📅 October 11 · Ordinances of 1311, Battle of Valcour Island, Daughters of the American…
October 11 in history: • 1311 – The peerage and clergy of the Kingdom of England published the Ordinances of 1311 to restrict King Edward II's powers. → go there • 1776 – American Revolutionary War: A British fleet defeated American ships at the Battle of Valcour Island on Lake Champlain, but gave American forces enough time to prepare their defenses for the Saratoga campaign. → go there • 1890 – In Washington, D.C., the Daughters of the American Revolution was founded. → go there • 1984 – Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan (pictured) became the first American woman to perform a space walk. → go there • 1987 – An estimated 750,000 people attended the "Great March" in Washington, D.C., to demand greater civil rights for the LGBT community. → go there Died 1531: Huldrych Zwingli Wiki link Born 1926: Jean Alexander Wiki link Born 1970: Shin Tae-yong Wiki link Died 2022: Angela Lansbury Wiki link Pictured: Kathryn Sullivan.