This Day in History October 11: Notable Historical Events on October 11
This Day in History October 11. The most notable events that took place on October 11 range from political historical events to cultural and social events.
Domestic events taking place on October 11
October 11, 1930:The Hanoi Party Committee launched a campaign to support the Nghe Tinh Soviet movement, tens of thousands of leaflets were distributed throughout the city. Many speeches called on the people to support the workers and farmers of Nghe An and Ha Tinh in many forms of struggle such as strikes, demands for higher wages, shorter working hours...

October 11, 1951:Hanoi National University of Education was established under the Decree of the Ministry of National Education.

October 11, 1962:The first wooden motorboat named Phuong Dong 1 of Group 759, the predecessor of Brigade 125 of the Navy, secretly departed from K15 Do Son wharf (Hai Phong), carrying more than 30 tons of weapons to safely dock at Vam Lung wharf (Ca Mau). From that moment on, the sea transport route connecting the two regions of the South and the North was officially opened, becoming a historical milestone of the legendary road, the Ho Chi Minh Trail at sea.

October 11, 2007:The Vietnam General Confederation of Labor issued Decision No. 1353/QD-TLĐ to establish the Vietnam Industry and Trade Trade Union on the basis of merging the Vietnam Industrial Trade Union and the Vietnam Trade - Tourism Trade Union.

October 11, 2011:Vietnam and the Federal Republic of Germany established a strategic partnership during the official visit to Vietnam by German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

October 11, 2020:Inauguration of the Mai Dich - Nam Thang Long viaduct project on Hanoi Ring Road 3.

International events taking place on October 11
October 11, 1531:Swiss religious reform leader Huldrych Zwingli died fighting with Zurich troops against the troops of the five Roman Catholic cantons.

October 11, 1811:Little Juliana, the world's first steam-powered ferry, was commissioned by inventor John Stevens. The ferry sailed from New York City to Hoboken, USA.

October 11, 1852:The University of Sydney was inaugurated, the oldest university in Australia.

October 11, 1889:James Prescott Jun was born in 1818 and passed away. He was a famous British physicist who used experiments to discover the law of conservation and transformation of energy. He and Russian scientists Lenxơ discovered the law that determines the heating effect of electric current. People named the unit of work after him Jun (symbol is J).

October 11, 1941:During World War II: the Battle of Cape Esperance begins between the United States and Japanese forces at Guadalcanal.

October 11, 1962:Pope John XXIII convened the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years, the Second Vatican Council.

October 11, 1984:Astronaut Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan, a member of the Challenger STS-41-G, performed a 3.5-hour spacewalk at an altitude of 225km above the Earth's surface. She became the first American woman to walk in space.

October 11, 2002:China's national airline Air China was founded.

October 11, 2002:Former President Jimmy Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize.

October 11, 2011:The United Nations has designated October 11 as the International Day of the Girl Child. The aim of this day is to create more opportunities for girls and raise awareness about gender inequality in areas such as education, nutrition, health, protection from discrimination, violence and child marriage.
