Oct 11 in History
1634 — The Burchardi flood, a storm tide, strikes the North Sea coast of North Frisia and Dithmarschen (in modern-day Germany). Overrunning dikes, it shatters the coastline and causes thousands of deaths (8,000-15,000 people drown) and catastrophic material damage. Much of the island of Strand washes away, forming Nordstrand, Pellworm and several other small islands.
1820 — Sir George Williams, English businessman, philanthropist and founder of the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA), the oldest and largest youth charity in the world, on June 6 1844, is born in London.
1899 — SA’s two independent Boer states, the
South African Republic (Republic of Transvaal) and the Orange Free State, declares war on the British Empire over its influence in the country following the discovery of diamonds and gold in the Boer states. The war ends with the signing of the Treaty of Vereeniging on May 31 1902.
1937 — Sir Bobby Charlton, English footballer and manager (106 matches for the national team, 195870), is born in Ashington, Northumberland.
1943 — Keith (“Stingray”) Boyce, West Indies cricketer — 1971-76: 21 Tests, 60 wickets (including 11/147 in the first Test on the 1973 tour of England); eight ODIs, 13 wickets — is born in Castle, St Peter, Barbados. He suffers from chronic cirrhosis of liver later in life and in 1996 he collapses and dies while sitting in a chair at a pharmacist ... on his 53rd birthday. 1984 — Aeroflot Flight 3352 crashes into maintenance vehicles upon landing in Omsk, Russia, killing 174 people on the plane (with five survivors) and four on the ground.
1985 — US President Ronald Reagan’s ban on the importation of SA’s Krugerrands comes into effect. 1989 — Michelle Wie, American golfer (2014 US Open champion), is born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to South Korean immigrant parents. She turns professional shortly before her 16th birthday in 2005.
1993 — Hardik Pandya, Indian cricketer (national side since 2016: 11 Tests, 532 runs, 17 wickets; 45 ODIs, 757 runs, 45 wickets; 38 T20Is, 296 runs, 36 wickets) is born in Surat, Gujarat.
2010 — Two Americans and a British-Cypriot win the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for developing a theory that helps explain why many people can remain unemployed despite a large number of job vacancies. Peter Diamond, Dale Mortensen and Christopher Pissarides are honoured for their analysis of the obstacles that prevent buyers and sellers from efficiently pairing up in markets (also applicable to markets other than the labour market).