Beginning of the National Liberation War of Macedonia. The National Liberation War of Macedonia was part of the broader Yugoslav resistance movement against Axis occupation…
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11 October 1865
Hundreds of black men and women march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion. The Morant Bay Rebellion was a pivotal event in Jamaican and…
11 October 2001
The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection. Polaroid cameras have had a long and varied history since their introduction. The original Polaroid instant camera,…
11 October 1987
The AIDS Memorial Quilt is first displayed during the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.
11 October 1899
The Second Boer War erupts in South Africa between the British-ruled Cape Colony, and the Boer-ruled Transvaal and Orange Free State.
11 October 1991
Anita Hill delivers her televised testimony concerning sexual harassment during the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court nomination [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Hill’]
11 October 2001
Polaroid files for federal bankruptcy protection. The original Polaroid Corporation filed for federal bankruptcy protection on October 11, 2001. The outcome was that within ten…
11 October 2001
The Polaroid Corporation asks for federal bankruptcy protection. Polaroid Corp. filed for voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delaware Friday, capping three days of speculation…
11 October 1954
The Viet Minh take control of North Vietnam during the first Indochina War. The Vietnam Doc Viet Minh was a Communist front organization founded by…
11 October, 1982
The Mary Rose, a Tudor ship that sank on July 19, 1545, is salvaged from the sea bed of the Solent, near Portsmouth.