Talk:October 11

2005
This sounds strange, but I have a pencil and ruler that has written on it "Choose Leaders, Not Rulers - Make your vote count on October 11, 2005" And an American flag on it. Was there some big symbolic vote on October 11 in the US that I wasn't aware of? Should this be researched and included on this day?

Moved

 * 1643 - English Civil War: Battle of Newbury - Parliamentarian Robert Devereux, the Earl of Essex defeats a Royalist army commanded by Charles I of England at Newbury, Berkshire.

Nope. Happened on September 20. --mav

Removed

 * 1864 - Slavery abolished in Maryland.

Could not be confirmed outside of 'this day in history'-type page (very bad source). --mav


 * 1945 - Chinese Civil War begins.

It happened sometime in October, but I couldn't confirm an exact day. --mav

Old Michaelmas
October 11 is also "Old Michaelmas" day, and my comments on this appear on the article on Michaelmas (its talk-page, actually), which is September 29.ACEOREVIVED 21:26, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

The book which I have referenced there (Morrell, 1977) also states that October 11 is Canadian Thanksgiving Day. I did not see that listed here - does any one know anything about this? ACEOREVIVED 20:30, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

I see that there is already an article on Thanksgiving (Canada) in Wikipedia. However, this lists the second Monday of October as the date, not October 11, as does Morrell (1977). ACEOREVIVED 20:11, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Is this a current celebration? This page is not for historical remembrances.--Richardson mcphillips (talk) 00:34, 6 October 2018 (UTC)

Cory Lidle
I see that his death is covered in the "Deaths" list, but would it make more sense for his crash to be in the "Events" list as it was a major event in NYC on that day. &mdash; Xoder|&#9990; 19:34, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
 * This death is not a globally notable, world changing event. The deaths section is sufficient.  -- Mufka (u) (t) (c) 01:36, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

1987 Gay Rights March
On October 11, 1987, over 200,000 people marched on Washington, DC in a gay rights rally. It was a defining moment for the movement, and I think it's significant enough to include in this list. "National Coming Out Day" is currently listed under October 11 holidays and observances, and that date was chosen to correspond with the anniversary of the march. 70.171.47.29 (talk) 14:27, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

Poland： National Independence Day?
Should this entry be moved to November 11? -- T71024 (talk) 17:12, 8 October 2016 (UTC)
 * 1918  – Poland：National Independence Day after 123 years of occupation (1795-1918)

Probability for Oct 11 to fall on particular weekdays
This paragraph is misleading — Over many millennia October 11 will fall equally on each weekday. The paragraph suggesting some weekdays are more common than others is technically true for the last 400 years. But the differences (and which days are slightly favored) depends completely on the selection of years (and in particular, which Oct 11 weekdays were omitted because they fall just outside the set of years selected). So the paragraph is misleading as over many millennia Oct 11 will fall on each weekday 1/7th of the number of number of years +/- one. As the number of years increases, that +/- one becomes a vanishingly small difference. Mathematically, as N, the number years, goes to infinity, the number of occurrences for any particular weekday, D, approaches the limiting value N/7:     D->N/7 as N->infinity. So I would remove the paragraph, or simply comment that Oct 11 falls roughly equally on each day of the week. SundanceNeanderthal (talk) 01:37, 29 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes the paragraph is WP:OR. Srijanx22 (talk) 13:50, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

Event on wrong day
The entry for 1972 states:

“1972 – A race riot occurs on the United States Navy aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off the coast of Vietnam.”

...but the linked article states that it occurred on the night of Oct 12/13. TravelinTexan (talk) 00:06, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ Thank you for finding that and flagging that. I've removed it.  Toddst1 (talk) 03:36, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

Holidays etc National Coming Out Day
promotion, not official anywhere, should not be here. --142.163.194.161 (talk) 14:01, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

holidays etc (International) Newspaper Carriers Day
professional association promotion, should not be here. --142.163.194.161 (talk) 14:03, 11 October 2021 (UTC)

Peace Treaty
I’ve changed the date of the Peace Treaty that ended the wars: to match the [|relevant] relevant entry. Cuddy2977 (talk) 15:52, 11 October 2021 (UTC)
 * My edit got reverted by another user: for having an unreliable source.  However: I should highlight the original version of About this Day page says the treaty was signed on 1142.

The article I reference, says the treaty was signed in 1141.

How on Earth do we make this consistent? So that both Articles show the same date? Cuddy2977 (talk) 16:16, 11 October 2021 (UTC)