International Day of the Girl Child

Name: International Day of the Girl Child
Start: 2000-10-11
End: 2000-10-11
Location: Histories Today Editorial Team

On October 11, in the year 0, International Day of the Girl Child. This event is recorded as a Holidays event in the history of October 11, a notable event in this corner of history.

International Day of the Girl Child is an international observance day declared by the United Nations; it is also called the Day of Girls and the International Day of the Girl. October 11, 2012, was the first Day of the Girl Child. The observation supports more opportunity for girls and increases awareness of gender inequality faced by girls worldwide based upon their gender. This inequality includes areas such as access to education, nutrition, legal rights, medical care, and protection from discrimination, violence against women and forced child marriage. The celebration of the day also "reflects the successful emergence of girls and young women as a distinct cohort in development policy, programming, campaigning and research."

Key Facts

This event took place on October 11, 0 (AD era).
It is categorised as a Holidays event in recorded history.
Referenced in 1 Wikipedia article.
Wikipedia source last updated on 11 January 2026.

On This Date in History

Type	Year	Date	Event
Notable Deaths	2025	Oct 11	Diane Keaton, American actress (born 1946)
Notable Deaths	2024	Oct 11	Jamaluddin Hossain, Bangladeshi actor (born 1943)
Notable Deaths	2022	Oct 11	Angela Lansbury, English-American actress, singer, and producer (born 1925)
Notable Deaths	2019	Oct 11	Alexei Leonov, Soviet/Russian cosmonaut and first human to conduct a spacewalk (born 1934)
Historical Events	2018	Oct 11	Soyuz MS-10, launching an intended crew for the ISS, suffers an in-flight abort. The crew lands safely.
Notable Deaths	2017	Oct 11	Clifford Husbands, Barbadian politician (born 1926)
Notable Deaths	2015	Oct 11	Dean Chance, American baseball player and manager (born 1941)
Notable Deaths	2014	Oct 11	Anita Cerquetti, Italian soprano (born 1931)
Notable Deaths	2014	Oct 11	Carmelo Simeone, Argentinian footballer (born 1933)
Notable Deaths	2014	Oct 11	Bob Such, Australian educator and politician (born 1944)
Historical Events	2013	Oct 11	A migrant boat sinks in the Channel of Sicily, with at least 359 people drowning.
Notable Deaths	2013	Oct 11	María de Villota, Spanish race car driver (born 1980)
Notable Deaths	2013	Oct 11	Erich Priebke, German captain (born 1913)
Notable Deaths	2012	Oct 11	Avrohom Genachowsky, Israeli rabbi (born 1936)
Notable Deaths	2012	Oct 11	Helmut Haller, German footballer and coach (born 1939)
Notable Deaths	2012	Oct 11	Edward Kossoy, Polish lawyer, publicist, and activist (born 1913)
Notable Deaths	2012	Oct 11	Édgar Negret, Colombian sculptor (born 1920)
Notable Deaths	2012	Oct 11	Champ Summers, American baseball player and coach (born 1946)
Notable Deaths	2009	Oct 11	Angelo DiGeorge, American physician and endocrinologist (born 1922)
Notable Deaths	2009	Oct 11	Halit Refiğ, Turkish director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1934)
Notable Deaths	2008	Oct 11	Marjorie Fletcher, English Director of the Women's Royal Naval Service (born 1932)
Notable Deaths	2008	Oct 11	Jörg Haider, Austrian lawyer and politician, Governor of Carinthia (born 1950)
Notable Deaths	2008	Oct 11	Ernst-Paul Hasselbach, Surinamese-Dutch television host and producer (born 1966)
Notable Deaths	2008	Oct 11	Neal Hefti, American trumpet player and composer (born 1922)
Notable Deaths	2007	Oct 11	David Lee "Tex" Hill, South Korean-American general and pilot (born 1915)
Notable Deaths	2007	Oct 11	Werner von Trapp, Austrian-American singer (born 1915)
Notable Deaths	2006	Oct 11	Cory Lidle, American baseball player (born 1972)
Notable Deaths	2005	Oct 11	Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, Pakistani-Canadian linguist, journalist, and poet (born 1917)
Notable Deaths	2005	Oct 11	Attilâ İlhan, Turkish poet, author, and journalist (born 1925)
Notable Deaths	2005	Oct 11	Edward Szczepanik, Polish economist and politician, Prime Minister of Poland (born 1915)
Notable Deaths	2004	Oct 11	Keith Miller, Australian cricketer and pilot (born 1919)
Historical Events	2002	Oct 11	A bomb attack in a Myyrmanni shopping mall in Vantaa, Finland kills seven.
Selected Events	2002	Oct 11	A bomb exploded in the Myyrmanni shopping center in Helsinki, Finland (aftermath pictured), resulting in seven deaths…
Historical Events	2001	Oct 11	The Polaroid Corporation files for federal bankruptcy protection.
Notable Births	2001	Oct 11	Maja Chwalińska, Polish tennis player
Notable Births	2001	Oct 11	Daniel Maldini, Italian footballer
Notable Births	2001	Oct 11	Jacob Preston, Australian rugby league player
Notable Births	2001	Oct 11	Chu Ye-jin, South Korean actress
Notable Deaths	2001	Oct 11	Beni Montresor, Italian director, set designer, and illustrator (born 1926)
Historical Events	2000	Oct 11	NASA launches STS-92, the 100th Space Shuttle mission.
Notable Deaths	2000	Oct 11	Luc-Marie Bayle, French historian, photographer, and painter (born 1914)
Notable Deaths	2000	Oct 11	Donald Dewar, Scottish politician, 1st First Minister of Scotland (born 1937)
Historical Events	1999	Oct 11	Air Botswana pilot Chris Phatswe steals an ATR 42 from Sir Seretse Khama International Airport and later crashes it…
Notable Births	1999	Oct 11	Leicester Fainga'anuku, New Zealand rugby union player
Notable Births	1999	Oct 11	Keldon Johnson, American basketball player
Notable Deaths	1999	Oct 11	Leo Lionni, Dutch-American author and illustrator (born 1910)
Notable Deaths	1998	Oct 11	Richard Denning, American actor (born 1914)
Notable Births	1996	Oct 11	Rhea Ripley, Australian wrestler
Notable Births	1996	Oct 11	Arman Tsarukyan, Armenian professional mixed martial artist
Notable Deaths	1996	Oct 11	Keith Boyce, Barbadian cricketer (born 1943)