Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In October - 11
Wednesday, 19 November 2025
1978 On this day in history nancy Spungen, killed by boyfriend Six Vicious in NYC 
1980 On October - 11 cosmonauts Popov & Ryumin set space endurance record of 184 days
1980 Russian cosmonauts return to earth, after spending a record 185 days in space on this day in history.
1981 On this day in history leRoy Irvin sets yards gained on punt returns record (207 yds)
1981 Unknown rocker Prince opens for Rolling Stones at LA Coliseum on this day in history.
1982 After 437 years, the remains of Henry VIII ship the 'Mary Rose' are raised from the seabed on October - 11.
1982 English ship Mary Rose, which sank during an engagement with France in 1545, raised at Portsmouth, England on October - 11.
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 this day in history.
1984 On this day in history kathryn D. Sullivan of the US is the first female astronaut to walk in spaceoct12
1984 NASA launches space vehicle S-208 on October - 11.
1984 On October - 11 vP candidate debate-Geraldine Ferraro (D) & George Bush (R)
1984 On October - 11 khanderao M Rangnekar, cricketer (33 runs at 5 50 for India), dies
1985 On this day in history atlantis returns to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB
1985 Pres Reagan bans importation of South African Krugerrands on October - 11.
1985 Tex Williams, country-western singer, dies at 68 of cancer on October - 11.
1986 On this day in history reagan & Gorbachev open talks at a summit in Reykjavik, Iceland
1986 On October - 11 norm Cash, 1st baseman (Detroit Tigers), dies at 51
1987 200,000 gays march for civil rights in Washington on October - 11.
1988 Bonita Granville, actress (Lone Ranger, Hitler's Children), dies at 55 on October - 11.
1989 On this day in history paul Shenar, actor (Deadly Force, Dream Lover), dies at 53
1990 On this day in history center for Urban archaeology opens in NYC South Street Seaport Museum
1990 Octavio Paz wins Nobel Prize for literature on this day in history.
1990 On this day in history oil hits a record $40.42 per barrel
1990 On October - 11 douglas Edwards, WW II correspondent, dies of cancer at 73
1991 Anita Hill testifies Clarence Thomas sexually harrassed her on this day in history.
1992 On October - 11 theo Wolvencamp, painter (Cobra), dies
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 October - 11.
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 A further 83 people are killed throughout Syria by the Syrian army on October - 11.
2013 On this day in history 10 people are killed and a hospital fire in Fukuoka prefecture, Japan
2017 TripAdvisor customer poll names The Black Swan in Oldstead, North Yorkshire, world's best restaurant on October - 11.
2018 World's new longest flight flies from Singapore to Newark Airport, New Jersey takes 17 hours 52 mins on October - 11.