Editing October 11 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1138]] &ndash; A [[1138 Aleppo earthquake|massive earthquake]] strikes [[Aleppo]]; it is one of the most destructive earthquakes ever.<ref>[https://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world/most_destructive.php Most Destructive Known Earthquakes on Record in the World] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090901233953/http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world/most_destructive.php |date=1 September 2009 }}, [[United States Geological Survey]]</ref>
*[[1142]] &ndash; A [[Treaty of Shaoxing|peace treaty]] ends the [[Jin–Song wars]].
*[[1311]] &ndash; The peerage and clergy restrict the authority of [[England|English]] [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom|kings]] with the [[Ordinances of 1311]].

===1601–1900===
*[[1614]] &ndash; The [[New Netherland Company]] applies to the [[States General of the Netherlands]] for exclusive trading rights [[New Netherland|in what is now the northeastern United States]].
*[[1634]] &ndash; The [[Burchardi flood]] kills around 15,000 in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany.
*[[1649]] &ndash; Cromwell's New Model Army [[Sack of Wexford|sacks Wexford]], killing over 2,000 Irish Confederate troops and 1,500 civilians.
*[[1776]] &ndash; [[American Revolution]]: A fleet of American boats on Lake Champlain [[Battle of Valcour Island|is defeated]] by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777.
*[[1797]] &ndash; The Royal Navy [[Battle of Camperdown|decisively defeats]] the Batavian Navy at Camperdown during the French Revolutionary Wars.
*[[1811]] &ndash; The ''[[John Stevens (inventor, born 1749)|Juliana]]'' begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry in New York harbor.
*[[1840]] &ndash; The Maronite leader [[Bashir Shihab II]] surrenders to the [[Ottoman Empire]] and later is sent to Malta in exile.
*[[1852]] &ndash; The [[University of Sydney]], Australia's oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney.
*[[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: Confederate troops conduct a [[raid on Chambersburg]], Pennsylvania.
*[[1865]] &ndash; Hundreds of black men and women march in Jamaica, starting the [[Morant Bay rebellion]].
*[[1890]] &ndash; In Washington, D.C., the [[Daughters of the American Revolution]] is founded.
*[[1899]] &ndash; The [[Second Boer War]] erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony, and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.

===1901–present===
*[[1906]] &ndash; San Francisco sparks a [[Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907|diplomatic crisis]] between the United States and Japan by ordering segregated schools for Japanese students.
*[[1910]] &ndash; Piloted by [[Arch Hoxsey]], Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane.
*[[1912]] &ndash; [[First Balkan War]]: The day after the [[Battle of Sarantaporo]], Greek troops liberate the city of Kozani.
*[[1918]] &ndash; The 7.1 {{M|w|link=y}} [[1918 San Fermín earthquake|San Fermín earthquake]] shakes Puerto Rico. The quake and resulting tsunami kill up to 116 people.
*[[1937]] &ndash; The [[Edward VIII|Duke]] and [[Wallis Simpson|Duchess]] of Windsor [[Duke and Duchess of Windsor's tour of Germany, 1937|tour Nazi Germany]] for 12 days and meet Adolf Hitler on 22 October.
*[[1941]] &ndash; Beginning of the [[National Liberation War of Macedonia]].
*[[1942]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: Off Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships [[Battle of Cape Esperance|intercept and defeat]] a Japanese force.
*[[1944]] &ndash; The [[Tuvan People's Republic]] is annexed by the Soviet Union.
*[[1950]] &ndash; CBS's [[field-sequential color system]] for television is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
*[[1954]] &ndash; In accord with the [[1954 Geneva Conference]], French troops complete their withdrawal from North Vietnam.
*[[1958]] &ndash; NASA launches [[Pioneer 1]], its first space probe, although it fails to achieve a stable orbit.
*[[1962]] &ndash; The [[Second Vatican Council]] becomes the first ecumenical council of the [[Catholic Church|Roman Catholic Church]] in 92 years.
*[[1968]] &ndash; NASA launches [[Apollo 7]], the first successful crewed Apollo mission.
*[[1976]] &ndash; [[George Washington]] is [[s:Public Law 94-479|posthumously promoted]] to the grade of General of the Armies.
*[[1984]] &ndash; Aboard the Space Shuttle ''Challenger'', astronaut [[Kathryn D. Sullivan]] becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk.
*  1984   &ndash; [[Aeroflot Flight 3352]] crashes into maintenance vehicles upon landing in Omsk, Russia, killing 178.
*[[1986]] &ndash; [[Ronald Reagan]] and [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] [[Reykjavík Summit|meet in Iceland]] to continue discussions about scaling back [[IRBM]] arsenals in Europe.
*[[1987]] &ndash; The [[AIDS Memorial Quilt]] is first displayed during the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.
*  1987   &ndash; Start of [[Operation Pawan]] by Indian forces in Sri Lanka. Thousands of civilians, insurgents, soldiers die.
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Anita Hill|Prof. Anita Hill]] delivers her televised testimony concerning sexual harassment during the [[Clarence Thomas]] Supreme Court nomination.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/20/us/politics/anita-hill-testimony-clarence-thomas.html|title=Anita Hill's Testimony and Other Key Moments From the Clarence Thomas Hearings|newspaper=The New York Times |date=20 September 2018 |access-date=11 October 2018|language=en|last1=Jacobs |first1=Julia }}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Air Botswana]] pilot Chris Phatswe steals an [[ATR 42]] from [[Sir Seretse Khama International Airport]] and later [[1999 Air Botswana ATR 42 crash|crashes]] it into two other aircraft at the airport, killing himself.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ranter|first=Harro|title=ASN Aircraft accident ATR 42-320 A2-ABB Gaborone-Sir Seretse Khama International Airport (GBE)|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19991011-0|access-date=2021-10-10|website=aviation-safety.net|publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref> 
*[[2000]] &ndash; NASA launches [[STS-92]], the 100th Space Shuttle mission.
*[[2001]] &ndash; The [[Polaroid Corporation]] files for federal bankruptcy protection.
*[[2002]] &ndash; A [[Myyrmanni bombing|bomb attack]] in a [[Myyrmanni|Myyrmanni shopping mall]] in [[Vantaa|Vantaa, Finland]] kills seven.
*[[2013]] &ndash; A migrant boat [[2013 Lampedusa migrant shipwreck|sinks]] in the Channel of Sicily, with at least 359 people drowning.
*[[2018]] &ndash; [[Soyuz MS-10]], launching an intended crew for the ISS, suffers an in-flight abort. The crew lands safely.