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This is a list of selected October 11 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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General Pulaski Memorial Day in the United States refimprove
1138A massive earthquake, one of the deadliest in recorded history, struck Aleppo, Syria. refimprove section
1531Swiss Reformation leader Huldrych Zwingli was killed in battle when Zürich forces were attacked by Catholic cantons in response to a food blockade being applied by his alliance. several unreferenced paragraphs
1614 – A group of merchants led by Adriaen Block presented a petition to the States General of the Netherlands to receive exclusive trading privileges for the New Netherland colony. refimprove section
1634 – A storm tide on the coast of North Frisia caused a massive flood that killed at least 8,000 people and split the island of Strand into three smaller islands. refimprove
1767 – Unable to go any further, Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon made their final observations for what would become known as the Mason–Dixon line. trivia
1809 – American explorer Meriwether Lewis died along the Natchez Trace in Tennessee in an apparent suicide. refimprove sections (include in the births/deaths when eligible again)
1899 – The Second Boer War erupted in what is now South Africa between the United Kingdom and the Boers. refimprove section
1941 – Armed insurgents from the People's Liberation Army of Macedonia attacked Axis-occupied zones in the city of Prilep, beginning the National Liberation War of Macedonia. refimprove
1950 – A field-sequential color system developed by Hungarian-American engineer Peter Goldmark became the first color television system to be adopted for commercial use, only for it to be abandoned a year later. 'History' section is unreferenced. {cn} tags in 'Later use' section.
1954Ho Chi Minh and the Viet Minh took control of North Vietnam under the terms of the Geneva Accords which saw the end of the First Indochina War and French colonisation. refimprove
1962Pope John XXIII convened the Second Vatican Council, the first Roman Catholic ecumenical council in 92 years. refimprove section
1975 – The American weekly sketch comedyvariety show Saturday Night Live was broadcast for the first time. Too much uncited
2000 – First Minister of Scotland Donald Dewar (pictured), often regarded as the "Father of the Nation", dies in office from a brain hemorrhage. Too much uncited
Grigory Potemkin |b|1739| Birthday not cited
Henry J. Heinz |b|1844| Birthday not cited

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October 11: Yom Kippur begins at sunset (Judaism); Feast day of Saint James the Deacon (Anglicanism); Double Ninth Festival in China (2024); National Coming Out Day

Aftermath of the Myyrmanni bombing
Aftermath of the Myyrmanni bombing
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