October 11 in history — What Happened Today in History

The hull of the Mary Rose is recovered, over four hundred years after her sinking during the battle of the Solent.

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

NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful crewed Apollo mission.

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

NASA launches Pioneer 1, its first space probe, although it fails to achieve a stable orbit.

In accord with the 1954 Geneva Conference, French troops complete their withdrawal from North Vietnam.

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

The Tuvan People's Republic is annexed by the Soviet Union.

World War II: Off Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese force.

Beginning of the National Liberation War of Macedonia.

The Duke and Duchess of Windsor tour Nazi Germany for 12 days and meet Adolf Hitler on 22 October.

The 7.1 Mw San Fermín earthquake shakes Puerto Rico. The quake and resulting tsunami kill up to 116 people.

First Balkan War: The day after the Battle of Sarantaporo, Greek troops liberate the city of Kozani.

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

San Francisco sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering segregated schools for Japanese students.

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

In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.

Hundreds of black men and women march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion.

American Civil War: Confederate troops conduct a raid on Chambersburg, Pennsylvania.

The University of Sydney, Australia's oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney.

The Maronite leader Bashir Shihab II surrenders to the Ottoman Empire and later is sent to Malta in exile.

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

The Royal Navy decisively defeats the Batavian Navy at Camperdown during the French Revolutionary Wars.

American Revolution: A fleet of American boats on Lake Champlain is defeated by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777.

Cromwell's New Model Army sacks Wexford, killing over 2,000 Irish Confederate troops and 1,500 civilians.

A Parliamentarian cavalry force defeats a Royalist cavalry force in the battle of Winceby.

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

The New Netherland Company applies to the States General of the Netherlands for exclusive trading rights in what is now the northeastern United States.

T. J. Watt, American football player

Brandon Flynn, American actor

Hardik Pandya, Indian cricketer

Cardi B, American rapper

Christian Davis, English cricketer

Riffi Mandanda, Congolese footballer

Ligi Sao, New Zealand rugby league player

Joel Bitonio, American football player

Toby Fox, American video game developer and composer

Gio Urshela, Colombian baseball player

Kika van Es, Dutch footballer

Joo, South Korean singer and actress

Sebastian Rode, German footballer

Avrohom Genachowsky, Israeli rabbi (born 1936)

Helmut Haller, German footballer and coach (born 1939)

Edward Kossoy, Polish lawyer, publicist, and activist (born 1913)

Édgar Negret, Colombian sculptor (born 1920)

Champ Summers, American baseball player and coach (born 1946)

Angelo DiGeorge, American physician and endocrinologist (born 1922)

Halit Refiğ, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1934)

Marjorie Fletcher, English Director of the Women's Royal Naval Service (born 1932)

Jörg Haider, Austrian lawyer and politician, Governor of Carinthia (born 1950)

Ernst-Paul Hasselbach, Surinamese-Dutch television host and producer (born 1966)

Neal Hefti, American trumpet player and composer (born 1922)

David Lee "Tex" Hill, South Korean-American general and pilot (born 1915)

Werner von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (born 1915)