Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In October - 11
Sunday, 05 October 2025
1978 Nancy Spungen, killed by boyfriend Six Vicious in NYC on October - 11. 
1980 Cosmonauts Popov & Ryumin set space endurance record of 184 days on this day in history.
1980 Russian cosmonauts return to earth, after spending a record 185 days in space on this day in history.
1981 On October - 11 leRoy Irvin sets yards gained on punt returns record (207 yds)
1981 On October - 11 unknown rocker Prince opens for Rolling Stones at LA Coliseum
1982 After 437 years, the remains of Henry VIII ship the 'Mary Rose' are raised from the seabed on this day in history.
1982 On this day in history english ship Mary Rose, which sank during an engagement with France in 1545, raised at Portsmouth, England
1983 Last hand-cranked telephones US went out of service as 440 telephone customers in Bryant Pond, Maine, were switched over to direct-dial on October - 11.
1984 Kathryn D. Sullivan of the US is the first female astronaut to walk in spaceoct12 on this day in history.
1984 On this day in history nASA launches space vehicle S-208
1984 VP candidate debate-Geraldine Ferraro (D) & George Bush (R) on this day in history.
1984 On this day in history khanderao M Rangnekar, cricketer (33 runs at 5 50 for India), dies
1985 Atlantis returns to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB on October - 11.
1985 Pres Reagan bans importation of South African Krugerrands on October - 11.
1985 Tex Williams, country-western singer, dies at 68 of cancer on this day in history.
1986 On this day in history reagan & Gorbachev open talks at a summit in Reykjavik, Iceland
1986 Norm Cash, 1st baseman (Detroit Tigers), dies at 51 on this day in history.
1987 On October - 11 200,000 gays march for civil rights in Washington
1988 On October - 11 bonita Granville, actress (Lone Ranger, Hitler's Children), dies at 55
1989 On this day in history paul Shenar, actor (Deadly Force, Dream Lover), dies at 53
1990 Center for Urban archaeology opens in NYC South Street Seaport Museum on October - 11.
1990 Octavio Paz wins Nobel Prize for literature on this day in history.
1990 Oil hits a record $40.42 per barrel on October - 11.
1990 Douglas Edwards, WW II correspondent, dies of cancer at 73 on this day in history.
1991 On October - 11 anita Hill testifies Clarence Thomas sexually harrassed her
1992 Theo Wolvencamp, painter (Cobra), dies on October - 11.
1994 Maja Bulgakova, Ukranian actress (Krylja), dies in auto-accident at 62 on October - 11.
1996 Arthur Walter Lucas, picture restorer, dies at 80 on this day in history.
2006 New York Yankees pitcher Cory Lidle is killed, along with his flight instructor, when his plane crashes into a building in New York City's Upper East Side on October - 11.
2007 A small private plane crashes into a house in the Fontibon neighborhood near the El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá, Colombia, killing 5 on board and 2 in the house on this day in history.
2012 On this day in history a further 83 people are killed throughout Syria by the Syrian army
2013 On this day in history 10 people are killed and a hospital fire in Fukuoka prefecture, Japan
2017 On October - 11 tripAdvisor customer poll names The Black Swan in Oldstead, North Yorkshire, world's best restaurant
2018 On October - 11 world's new longest flight flies from Singapore to Newark Airport, New Jersey takes 17 hours 52 mins