On this day: 11 October

Selected events and births on 11 October, from Wikipedia’s “On this day”.

Events

• 1311 – The peerage and clergy of the Kingdom of England published the Ordinances of 1311 to restrict King Edward II's powers. Read more: Peerage of England Kingdom of England Ordinances of 1311
• 1852 – The University of Sydney, Australia's oldest university, was inaugurated two years after being established by the University of Sydney Act. Read more: University of Sydney
• 1890 – In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution was founded. Read more: Washington, D.C. Daughters of the American Revolution
• 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. Read more: Field-sequential color system Hungarian Americans Peter Carl Goldmark
• 1950 – CBS's field-sequential color system for television was the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission. Read more: CBS Field-sequential color system Federal Communications Commission
• 1968 – Apollo 7, the first manned mission of NASA's Apollo program, and the first three-man American space mission, launched from Complex 34 in Cape Kennedy, Florida. Read more: Apollo 7 Human spaceflight NASA
• 1984 – Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan became the first American woman to perform a space walk. Read more: Space Shuttle Challenger Kathryn D. Sullivan

Born on this day

• 1827 – Afzal-ud-Daulah, Asaf Jah V, 5th Nizam of Hyderabad Read more: Afzal-ud-Daulah Nizam of Hyderabad
• 1947 – Lucas Papademos, Greek economist and politician, 183rd Prime Minister of Greece Read more: Lucas Papademos Prime Minister of Greece
• 1954 – Vojislav Šešelj, Serbian lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia Read more: Vojislav Šešelj Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia
• 1956 – Nicanor Duarte, Paraguayan lawyer and politician, President of Paraguay Read more: Nicanor Duarte President of Paraguay
• 1996 – Rhea Ripley, Australian wrestler Read more: Rhea Ripley
• 1999 – Leicester Fainga'anuku, New Zealand rugby union player Read more: Leicester Faingaʻanuku
• 1999 – Keldon Johnson, American basketball player Read more: Keldon Johnson
• 2000 – Adin Ross, American internet personality and streamer Read more: Adin Ross
• 2001 – Maja Chwalińska, Polish tennis player Read more: Maja Chwalińska
• 2001 – Daniel Maldini, Italian footballer Read more: Daniel Maldini
• 2001 – Jacob Preston, Australian rugby league player Read more: Jacob Preston (rugby league)
• 2001 – Chu Ye-jin, South Korean actress Read more: Chu Ye-jin

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