October 11

Events

 * 1983 - The last hand-cranked (magneto) telephones in the United States went out of service

Births

 * 1788 –, Austrian music teacher (d. 1867)
 * 1895 –, Croatian composer (d. 1982)
 * 1919 –, American jazz drummer (d. 1990)
 * 1932 –, American singer (d. 1991)
 * 1936 –, American jazz drummer (d. 2001)
 * 1941 –, American jazz trumpeter (d. 1999)
 * 1946 –, American musician
 * 1946 –, American musician (The Steve Miller Band)
 * 1947 –, English musician
 * 1948 –, Spanish singer-songwriter
 * 1951 –, French singer/songwriter
 * 1961 –, Egyptian singer
 * 1965 –, German musician (Einstürzende Neubauten)
 * 1970 –, American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan)
 * 1971 –, American rapper
 * 1971 –, American musician (The Rentals)
 * 1973 –, American guitarist (Snot, Limp Bizkit)
 * 1976 –, Scottish musician (Mogwai)
 * 1979 –, Uruguayan-born American musician (Cobra Starship, Midtown)
 * 1989 –, member of Korean Boy Band Super Junior M
 * 1991 –, American Juniors singer

Deaths

 * 1896 –, Austrian composer (b. 1824)
 * 1897 –, French composer (b. 1862)
 * 1963 –, French singer (b. 1915)
 * 1993 –, American tenor (b. 1927)
 * 1996 –, Brazilian rock singer-songwriter (b. 1960)
 * 2008 –, American jazz trumpeter, composer and arranger (b. 1922)