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On this day — October 11

A hand-curated thread of what happened on this date, across centuries.

2018

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Soyuz MS-10, launching an intended crew for the ISS, suffers an in-flight abort

The crew lands safely.

2013

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A migrant boat sinks in the Channel of Sicily

with at least 359 people drowning.

2002

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A bomb attack in a Myyrmanni shopping mall in Vantaa

Finland kills seven.

2001

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The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.

2000

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NASA launches STS-92

the 100th Space Shuttle mission.

1999

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Air Botswana pilot Chris Phatswe steals an ATR 42 from Sir Seretse Khama International Airport and later crashes it into two other aircraft at the airport, killing himself.

1991

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Prof. Anita Hill delivers her televised testimony concerning sexual harassment during the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination.

1987

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The AIDS Memorial Quilt is first displayed during the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.

1987

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Start of Operation Pawan by Indian forces in Sri Lanka

Thousands of civilians, insurgents, soldiers die.

1986

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

1984

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Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Kathryn D

Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk.

1984

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Aeroflot Flight 3352 crashes into maintenance vehicles upon landing in Omsk

Russia, killing 178.

1976

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George Washington is posthumously promoted to the grade of General of the Armies.

1968

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NASA launches Apollo 7

the first successful crewed Apollo mission.

1962

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The Second Vatican Council becomes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years.