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October 11
October 11 is under the sign of Libra.
Famous birthdays on this day include Amitabh Bachchan (1942), Jean-Jacques Goldman (1951) and Marc-Laurent Turpin (1968).
Several movies were released around October 11 over the years, such as Mr. Smith Goes to Washington in 1939 directed by Frank Capra and My Fair Lady in 1964 directed by George Cukor.
But much more happened on October 11 over the years: find out below
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Movies
Which were the most popular Movies released around October 11 over the years?
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Release year: 1939
Directed by: Frank Capra
Starring: James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold
Country: United States of America
My Fair Lady
Release year: 1964
Directed by: George Cukor
Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White
Country: United States of America
The Bridge
Release year: 1959
Directed by: Bernhard Wicki
Starring: Folker Bohnet, Fritz Wepper, Michael Hinz, Frank Glaubrecht
Country: United States of America
Vincent, François, Paul and the Others
Release year: 1974
Directed by: Claude Sautet
Starring: Yves Montand, Michel Piccoli, Serge Reggiani, Gérard Depardieu
Watchmen
Release year: 2019
Directed by: Zack Snyder
Starring: Jackie Earle Haley, Patrick Wilson, Carla Gugino, Malin Akerman
Country: United States of America
Historical Events
Which were the important events of October 11?
- 2018 At least 41 people are killed after a river bursts its bank in Bududa, Uganda. Many more are injured and dozens are displaced. (BBC)
- 2017 Syrian Civil War: Three suicide bombers attack a police command center in Damascus, killing two people and injuring six others. (Reuters)The Sun reports that the CIA informed UK intelligence agencies that British-born ISIL activist and recruiter Sally Jones was killed in a U.S. drone strike in June along with her 12-year-old son while they were fleeing Raqqa in Syria. (The Guardian)
- 2016 A gunman, reportedly wearing an Afghan police uniform, kills at least 14 people and wounds dozens more in the Shiite Karte Sakhi shrine in Kabul on the beginning of Ashura. Police kill the attacker. (UPI), (Reuters)
- 2015 Israeli traffic police stop a Palestinian woman transporting a small gas canister within Israeli territory near Jerusalem. She detonates the gas canister, lightly wounding a police officer and critically wounding herself. (AP via Houston Chronicle) (AFP via NDTV)
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Events
- Amitabh Bachchan: Indian film actor, producer, singer and...
- Jean-Jacques Goldman: French musician, a singer and former...
- Marc-Laurent Turpin
- Michelle Trachtenberg: American actress.
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Famous Birthday
- Edith Piaf: French singer (Born 1915).
- Donald Dewar: Scottish politician, Labour Member of...
- Cory Lidle: American athlete, a pro baseball player...
- Robert Tessier: Actor (Nightwish, Future Force), dies at...
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Famous Deaths
Music charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of October 11 over the years?
- 2017 Bodak Yellow (Money Moves) - Cardi B
- 2016 Closer - The Chainsmokers Featuring Halsey
- 2015 The Weeknd - The Hills
- 2014 Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass
- 2013 Lorde - Royals
- 2012 One More Night - Maroon 5
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2011
Someone Like You - Adele
- 2010 Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are
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2009
The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling
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2008
T.I. - Whatever You Like
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Top #1 songs in the USA
- 2017 Portugal. The Man - Feel It Still
- 2016 Heathens - twenty one pilots
- 2015 Shut Up And Dance - WALK THE MOON
- 2014 A Sky Full Of Stars - Coldplay
- 2013 Lorde - Royals
- 2012 I Will Wait - Mumford & Sons
- 2011 Walk - Foo Fighters
- 2010 Stone Sour - Say You'll Haunt Me
- 2009 Alice In Chains - Check My Brain
Top #1 Rock songs
Books
Which were the most popular books released around October 11 over the years?
The Royals
Year: 1997
By: Kitty Kelley
Kitty Kelly's exposes of Oprah Winfrey, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Reagan, and Jackie Onassis have made her the world's most successful biographer.
Case Closed
Year: 1993
By: Gerald Posner
The assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963, continues to inspire interest ranging from well-meaning speculation to bizarre conspiracy theories and controversial filmmaking.
Human Sexual Response
Year: 1966
By: William H. Masters and Virginia E. Johnson
This is the Bible of the Sex Revolution of the 1960s, to such an extent that one cannot say whether this book caused the Sex Revolution or the Sex Revolution led
The Deceiver
Year: 1991
By: Frederick Forsyth
Sam McCready is The Deceiver, one of the Secret Intelligence Service's most unorthodox and most valued operatives, a legend in his own time.
The Final Days
Year: 1976
By: Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
The Final Days is the classic, behind-the-scenes account of Richard Nixon's dramatic last months as president. Moment by moment, Bernstein and Woodward portray the taut, post-Watergate White House as Nixon, his