The original American horror film “Halloween” premiered in Kansas City, Missouri, US.
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Taylor Swift's third studio album 'Speak Now' was released. It won Billboard's 2011 Album of the Year.
The Battle of Balaclava took place during the Crimean War.
Benjamin O. Davis Sr. became the first African American US Army brigadier general.
The Battle of Agincourt between the English and the French took place.
Italian astronomer Giovanni Cassini discovered Iapetus, Saturn's third-largest moon.
