Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/October 11
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October 11: General Pulaski Memorial Day and National Coming Out Day in the United States.
- 1865 - The Morant Bay rebellion, led by Paul Bogle and George William Gordon, began in Jamaica and was brutally suppressed by Governor Edward John Eyre.
- 1899 - The Second Boer War erupted in South Africa between the United Kingdom and the Boers.
- 1954 - Ho Chi Minh (pictured) and the Viet Minh took control of North Vietnam.
- 1962 - Pope John XXIII convened the Second Vatican Council, the first Roman Catholic ecumenical council in 92 years.
- 1968 - NASA launched Apollo 7, the first manned mission of the Apollo program.
Recent days: October 10 – October 9 – October 8
