Page 8: Historical Events In October - 11

2018  On this day in history russian Soyuz spacecraft makes emergency landing when rocket fails two minutes after liftoff, with American astronaut and Russian cosmonaut aboard   

2019  Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli scores career-best 254 not out to move past 7,000 Test runs on day 2 of the 2nd Test against South Africa in Mumbai; India wins by an innings and 137 runs on October - 11.   

2020  French Open Men's Tennis: Rafael Nadal beats Novak Đoković 6-0, 6-2, 7-5; 20th Grand Slam singles title; record 13th French singles title on this day in history.   

2020  On October - 11 nBA Finals: LA Lakers beat Miami Heat 106-93 in Game 6 to win record equalling 17th title; MVP: LeBron James ; first to win the award with 3 different teams   

2020  British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton wins Eifel Grand Prix at Germany's Nürburgring to equal Michael Schumacher's record of 91 Formula 1 victories on this day in history.   

2023  On this day in history exxonMobil announces it will acquire Pioneer Natural Resources for $65 billion USD, the first of two major energy industry acquisitions of the month. The second occurs less than two weeks later on 23 October, where Hess announces it will be acquired by Chevron for $50 billion.   

2025  Bulgaria's government resigns following weeks of mass protests against its economic policies and corruption [1] on this day in history.   

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1335  Taejo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (d. 1408) was born on this day in history.   

1573  Jacob Boonen, South Netherlands clergyman/lawyer was born on this day in history.   

1593  On October - 11 birth of claes P "Nicolaas" Tulip, anatomy/mayor of Amsterdam (1654..71)   

1611  On October - 11 birth of hugues de Lionne, Marquess de Berry, French ambassador to Rome   

1616  On October - 11 birth of andreas Gryphius, German writer (d. 1664)   

1661  On October - 11 birth of melchior de Polignac, French diplomat/elect (Anti-Lucretius)   

1671  On October - 11 birth of frederik IV, king of Denmark/Norway (1699-1730)   

1671  On this day in history birth of richard Moungler (d. 1730)   

0732  Abd ar-Rahman, Yemenite general strategist (Bordeaux occupier), dies on this day in history.   

0965  On this day in history bruno I, archbishop of Cologne/duke of Lutheran, dies at about 40   

1188  On October - 11 death of robert I of Dreux, son of Louis VI of France   

1303  Boniface VIII, [Benedetto Gaetani], lawyer/pope (1294-1303), dies on October - 11.   

1347  Louis IV, Duke of Bayern/Romania-Germany King/emperor, dies on this day in history.   

1424  On this day in history jan Zizka, Czech (army)leader (Hussieten), dies of plague at 46   

1531  On October - 11 huldrych Zwingli, Swiss church reformer (Zwinglianen), dies   

1598  On this day in history joachim Camerarius, German botanist (horticulture catalog), dies