Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In October - 11
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1978 On October - 11 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 October - 11 leRoy Irvin sets yards gained on punt returns record (207 yds)
1981 On October - 11 unknown rocker Prince opens for Rolling Stones at LA Coliseum
1982 On October - 11 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 Last hand-cranked telephones US went out of service as 440 telephone customers in Bryant Pond, Maine, were switched over to direct-dial on October - 11.
1984 On this day in history kathryn D. Sullivan of the US is the first female astronaut to walk in spaceoct12
1984 On this day in history nASA launches space vehicle S-208
1984 VP candidate debate-Geraldine Ferraro (D) & George Bush (R) on October - 11.
1984 Khanderao M Rangnekar, cricketer (33 runs at 5 50 for India), dies on this day in history.
1985 Atlantis returns to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB on this day in history.
1985 Pres Reagan bans importation of South African Krugerrands on this day in history.
1985 Tex Williams, country-western singer, dies at 68 of cancer on this day in history.
1986 On this day in history reagan & Gorbachev open talks at a summit in Reykjavik, Iceland
1986 Norm Cash, 1st baseman (Detroit Tigers), dies at 51 on this day in history.
1987 On this day in history 200,000 gays march for civil rights in Washington
1988 Bonita Granville, actress (Lone Ranger, Hitler's Children), dies at 55 on October - 11.
1989 Paul Shenar, actor (Deadly Force, Dream Lover), dies at 53 on October - 11.
1990 On October - 11 center for Urban archaeology opens in NYC South Street Seaport Museum
1990 Octavio Paz wins Nobel Prize for literature on October - 11.
1990 On October - 11 oil hits a record $40.42 per barrel
1990 Douglas Edwards, WW II correspondent, dies of cancer at 73 on this day in history.
1991 Anita Hill testifies Clarence Thomas sexually harrassed her on October - 11.
1992 On this day in history theo Wolvencamp, painter (Cobra), dies
1994 On this day in history maja Bulgakova, Ukranian actress (Krylja), dies in auto-accident at 62
1996 On October - 11 arthur Walter Lucas, picture restorer, dies at 80
2006 On October - 11 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
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 October - 11.
2012 On this day in history a further 83 people are killed throughout Syria by the Syrian army
2013 10 people are killed and a hospital fire in Fukuoka prefecture, Japan on this day in history.
2017 On this day in history tripAdvisor customer poll names The Black Swan in Oldstead, North Yorkshire, world's best restaurant
2018 On this day in history world's new longest flight flies from Singapore to Newark Airport, New Jersey takes 17 hours 52 mins