October 11?
On October 11 in ...
- 1890 - First 100-yard dash under 10 seconds (John Owens 9.8 secs, Washington DC).
- 1913 - Philadelphia Athletics beat New York Giants, four games to one in 10th World Series.
- 1925 - New York Giants play first NFL game, lose to Providence 14-0.
- 1927 - Lou Gehrig elected Major League Baseball's Most Valuable Player.
- 1943 - New York Yankees beat Saint Louis Cardinals 4 games to 1, in 40th World Series, 10th World Series win - New York Yankees become first team to win ten World Series.
- 1948 - Cleveland Indians beat Boston Braves, four games to two in 45th World Series.
- 1952 - First ever hockey telecast in Canada, as CBFT Television in Montreal carries the Montreal Canadiens versus Detroit Red Wings game, in French.
- 1968 - Billy Martin is named manager of the Minnesota Twins.
- 1972 - The Cincinnati Reds defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates in Game five to win the National League Championship Series.
- 1975 - New York Islanders' Bryan Trottier's first career hat trick.
- 1981 - LeRoy Irvin sets yards gained on punt returns record (207 yards).
- 1981 - New York Yankees beat Milwaukee Brewers 7-3 and win only Eastern Championship Series.
- 1991 - Chip Beck ties PGA lowest 18 hole score of 59.
- 1997 - The mixed martial arts organisation PRIDE Fighting Championships holds its inaugural event at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan. In the main event Rickson Gracie defeats Nobuhiko Takada by armbar.
Births of sports figures on October 11
- 1897 - Birth of George Preston Marshall; NFL team owner (Washington Redskins).
- 1900 - Birth of Cal Hubbard; NFL tackle (New York Giants, Green Bay Packers, Pittsburgh Pirates).
- 1906 - Birth of Earl "Dutch" Clark in Colorado, USA; NFL hall of fame quarterback (Portsmouth Spartans, Detroit Detroit).
- 1930 - Birth of Harry Glass in Germany; first East German Olympic medalist (bronze-1956).
- 1946 - Birth of Sawao Kato in Japan; gymnast (Olympic-gold-1968, 1972, 1976).
Deaths of sports figures on October 11
- 1959 - Bert Bell, NFL hall of famer, dies at age 64.
- 1986 - Norm Cash, first baseman (Detroit Tigers), dies at age 51.
- 2006 - New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle is killed (born 1972), along with his flight instructor, when his plane crashes into a building in New York City's Upper East Side.
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