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October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 81 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Thursday or Sunday (58 in 400 years each) than on Friday or Saturday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Monday or Wednesday (56).
1138 – A massive earthquake strikes Aleppo.
1142 – A peace treaty between the Jin dynasty and Southern Song dynasty is formally ratified when a Jin envoy visits the Song court during the Jin–Song wars.
1311 – The Ordinances of 1311 are published, imposing a series of regulations upon King Edward II of England by the peerage and clergy.
1531 – Huldrych Zwingli is killed in battle with the Roman Catholic cantons of Switzerland.
1582 – Due to the adoption of the Gregorian calendar, this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
1614 – Adriaen Block and 12 Amsterdam merchants petition the States General for exclusive trading rights in the New Netherland colony.
1634 – The Burchardi flood: "The second Grote Mandrenke" killed around 15,000 men in North Friesland, Denmark and Germany.
1649 – Sack of Wexford: After a ten-day siege, English New Model Army troops (under Oliver Cromwell) stormed the town of Wexford, killing over 2,000 Irish Confederate troops and 1,500 civilians.
1727 – George II and Caroline of Ansbach are crowned King and Queen of Great Britain.
1767 – Surveying for the Mason–Dixon line separating Maryland from Pennsylvania is completed.
1776 – American Revolutionary War: Battle of Valcour Island: On Lake Champlain a fleet of American boats is defeated by the Royal Navy, but delays the British advance until 1777.
1797 – Battle of Camperdown: Naval battle between Royal Navy and Royal Netherlands Navy during the French Revolutionary Wars. The outcome of the battle was a decisive British victory.
1809 – Along the Natchez Trace in Tennessee, explorer Meriwether Lewis dies under mysterious circumstances at an inn called Grinder's Stand.
1811 – Inventor John Stevens' boat, the Juliana, begins operation as the first steam-powered ferry (service between New York City, New York, and Hoboken, New Jersey).
1852 – The University of Sydney, Australia's oldest university, is inaugurated in Sydney.
1862 – American Civil War: In the aftermath of the Battle of Antietam, Confederate General J. E. B. Stuart and his men loot Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, during a raid into the north.
1865 – Paul Bogle led hundreds of black men and women in a march in Jamaica, starting the Morant Bay rebellion.
1890 – In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution is founded.
1899 – Second Boer War begins: In South Africa, a war between the United Kingdom and the Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State erupts.
1899 – The Western League is renamed the American League.
1906 – San Francisco public school board sparks a diplomatic crisis between the United States and Japan by ordering Japanese students to be taught in racially segregated schools.
1910 – Former President Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane. He flew for four minutes with Arch Hoxsey in a plane built by the Wright brothers at Kinloch Field (Lambert–St. Louis International Airport), St. Louis, Missouri.
1912 – First Balkan War: The Greek Army liberates the city of Kozani.
1918 – The 7.1 Mw Puerto Rico earthquake shakes the island with a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent), killing 76–116 people. A destructive tsunami contributed to the damage and loss of life.
1941 – Beginning of the National Liberation War of Macedonia.
1942 – World War II: Battle of Cape Esperance: On the northwest coast of Guadalcanal, United States Navy ships intercept and defeat a Japanese fleet on their way to reinforce troops on the island.
1944 – Tuvan People's Republic, formerly Tannu Tuva, is annexed by the U.S.S.R.
1950 – Television: CBS's mechanical color system is the first to be licensed for broadcast by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.
1954 – First Indochina War: The Viet Minh take control of North Vietnam.
1957 – Space Race: M.I.T. scientists calculate Sputnik 1's booster rocket's orbit.
1958 – Pioneer program: NASA launches the lunar probe Pioneer 1 (the probe falls back to Earth and burns up).
1962 – Second Vatican Council: Pope John XXIII convenes the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years.
1968 – Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful manned Apollo mission, with astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn F. Eisele and Walter Cunningham aboard.
1972 – A race riot occurs on the United States Navy aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk off the coast of Vietnam during Operation Linebacker.
1975 – The NBC sketch comedy/variety show Saturday Night Live debuts.
1976 – George Washington's appointment, posthumously, to the grade of General of the Armies by congressional joint resolution Public Law 94-479 is approved by President Gerald R. Ford.
1984 – Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk.
1984 – An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-154 crashes into maintenance vehicles upon landing in Omsk, Russia, killing 178.
1986 – Cold War: U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet in Reykjavík, Iceland, in an effort to continue discussions about scaling back their intermediate missile arsenals in Europe.
1987 – First public display of AIDS Memorial Quilt on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., during the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.
1987 – Start of Operation Pawan by Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka that killed thousands of ethnic Tamil civilians and hundreds of Tamil Tigers and Indian Army soldiers.
1994 – Korn releases their self-titled debut album, which has been considered to start the whole nu metal genre.
2000 – NASA launches STS-92, the 100th Space Shuttle mission, using Space Shuttle Discovery.
2001 – The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.
2002 – A bomb attack in a shopping mall in Vantaa, Finland kills seven.
2013 – A migrant boat sinks in the Channel of Sicily with at least 34 people dead.
1492 – Charles Orlando, Dauphin of France, French noble (d. 1495)
1616 – Andreas Gryphius, German poet and playwright (d. 1664)
1661 – Melchior de Polignac, French cardinal and poet (d. 1742)
1671 – Frederick IV of Denmark (d. 1730)
1672 – Pylyp Orlyk, Ukrainian-Romanian diplomat (d. 1742)
1675 – Samuel Clarke, English minister and philosopher (d. 1729)
1738 – Arthur Phillip, English admiral and politician, 1st Governor of New South Wales (d. 1814)
1739 – Grigory Potemkin, Russian general and politician (d. 1791)
1758 – Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers, German physician and astronomer (d. 1840)
1786 – Stevenson Archer, American judge and politician (d. 1848)
1788 – Simon Sechter, Austrian organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1867)
1803 – Gregor von Helmersen, Estonian-Russian general and geologist (d. 1885)
1814 – Jean-Baptiste Lamy, French-American archbishop (d. 1888)
1815 – Pierre Napoléon Bonaparte, Italian-French politician (d. 1881)
1821 – George Williams, English philanthropist, founded the YMCA (d. 1905)
1835 – Theodore Thomas, American conductor, founded the Chicago Symphony Orchestra (d. 1905)
1844 – Henry J. Heinz, American businessman, founded the H. J. Heinz Company (d. 1916)
1865 – Hans E. Kinck, Norwegian philologist and author (d. 1926)
1871 – Johan Oscar Smith, Norwegian evangelist, founded the Brunstad Christian Church (d. 1943)
1872 – Emily Davison, English educator and activist (d. 1913)
1872 – Harlan F. Stone, American lawyer and jurist, 12th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1946)
1879 – Ernst Mally, Austrian philosopher and academic (d. 1944)
1881 – Hans Kelsen, Czech-American jurist and philosopher (d. 1973)
1884 – Friedrich Bergius, German-Argentinian chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1949)
1884 – Eleanor Roosevelt, American humanitarian and politician, 39th First Lady of the United States (d. 1962)
1884 – Sig Ruman, German-American actor (d. 1967)
1885 – François Mauriac, French novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970)
1890 – A. V. Kulasingham, Sri Lankan journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1978)
1894 – Julius Kuperjanov, Estonian educator and lieutenant (d. 1919)
1896 – Roman Jakobson, Russian–American linguist and theorist (d. 1982)
1897 – Nathan Farragut Twining, American general (d. 1982)
1899 – Eddie Dyer, American baseball player and manager (d. 1964)
1901 – Masanobu Tsuji, Japanese colonel and politician (d. 1961)
1902 – Jayaprakash Narayan, Indian activist and politician (d. 1979)
1905 – Fred Trump, American businessman (d. 1999)
1910 – Cahit Arf, Turkish mathematician and academic (d. 1997)
1911 – Nello Pagani, Italian motorcycle racer and race car driver (d. 2003)
1913 – Joe Simon, American author and illustrator (d. 2011)
1913 – Dorothy Woolfolk, American author (d. 2000)
1915 – T. Llew Jones, Welsh author and poet (d. 2009)
1916 – Nanaji Deshmukh, Indian educator and activist (d. 2010)
1918 – Fred Bodsworth, Canadian journalist and author (d. 2012)
1918 – Jerome Robbins, American director, producer, and choreographer (d. 1998)
1919 – Art Blakey, American drummer and bandleader (d. 1990)
1922 – G. C. Edmondson, American soldier and author (d. 1995)
1924 – André Emmerich, German-American art dealer (d. 2007)
1924 – Sammy McCrory, Northern Irish footballer (d. 2011)
1925 – Elmore Leonard, American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
1926 – Jean Alexander, English actress (d. 2016)
1926 – Thích Nhất Hạnh, Vietnamese monk, author, and poet
1926 – Earle Hyman, American actor
1926 – Neville Wran, Australian lawyer and politician, 35th Premier of New South Wales (d. 2014)
1927 – Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (d. 2005)
1927 – Jim Prior, Baron Prior, English soldier and politician, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (d. 2016)
1928 – Alfonso de Portago, Spanish race car driver and bobsledder (d. 1957)
1928 – Roscoe Robinson, Jr., American general (d. 1993)
1928 – Geoffrey Tordoff, Baron Tordoff, English businessman and politician
1929 – Curtis Amy, American saxophonist and clarinetist player (d. 2002)
1930 – Michael Edwardes, South African-English businessman
1930 – LaVell Edwards, American football player and coach
1930 – Sam Johnson, American colonel and politician
1932 – Saul Friedländer, Israeli historian and author
1932 – Barry Jones, Australian lawyer and politician
1932 – Dottie West, American singer-songwriter and actress (d. 1991)
1935 – Dan Evins, American businessman, founded Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (d. 2012)
1935 – Daniel Quinn, American environmentalist and author
1936 – C. Gordon Fullerton, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (d. 2013)
1936 – Billy Higgins, American drummer and educator (d. 2001)
1936 – James M. McPherson, American historian and author
1937 – Bobby Charlton, English footballer and manager
1937 – R. H. W. Dillard, American poet, author, and critic
1937 – Ron Leibman, American actor and screenwriter
1938 – Michael Stear, English air marshal
1939 – Maria Bueno, Brazilian tennis player
1939 – Austin Currie, Northern Irish lawyer and SDLP politician
1940 – Lucy Morgan, American newspaper reporter
1941 – Lester Bowie, American trumpet player and composer (d. 1999)
1942 – Richard Wilson, Baron Wilson of Dinton, Welsh academic and politician
1943 – Keith Boyce, Barbadian cricketer (d. 1996)
1943 – Michael Harloe, English sociologist and academic
1943 – Ilmar Reepalu, Swedish lawyer and politician
1944 – Mike Fiore, American baseball player
1944 – Rodney Marsh, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster
1945 – Andrew Logan, English sculptor and painter
1946 – Elinor Goodman, English journalist
1946 – Daryl Hall, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1947 – Al Atkins, English singer-songwriter
1947 – Thomas Boswell, American journalist and author
1947 – Lucas Papademos, Greek economist and politician, 183rd Prime Minister of Greece
1947 – Alan Pascoe, English hurdler
1948 – David Rendall, English tenor and actor
1948 – Peter Turkson, Ghanaian cardinal
1949 – Henry Luke Orombi, Ugandan archbishop
1950 – William R. Forstchen, American historian and author
1950 – Amos Gitai, Israeli director, producer, and author
1950 – Patty Murray, American educator and politician
1951 – Bruce Bartlett, American economist, historian, and author
1951 – Jean-Jacques Goldman, French singer-songwriter and guitarist
1951 – Charles Shyer, American director, producer, and screenwriter
1952 – Paulette Carlson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1953 – David Morse, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
1954 – David Michaels, American epidemiologist and politician
1954 – Vojislav Šešelj, Serbian lawyer and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia
1955 – Norm Nixon, American basketball player and sportscaster
1956 – Nicanor Duarte, Paraguayan lawyer and politician, President of Paraguay
1956 – Derek Ringer, Scottish race car driver
1957 – Francky Dury, Belgian footballer and manager
1957 – Dawn French, Welsh-English actress, comedian and screenwriter
1957 – Paul Sereno, American paleontologist and academic
1959 – Wayne Gardner, Australian motorcycle racer
1959 – Allan Little, Scottish journalist and author
1960 – Randy Breuer, American basketball player
1960 – Curt Ford, American baseball player and manager
1960 – Gábor Pölöskei, Hungarian footballer and manager
1961 – Neil Buchanan, English guitarist
1961 – Steve Young, American football player and sportscaster
1962 – Joan Cusack, American actress
1962 – Andy McCoy, Finnish-Swedish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1963 – Ronny Rosenthal, Israeli-English footballer
1963 – Brian Rice, Scottish footballer and manager
1964 – Michael J. Nelson, American actor, director, and screenwriter
1965 – Sean Patrick Flanery, American actor and producer
1965 – Alexander Hacke, German singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
1965 – Orlando Hernández, Cuban baseball player
1965 – Volodymyr Horilyi, Ukrainian footballer and coach
1966 – Luke Perry, American actor and producer
1966 – Todd Snider, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1966 – Stephen Williams, Welsh lawyer and politician
1967 – Jay Grdina, American businessman and pornographic actor
1967 – Artie Lange, American actor and comedian
1967 – David Starr, American race car driver
1968 – Jane Krakowski, American actress and singer
1968 – Claude Lapointe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1968 – Brett Salisbury, American football player and author
1969 – Merieme Chadid, Moroccan astronomer and explorers
1969 – Stephen Moyer, English actor
1970 – Chidi Ahanotu, American football player
1970 – Vanessa Harding, American wrestler
1970 – Andy Marriott, English-Welsh footballer and manager
1970 – Shin Tae-yong, South Korean footballer and coach
1971 – Oleksandr Pomazun, Ukrainian footballer and manager
1972 – Marcus Bai, Papua New Guinean rugby player
1973 – Greg Chalmers, Australian golfer
1973 – Steven Pressley, Scottish footballer and manager
1973 – Niki Xanthou, Greek long jumper
1973 – Dmitri Young, American baseball player and radio host
1974 – Jason Arnott, Canadian ice hockey player
1974 – Rachel Barton Pine, American violinist and educator
1975 – Orlando Maturana, Colombian footballer
1976 – Dominic Aitchison, Scottish bass player and songwriter
1976 – Emily Deschanel, American actress and producer
1977 – Matt Bomer, American actor and producer
1977 – Igor Figueiredo, Brazilian snooker player
1977 – Jérémie Janot, French footballer and manager
1977 – Desmond Mason, American basketball player and sportscaster
1977 – Ty Wigginton, American baseball player
1978 – Carl Bussey, American soccer player
1978 – Takuya Kawaguchi, Japanese footballer
1979 – Jamar Beasley, American football player
1979 – Andy Douglas, American wrestler
1979 – Kim Yong-dae, South Korean footballer
1980 – Matthew Felker, American model and actor
1980 – Motohiro Hata, Japanese singer-songwriter and guitarist
1980 – Juan José Ribera, Chilean footballer
1982 – Cameron Knowles, New Zealand footballer
1982 – Jeff Larish, American baseball player
1982 – Terrell Suggs, American football player
1982 – Mauricio Victorino, Uruguayan footballer
1984 – Sergio Hellings, Dutch footballer
1984 – Martha MacIsaac, Canadian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter
1984 – Zeb Taia, Australian-New Zealand rugby league player
1985 – Nesta Carter, Jamaican sprinter
1985 – Yang Cheng, Chinese footballer
1985 – Álvaro Fernández, Uruguayan footballer
1985 – Michelle Trachtenberg, American actress
1987 – Tony Beltran, American soccer player
1987 – Mike Conley, Jr., American basketball player
1987 – Nathan Coulter-Nile, Australian cricketer
1988 – Omar Gonzalez, American soccer player
1989 – Michelle Wie, American golfer
1990 – Sebastian Rode, German footballer
1991 – Patrick Leyland, American baseball player
1992 – Riffi Mandanda, Congolese footballer
1992 – Ligi Sao, New Zealand rugby league player
1992 – Christian Davis, English cricketer
1992 – Emilia Bottas, Finnish swimmer
1993 – Josip Čalušić, Croatian footballer
1994 – Clésio Baúque, Mozambican footballer
1997 – Jeando Fuchs, French footballer
965 – Bruno the Great, Archbishop of Cologne (b. 925)
1086 – Sima Guang, Chinese historian and statesman (b. 1019)
1159 – William of Blois, Count of Boulogne and Earl of Surrey (b. c. 1137)
1188 – Robert I, Count of Dreux (b. 1123)
1303 – Pope Boniface VIII (b. 1235)
1347 – Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1282)
1424 – Jan Žižka, Czech general and Hussite leader
1531 – Huldrych Zwingli, Swiss pastor and theologian (b. 1484)
1579 – Sokollu Mehmed Pasha, Ottoman politician, 43rd Grand Vizier of the Ottoman Empire (b. 1506)
1705 – Guillaume Amontons, French physicist and instrument maker (b. 1663)
1708 – Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus, German mathematician, physicist, physician, and philosopher (b. 1651)
1721 – Edward Colston, English merchant and politician (b. 1636)
1725 – Hans Herr, Swiss-American bishop (b. 1639)
1779 – Casimir Pulaski, Polish-American general (b. 1745)
1809 – Meriwether Lewis, American captain, explorer, and politician, 2nd Governor of Louisiana Territory (b. 1774)
1821 – John Ross Key, American lieutenant, lawyer, and judge (b. 1754)
1837 – Samuel Wesley, English organist and composer (b. 1766)
1852 – Gotthold Eisenstein, German mathematician and academic (b. 1823)
1889 – James Prescott Joule, English physicist and brewer (b. 1818)
1896 – Edward Benson, English archbishop (b. 1829)
1896 – Anton Bruckner, Austrian organist, composer, and educator (b. 1824)
1897 – Léon Boëllmann, French organist and composer (b. 1862)
1908 – Rita Cetina Gutiérrez, Mexican poet, educator, and activist (b. 1846)
1932 – William Alden Smith, American lawyer and politician (b. 1859)
1935 – Steele Rudd, Australian author (b. 1868)
1940 – Lluís Companys, Spanish lawyer and politician, 123rd President of Catalonia (b. 1882)
1940 – Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1860)
1941 – Heinrich Gutkin, Estonian businessman and politician (b. 1879)
1941 – Mihkel Pung, Estonian politician, 11th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1876)
1958 – Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter (b. 1876)
1961 – Chico Marx, American comedian (b. 1887)
1963 – Jean Cocteau, French author, poet, and playwright (b. 1889)
1965 – Dorothea Lange, American photographer and journalist (b. 1895)
1965 – Walther Stampfli, Swiss lawyer and politician, 50th President of the Swiss Confederation (b. 1884)
1968 – Selim Sarper, Turkish educator and politician, 13th Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1899)
1971 – Tamanoumi Masahiro, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 51st Yokozuna (b. 1944)
1971 – Chesty Puller, American general (b. 1898)
1976 – Alfredo Bracchi, Italian author, screenwriter, and songwriter (b. 1897)
1977 – MacKinlay Kantor, American journalist, author, and screenwriter (b. 1904)
1983 – R. Fraser Armstrong, Canadian administrator and engineer (b. 1889)
1984 – Benno Schotz, Scottish sculptor and engineer (b. 1891)
1986 – Norm Cash, American baseball player and sportscaster (b. 1934)
1988 – Bonita Granville, American actress (b. 1923)
1989 – M. King Hubbert, American geologist and academic (b. 1904)
1991 – Redd Foxx, American actor and comedian (b. 1922)
1996 – Eleanor Cameron, Canadian-American author and critic (b. 1912)
1996 – Renato Russo, Brazilian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1960)
1996 – Joe Morris, English-Canadian lieutenant and trade union leader (b. 1913)
1998 – Richard Denning, American actor (b. 1914)
1999 – Leo Lionni, Dutch-American author and illustrator (b. 1910)
2000 – Luc-Marie Bayle, French historian, photographer, and painter (b. 1914)
2000 – Donald Dewar, Scottish lawyer and politician, 1st First Minister of Scotland (b. 1937)
2001 – Beni Montresor, Italian director, set designer, and illustrator (b. 1926)
2004 – Keith Miller, Australian cricketer and pilot (b. 1919)
2005 – Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, Pakistani-Canadian linguist, journalist, and poet (b. 1917)
2005 – Attilâ İlhan, Turkish poet, author, and journalist (b. 1925)
2005 – Edward Szczepanik, Polish economist and politician, Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1915)
2006 – Cory Lidle, American baseball player (b. 1972)
2007 – David Lee "Tex" Hill, South Korean-American general and pilot (b. 1915)
2007 – Werner von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (b. 1915)
2008 – Jörg Haider, Austrian lawyer and politician, Governor of Carinthia (b. 1950)
2008 – Ernst-Paul Hasselbach, Surinamese-Dutch television host and producer (b. 1966)
2008 – Neal Hefti, American trumpet player and composer (b. 1922)
2009 – Angelo DiGeorge, American physician and endocrinologist (b. 1922)
2009 – Halit Refiğ, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1934)
2012 – Beano Cook, American sportscaster and historian (b. 1931)
2012 – Helmut Haller, German footballer and coach (b. 1939)
2012 – Edward Kossoy, Polish lawyer, publicist, and activist (b. 1913)
2012 – Édgar Negret, Colombian sculptor (b. 1920)
2012 – Champ Summers, American baseball player and coach (b. 1946)
2013 – María de Villota, Spanish race car driver (b. 1980)
2013 – Johnny Kovatch, American football player and coach (b. 1912)
2013 – Erich Priebke, German captain (b. 1913)
2013 – William H. Sullivan, American diplomat, United States Ambassador to the Philippines (b. 1922)
2014 – Anita Cerquetti, Italian soprano (b. 1931)
2014 – Carmelo Simeone, Argentinian footballer (b. 1933)
2014 – Bob Such, Australian educator and politician (b. 1944)
2015 – Dean Chance, American baseball player and manager (b. 1941)
2015 – Jack Drake, American lawyer and politician (b. 1934)
Holidays and observances
Christian feast days:
Alexander Sauli
Andronicus, Probus, and Tarachus (Roman Catholic Church)
Æthelburh of Barking
Cainnech of Aghaboe
Gummarus
James the Deacon (Church of England, Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church)
Lommán of Trim
Nectarius of Constantinople
Philip the Evangelist
Pope John XXIII (Roman Catholic Church)
October 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
General Pulaski Memorial Day (United States)
International Day of the Girl Child
International Newspaper Carrier Day
National Coming Out Day (Multiple countries)
Old Michaelmas Day (Celtic)
Revolution Day (Republic of Macedonia)
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