The rules are to go to Wikipedia and type in your birthday month and day only. Then post 3 events, 2 births and one holiday that occurred on your birthday...
October 11th
Events:
1582 - Due to the implementation of the Gregorian calendar, this day does not exist in this year in Italy, Poland, Portugal and Spain.
1862 - American Civil War: In the aftermath of the Battle of Antietam, Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart and his men loot Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, during a raid into the north.
1999 - The Lord of the Rings movies begin principal photography.
Births:
1844 - Henry Heinz, American food manufacturer (d. 1916)
1957 - Dawn French, Welsh comedian
Holidays:
Wikipedia lists no holidays on my birthday :( But I know Columbus Day (observed) has fallen on the 11th a couple of times...
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