Historical Events on August 11, Special Events on This Day
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What Happened on August 11th This Day in History
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 3114 | The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Maya, begins. |
| 2492 | Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation. |
| 2017 | At least 41 people are killed and another 179 injured after two passenger trains collide in Alexandria, Egypt. |
| 2012 | At least 306 people are killed and 3,000 others injured in a pair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran. |
| 2006 | The oil tanker MT Solar 1 sinks off the coast of Guimaras and Negros Islands in the Philippines, causing the country's worst oil spill. |
| 2003 | NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history. |
| 2003 | Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand. |
| 2000 | An air rage incident occurs on board Southwest Airlines Flight 1763 when 19-year-old Jonathan Burton attempts to storm the cockpit, but he is subdued by other passengers and dies from his injuries. |
| 1992 | The Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota opens. At the time the largest shopping mall in the United States. |
| 1988 | A meeting between Sayyed Imam Al-Sharif, Osama bin Laden, Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, and leaders of Egyptian Islamic Jihad in Afghanistan culminates in the formation of Al-Qaeda. |
| 1984 | "We begin bombing in five minutes": United States President Ronald Reagan, while running for re-election, jokes while preparing to make his weekly Saturday address on National Public Radio. |
| 1982 | A bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 830, en route from Tokyo, Japan to Honolulu, Hawaii, killing one passenger and injuring 15 others. |
| 1979 | Two Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134s collide over the Ukrainian city of Dniprodzerzhynsk and crash, killing all 178 aboard both airliners. |
| 1975 | East Timor: Governor Mário Lemos Pires of Portuguese Timor abandons the capital Dili, following a coup by the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and Fretilin. |
| 1972 | Vietnam War: The last United States ground combat unit leaves South Vietnam. |
| 1969 | The Apollo 11 astronauts are released from a three-week quarantine following their liftoff from the moon. |
| 1965 | Race riots (the Watts Riots) begin in the Watts area of Los Angeles, California. |
| 1962 | Vostok 3 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev becomes the first person to float in microgravity. |
| 1961 | The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli. |
| 1960 | Chad declares independence from France. |
| 1959 | Sheremetyevo International Airport, the second-largest airport in Russia, opens. |
| 1952 | Hussein bin Talal is proclaimed King of Jordan. |
| 1945 | Poles in Kraków engage in a pogrom against Jews in the city, killing one and wounding five. |
| 1942 | Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil receive a patent for a Frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication system that later became the basis for modern technologies in wireless telephones, two-way radio communications, and Wi-Fi. |
| 1934 | The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island. |
| 1929 | Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio. |
| 1920 | The Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty, which relinquished Russia's authority and pretenses to Latvia, is signed, ending the Latvian War of Independence. |
| 1919 | Germany's Weimar Constitution is signed into law. |
| 1918 | World War I: The Battle of Amiens ends. |
| 1898 | Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. |
| 1871 | An explosion of guncotton occurs in Stowmarket, England, killing 28.[4] |
| 1858 | The Eiger in the Bernese Alps is ascended for the first time by Charles Barrington accompanied by Christian Almer and Peter Bohren. |
| 1813 | In Colombia, Juan del Corral declares the independence of Antioquia. |
| 1812 | Peninsular War: French troops engage British-Portuguese forces in the Battle of Majadahonda. |
| 1804 | Francis II assumes the title of first Emperor of Austria. |
| 1786 | Captain Francis Light establishes the British colony of Penang in Malaysia. |
| 1675 | Franco-Dutch War: Forces of the Holy Roman Empire defeat the French in the Battle of Konzer Brücke. |
| 1492 | Rodrigo de Borja is elected as Head of the Catholic Church, taking the name Pope Alexander VI. |
| 1473 | The Battle of Otlukbeli: Mehmed the Conqueror of the Ottoman Empire decisively defeats Uzun Hassan of Aq Qoyunlu. |
| 1332 | Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Dupplin Moor: Scots under Domhnall II, Earl of Mar are routed by Edward Balliol. |
| 1315 | The Great Famine of Europe becomes so dire that even the king of England has difficulties buying bread for himself and his entourage. |
| 923 | The Qarmatians of Bahrayn capture and pillage the city of Basra. |
| 490 | Battle of Adda: The Goths under Theodoric the Great and his ally Alaric II defeat the forces of Odoacer on the Adda River, near Milan. |
| 355 | Claudius Silvanus, accused of treason, proclaims himself Roman Emperor against Constantius II. |
| 106 | The south-western part of Dacia (modern Romania) becomes a Roman province: Roman Dacia. |
Famous People Born on August 11
Here is a random list who born on August 11. For full list please click on the link above.
| Year | Name |
|---|---|
| 1965 | Embeth Davidtz, American actress |
| 1967 | Enrique Bunbury, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist |
| 1915 | Morris Weiss, American author and illustrator (d. 2014) |
| 1934 | Bob Hepple, South African lawyer and academic (d. 2015) |
| 1673 | Richard Mead, English physician and astrologer (d. 1754) |
| 1948 | Don Boyd, Scottish director, producer, and screenwriter |
| 1955 | Marc Bureau, Canadian politician, 16th Mayor of Gatineau |
| 1962 | Charles Cecil, English video game designer and co-founded Revolution Software |
| 1944 | Martin Linton, Swedish-English journalist and politician |
| 1976 | Iván Córdoba, Colombian footballer and manager |
Famous People Deaths On August 11
Here is a list of some famous peope who died on August 11. For full list please click on the link above.
| Date | Name |
|---|---|
| 1937 | Edith Wharton, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1862) |
| 1578 | Pedro Nunes, Portuguese mathematician and academic (b. 1502) |
| 1969 | Miriam Licette, English soprano and educator (b. 1885) |
| 1979 | J. G. Farrell, English author (b. 1935) |
| 1984 | Alfred A. Knopf Sr., American publisher, founded Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (b. 1892) |
| 1986 | János Drapál, Hungarian motorcycle racer (b. 1948) |
| 1204 | Guttorm of Norway (b. 1199) |
| 353 | Magnentius, Roman usurper (b. 303) |
| 1988 | Anne Ramsey, American actress (b. 1929) |
| 1332 | Domhnall II, Earl of Mar |
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