Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In October - 11
Wednesday, 20 August 2025
1978 Nancy Spungen, killed by boyfriend Six Vicious in NYC on October - 11. 
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 October - 11.
1981 LeRoy Irvin sets yards gained on punt returns record (207 yds) on this day in history.
1981 On this day in history unknown rocker Prince opens for Rolling Stones at LA Coliseum
1982 On this day in history after 437 years, the remains of Henry VIII ship the 'Mary Rose' are raised from the seabed
1982 English ship Mary Rose, which sank during an engagement with France in 1545, raised at Portsmouth, England on this day in history.
1983 On October - 11 last hand-cranked telephones US went out of service as 440 telephone customers in Bryant Pond, Maine, were switched over to direct-dial
1984 Kathryn D. Sullivan of the US is the first female astronaut to walk in spaceoct12 on October - 11.
1984 NASA launches space vehicle S-208 on this day in history.
1984 On this day in history vP candidate debate-Geraldine Ferraro (D) & George Bush (R)
1984 On this day in history 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 On October - 11 pres Reagan bans importation of South African Krugerrands
1985 On October - 11 tex Williams, country-western singer, dies at 68 of cancer
1986 Reagan & Gorbachev open talks at a summit in Reykjavik, Iceland on October - 11.
1986 Norm Cash, 1st baseman (Detroit Tigers), dies at 51 on October - 11.
1987 On this day in history 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 Paul Shenar, actor (Deadly Force, Dream Lover), dies at 53 on October - 11.
1990 Center for Urban archaeology opens in NYC South Street Seaport Museum on October - 11.
1990 On October - 11 octavio Paz wins Nobel Prize for literature
1990 Oil hits a record $40.42 per barrel on October - 11.
1990 Douglas Edwards, WW II correspondent, dies of cancer at 73 on October - 11.
1991 On this day in history anita Hill testifies Clarence Thomas sexually harrassed her
1992 Theo Wolvencamp, painter (Cobra), dies on this day in history.
1994 Maja Bulgakova, Ukranian actress (Krylja), dies in auto-accident at 62 on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
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 October - 11 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 On this day in history world's new longest flight flies from Singapore to Newark Airport, New Jersey takes 17 hours 52 mins