On this Day October 11th

 OTD

October 11th is the two hundred eighty-fourth day of the year, and there are 81 days remaining until the end of the year.

 

Events

1138 – A massive earthquake strikes Aleppo, one of the most destructive earthquakes ever.

1634 – The Burchardi flood kills around 15,000 in North Friesland, Denmark, and Germany.

1811 – The Juliana begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry in New York harbor.

1865 – Hundreds of black men and women marched in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion.

1890 – In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution was founded.

1899 – The Second Boer War erupted in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.

1910 – Piloted by Arch Hoxsey, Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane.

1950 – CBS's field-sequential color system for television is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.

1976 – George Washington is posthumously promoted to General of the Armies.

1986 – Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Iceland to continue discussions about scaling back IRBM arsenals in Europe.

2001 – The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.

 

Birthdays

 1778 – George Bridgetower, British musician and composer (d. 1860)

1821 – George Williams, English philanthropist, founded the YMCA (d. 1905)

1879 – Ernst Mally, Austrian philosopher and academic (d. 1944)

1919 – Art Blakey, American drummer and bandleader (d. 1990)

1925 – Elmore Leonard, American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)

1935 – Dan Evins, American businessman, founded Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (d. 2012)

1946 – Daryl Hall, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

1961 – Steve Young, American football player and sportscaster

1967 – Artie Lange, American actor and comedian

1989 – Michelle Wie, American golfer

 

 Holiday Spotlight

 Southern Food Heritage Day

Southern Food Heritage Day celebrates the best of Southern food and beverages. Southern cuisine in America is influenced by African, English, Scottish, Irish, German, French, and Native American cultures. It features a unique blend of foods such as squash, tomatoes, corn, black-eyed peas, okra, rice, eggplant, and spices. Different Southern food categories include 'Soul food,' 'Creole food,' 'Cajun cuisine,' 'Lowcountry cuisine, and the food of the Appalachians.

 

Holidays And Observance.

General Pulaski Memorial Day

International Day of the Girl Child

Kimberly Day

Myths & Legends Day For All Fantasy Movie, Books, and Legends Cephalopods

National Coming Out Day

National Family Bowling Day  

National Food Truck Day

National It's My Party Day

National Sausage Pizza Day

Southern Food Heritage Day

"You Go Girl" Day

Vet Nurse Day -  

World Egg Day 

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