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Here are some interesting facts ih history happened on 11 October.

1. British naval forces defeat Dutch off Camperdown the Netherlands.
2. The Juliana the 1st steam-powered ferryboat begins operation.
3. slavery abolished in Maryland.
4. Daughters of the American Revolution founded
5. Lou Gehrig elected MVP
6. Yanks beat Cards 4 games to 1 in the world series
7. Pioneer 1 launched; 1st spacecraft launched by NASA
8. Pope John XXIII convenes Vatican II Council.
9. 21st Roman Catholic ecumenical council Vatican II opens in Rome.
10. Billy Martin named manager of Twins
11. Apollo 7 launched 1st of manned Apollo mission
12. Soyuz 6 launched; Soyuz 7 & 8 follow in next two days.
13. Islander's Bryan Trottier's 1st career hat trick
14. Saturday Night Live premiers
15. Soyuz 25 returns to Earth
16. Cosmonauts Popov & Ryumin set space endurance record of 184 days
17. Yanks beat Brewers 7-3 & win only Eastern Championship Series
18. Kathy Sullivan becomes 1st American woman to walk in space.
19. 200 000 gays march for civil rights in Washington.

These famous people were born on 11 October.

1. 1758 - Wilhelm Olbers, discoverer of asteroids Pallas & Vesta
2. 1844 - Henry John Heinz, founded a prepared-foods company
3. 1884 - Eleanor Roosevelt, crusader
4. 1885 - Francois Mauriac, French novelist, poet, playwright (Nobel 1952)
5. 1897 - George Preston Marshall, NFL team owner (Washington Redskins)
6. 1900 - Cal Hubbard, NFL tackle (Giants, Packers, Pittsburgh Pirates)
7. 1906 - Earl (Dutch) Clark, NFL quarterback (Portsmouth Spartans, Detroit)
8. 1910 - Joseph Alsop, newspaper columnist
9. 1918 - Jerome Robbins, choreographer
10. 1932 - Dottie West, country singer
11. 1937 - Ron Leibman
12. 1949 - Daryl Hall, Rocker