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What happened in history on this day: October 11?
On October 11 in ...
- 1776 - Brigadier General Arnold's Lake Champlain fleet defeated by British.
- 1864 - Slavery is abolished in Maryland, USA.
- 1865 - President Andrew Johnson paroles Confederate Vice President Alexander Stephens.
- 1890 - Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
- 1932 - First political telecast (Democratic National Committee) at CBS, New York City.
- 1936 - Professor Quiz, first radio quiz show premieres.
- 1957 - US Air Force Colonel Paul Irving "Pappy" Gunn is killed in the crash of a Twin Beech plane in the Philippines.
- 1958 - Second US Moon probe, Pioneer 1, reaches 113,810 km, falls back.
- 1961 - US Air Force Major Robert M White takes X-15 to 66,100m.
- 1968 - Apollo 7 (Schirra, Eisele and Cunningham) make 163 orbits of Earth in 260 hours.
- 1972 - Prison uprising at Washington DC jail.
- 1983 - Last hand-cranked telephones in the US go out of service as 440 telephone customers in Bryant Pond, Maine, are switched over to direct-dial.
- 1984 - US Vice Presidential candidate debate: Geraldine Ferraro (Democrat) and George Bush (Republican).
- 1985 - US President Ronald Reagan bans importation of South African gold bullion coins.
- 1986 - US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev open talks at a summit in Reykjavik, Iceland, to continue discussions about scaling back their intermediate missile arsenals in Europe (the talks break down in failure).
- 1987 - 200,000 march in second National March on Washington, D.C. for Lesbian and Gay Rights.
- 1990 - Center for Urban archaeology opens in New York City South Street Seaport Museum.
- 1990 - Oil hits a record US$40.42 per barrel.
- 2000 - 250 million gallons of coal sludge spill in Martin County, Kentucky, USA.
Births on October 11
- 1872 - Birth of Harlan Fiske Stone in New Hampshire, USA; Supreme Court (1925-41) Chief Justice (1941-46).
- 1906 - Birth of Earl "Dutch" Clark in Colorado, USA; NFL hall of fame quarterback (Portsmouth Spartans, Detroit Detroit).
- 1919 - Birth of Art Blakey in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA: drummer (Billy Eckstine Band).
- 1925 - Birth of Nancy Guild in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Where Was I?).
- 1932 - Birth of Dottie West in Tennessee, USA; country singer ("Here Comes My Baby").
- 1936 - Birth of Charles Gordon Fullerton in Rochester, New York, USA; US Air Force/astronaut (STS T-1, T-3, T-5, 3, 51F).
- 1937 - Birth of Ron Leibman in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Norma Rae, Where's Poppa?, Beauty and the Beast, Central Park West, Kaz).
- 1946 - Birth of Daryl Franklin Hohl AKA Daryl Hall in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, USA; singer/songwriter (Hall and Oates - "Sara Smile").
- 1950 - Birth of Catlin Adams in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Ms Loomis - Square Pegs).
- 1953 - Birth of David Morse in Beverly, Massachusetts, USA; actor (St. Elsewhere, House, Inside Moves, Hack).
- 1962 - Birth of Joan Cusack in Evanston, Illinois, USA; comedienne (Saturday Night Live, Local Flavour, Peep and the Big Wide World).
- 1962 - Birth of Leslie Landon in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Etta Plum - Little House on the Prairie).
- 1965 - Birth of Luke Perry in Mansfield, Ohio, USA; actor (Windfall, Oz, Dillon - Beverly Hills 90210).
Deaths on October 11
- 1930 - Death of Augustus Heaton, artist, American Numismatic Association President.
- 1957 - US Air Force Colonel Paul Irving "Pappy" Gunn is killed in the crash of a Twin Beech plane in the Philippines.
- 1991 - Death of Redd Foxx at age 68 of a heart attack on the set of TV show The Royal Family; actor/comedian (Sanford and Son TV show).
- 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.
- 2022 - Death of Dame Angela Brigid Lansbury at age 96 at home in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Gaslight film (1944), Aunt Adelaide - Nanny McPhee film (2005), Blithe Spirit play (2009), The Vest Man play (2012), Sibyl Vane - The Picture of Dorian Gray film (1945), The Manchurian Candidate film (1962), Bedknobs and Broomsticks film (1971), Mrs. Lovett - Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street film (1979), Jessica Fletcher - Murder, She Wrote TV show, Mame film (1966)), voice actor (Mrs. Pots - Beauty and the Beast film (1991)), knighted (2014), Oscar award winner (2013), Tony award winner.
- 2023 - Death of Rudolph Isley at age 84 at home in Chicago, Illinois, USA; founding member of the Isley Brothers ("Shout" song, "It's Your Thing" song).
- 2023 - Death of Phyllis Coates at age 96 in Woodland Hills, California; actor (Lois Lane - Adventures of Superman TV show (1952-1953)).
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