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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