October 11: Day of the Week
October 11, 2023 is the 284th day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 81 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is mercredi.
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Here’s the October calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Libra is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Opal is the modern birthstone for this month. Jasper is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
October 11 Historical Event(s)
- 1582Because of the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
- 1614Adriaen Block and 12 Amsterdam merchants petition the States General for exclusive trading rights in the New Netherland colony.
- 1634The Burchardi flood – “the second Grote Mandrenke” killed around 15,000 men in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany.
- 1767Surveying for the Mason–Dixon Line separating Maryland from Pennsylvania is completed.
- 1811Inventor John Stevens’ boat, the Juliana, begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry (service between New York City, New York, and Hoboken, New Jersey).
- 1899The Western League is renamed the American League.
- 1950Television: CBS’s mechanical color system is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
- 1975The NBC sketch comedy/variety show Saturday Night Live debuts with George Carlin as the host and Andy Kaufman, Janis Ian and Billy Preston as guests.
- 1984Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk.
- 2000NASA launches STS-92, the 100th Space Shuttle mission, using Space Shuttle Discovery.
Who were born on October 11?
- 1924André Emmerich, American gallerist (d. 2007)
- 1941Charles Shyer, American film director
- 1944Mike Fiore, American baseball player
- 1944Rodney Marsh, English Footballer
- 1963Ronny Rosenthal, Israeli footballer
- 1967Tony Chimel, American professional wrestling announcer
- 1971Petra Haden, American musician
- 1974Rachel Barton Pine, violinist from Chicago
- 1983Bradley James, British actor
- 1983Ruslan Ponomariov, Ukrainian chess player
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