Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/October 11
October 11: Thanksgiving holiday in Canada (2004); Columbus Day federally observed in the United States (2004).
- 1899 - A second Boer War erupted between the United Kingdom and the Boers of the Transvaal and Orange Free State in South Africa.
- 1962 - Second Vatican Council: Pope John XXIII convened the first ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church in 92 years.
- 1954 - Ho Chi Minh and the Viet Minh took control of North Vietnam, which then became a communist state.
- 1968 - NASA launched Apollo 7, the first manned Apollo mission.
- 1975 - Saturday Night Live was broadcast for the first time (George Carlin was guest host).
Recent days: October 10 – October 9 – October 8