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Friday, 31 October 2025
1927 On this day in history lou Gehrig elected MVP 
1927 On this day in history lou Gehrig named AL MVP (Babe Ruth (former winner) not eligible)
1928 The birth of Ennio Morricone, Italian composer and film scorer on October - 11.
1929 Sean O'Casey's "Silver Tassle," premieres in London on October - 11.
1929 Liselotte Pulver, Swiss actress on October - 11.
1930 Collingwood Football Club in Melbourne, Australia, won the VFL premiership for the fourth consecutive year on October - 11.
1930 Bill Fischer, baseball player on this day in history.
1931 100,000 extreme-right Germans form "Harzburger Front" on this day in history.
1932 On this day in history the first political telecast (Democratic National Committee) at CBS, NYC
1932 1st political telecast (Democratic National Committee) at CBS, NYC on October - 11.
1932 On October - 11 dottie West, Nashville Tenn, country singer (Here Comes My Baby)
1933 On this day in history josef Hofmiller, writer, dies
1935 On October - 11 jan van Vlijmen, composer
1935 On October - 11 frank Mitchell, cricketer (2 Tests for Eng then 3 for S Africa), dies
1936 "Professor Quiz", 1st radio quiz show premieres on October - 11.
1936 On October - 11 "Professor Quiz," 1st radio quiz show premieres
1937 Bobby Charlton, English soccer player on this day in history.
1939 On October - 11 albert Einstein informs FDR of possibilities of atomic bomb
1939 Franklin A Sonn, union leader (South African workers) on this day in history.
1941 1st NSB-battalion departures to Eastern front on October - 11.
1942 On October - 11 battle of Cape Esperance begins In two-day battle, American task force stops Japanese attack on Guadalcanal and sinks two Japanese ships while losing only USS Duncan (DD-485).
1942 On October - 11 -Oct 12] Sea battle at Cape Esperance Guadalcanal
1942 Leonid Vladimirovich Nikolayev, composer, dies at 64 on October - 11.
1942 Battle of Cape Esperance begins: In two-day battle, American task force stops Japanese attack on Guadalcanal and sinks two Japanese ships while losing only USS Duncan (DD-485) on this day in history.
1943 NY Yankees beat Cards 4 games to 1, in 40th World Series, to become 1st team to win 10 World Series on October - 11.
1944 On this day in history allies bomb sea wall at Veere
1945 Chinese civil war begins, Chiang Kai-Shek vs Mao Tse-Tung on October - 11.
1945 Typhoon hits Okinawa, damaging many Navy ships on this day in history.
1947 On October - 11 brazil & Chile break diplomatic relations with USSR
1948 On this day in history "Love Life" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 252 performances
1950 Task Force 77 Aircraft destroy North Korean vessels off Songjin and Wonsan and north of Hungham on October - 11.
1950 On October - 11 the U.S. Federal Communications Commission issues the first license to broadcast television in color, to CBS
1954 "On Your Toes" opens at 46th St Theater NYC for 64 performances on October - 11.
1955 All Peron feast days disposed of in Argentina on this day in history.
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