What happend on 11th October

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2002

A bomb attack in a shopping mall in Vantaa, Finland. See Myyrmanni bombing.

2001

The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.

1999

The Lord of the Rings movies begin principal photography.

1998

A Congo Air Lines Boeing 727 is shot down by rebels in Kindu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 40

1987

March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights attracts between 500,000 and 600,000 people to protest the Bowers v. Hardwick decision and the U.S. government's handling of the AIDS epidemic; first public display of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt.

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.

1984

Aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, astronaut Kathryn D. Sullivan becomes the first American woman to perform a space walk.

1975

Saturday Night Live debuts with George Carlin as the guest host.

1968

Apollo program: NASA launches Apollo 7, the first successful manned Apollo mission, with astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn F. Eisele and Walter Cunningham aboard.

1967

Afghan Prime Minister Mohammad Hashim Maiwandwal resigns for health reasons