October 11

October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in Leap years). There are 81 days remaining.

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Births:

• 1884: Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of American president
• 1885: François Mauriac, French writer
• 1919: Art Blakey, jazz drummer

Deaths:

• 1896: Anton Bruckner, Austrian composer
• 1961: Chico Marx, member of the Marx Brothers
• 1985: Orson Welles, movie director

Events:

• 1643: The inconclusive Battle of Newbury was fought in the English Civil War
• 1984: Margaret Thatcher survives an IRA bomb.

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See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

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