On this day in history
October 11
ChristianBuddhistHinduScience
- 1531 CEChristian · died
Huldrych Zwingli, leader of the Reformation in Zurich, was killed at the Battle of Kappel while serving as chaplain to the city's forces.
- 1926 CEBuddhist · born
The Vietnamese Zen teacher and poet Thich Nhat Hanh, founder of the Plum Village tradition, was born on 11 October 1926.
- 1962 CEChristian
Pope John XXIII opened the Second Vatican Council in St. Peter's Basilica with the address Gaudet Mater Ecclesia.
- 2007 CEHindu · died
Sri Chinmoy, the Bengali-born teacher of meditation who led inner-peace gatherings from his center in New York, died on this day in 2007.
- 1968 CEScience
Apollo 7 launched on 11 October 1968, the first crewed mission of the Apollo programme and the first to broadcast live television from an American spacecraft.