The British singer Cliff Richard was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
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Susan Smith murdered her two children and tried to pin on a made-up Black man.
The original American horror film ''Halloween” premiered in Kansas City, Missouri, US.
Benjamin O. Davis Sr. became the first African American US Army brigadier general.
Taylor Swift's third studio album 'Speak Now' was released. It won Billboard's 2011 Album of the Year.
Italian astronomer Giovanni Cassini discovered Iapetus, Saturn's third-largest moon.
