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August 11 Events in History - August 11 Birthdays - August 11 Deaths
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August 11, 1999 Total solar eclipse in India-North -France (2m23s) August 11, 1997 Benin legalizes Jan 10th as a voodoo holiday August 11, 1996 "Thousand Clowns," closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 32 performs August 11, 1996 78th PGA Championship: Mark Brooks shoots a 277 at Vallhalla GC KY August 11, 1996 Emilee Klein wins LPGA Ping Welch's Golf Championship August 11, 1994 Joao B "Nino" Vieira elected President of Guinee-Bissau August 11, 1993 Director Oliver Stone files for divorce from Elizabeth August 11, 1993 New York Islander Brian Mullen, 31, suffers a mild stroke August 11, 1993 Pope John Paul II visits Mexico August 11, 1993 Red Sox Roger Clemens pitches 2,000th strike out, Danny Tartabul-NY August 11, 1992 Oakland A's rip Jose Canseco for leaving stadium before end of game August 11, 1991 400,000 demonstrate for democracy in Madagascar, 31 killed August 11, 1991 73rd PGA Championship: John Daly shoots a 276 at Crooked Stick Ind August 11, 1991 Melissa Mcnamara wins Stratton Mountain LPGA Golf Classic August 11, 1991 Shite Moslems release U.S. hostage Edward Tracy August 11, 1991 Space shuttle STS 43 (Atlantis 9) lands August 11, 1991 Wilson Alvarez hurls a no-hitter in his 1st big league start August 11, 1990 Egypt and Morocco troops land in Saudi Arabia to prevent Iraqi invasion August 11, 1990 New York Yankee Kevin Maas is fastest to get 13 home runs (110 at bats) August 11, 1989 "Nightmare on Elm Street 5: Dream Child" premieres August 11, 1989 Geoff Marsh and Mark Taylor complete 329 opening stand vs. England August 11, 1989 Voyager 2 discovers 2 partial rings of Neptune August 11, 1988 225 at bats after #299, Met Gary Carter is 59th to hit 300th HR August 11, 1988 Charlotte Colisieum in Charlotte North Carolina opens August 11, 1988 Meir Kahane renounced U.S. citizenship to stay in Israeli Parliament August 11, 1987 France and Great-Britain send minesweepers to Persian Gulf August 11, 1986 68th PGA Championship: Bob Tway shoots a 276 at Inverness Club Toledo August 11, 1985 Oakland A's Dave Kingman becomes 21st to hit 400 HR August 11, 1985 "Tap Dance Kid" closes at Broadhurst Theater New York City after 669 performances August 11, 1985 67th PGA Championship: Hubert Green shoots 278 at Cherry Hills Denver August 11, 1985 Challenger flies to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz August 11, 1985 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Henredon Golf Classic August 11, 1985 Rudolf Povarnitsin of U.S.S.R. sets new high jump world record (7'10"12) August 11, 1984 101,799 fans at soccer match Brazilie-France August 11, 1984 Carl Lewis duplicates Jesse Owens' 1936 feat, wins 4 Olym track golds August 11, 1984 Cincinnati Reds retire Johnny Bench's #5 uniform August 11, 1984 During a radio voice test President Reagan joked he "signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in 5 minutes" August 11, 1984 Men's choir Maranatha Netherlands forms August 11, 1984 U.S.S.R. performs (underground) nuclear test August 11, 1982 Twins Terry Felton loses and runs career to 0-14 (en route to 0-16) August 11, 1982 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site August 11, 1980 Angola revises its constitution August 11, 1980 Mohammed Ali Radjai appointed premier of Iran August 11, 1980 Yanks Reggie Jackson hits his 400th HR off Chicago's Britt Burns August 11, 1979 28 degrees F in Embarrass Minnesota August 11, 1979 Phillies Tug McGraw gives up record 4th grand slam of year August 11, 1978 Funeral of Pope Paul VI August 11, 1978 Legionnaire's disease bacteria isolated in Atlanta August 11, 1977 Geoff Boycott scores his 100th FC hundred, vs. Aust at Headingley August 11, 1976 Keith Moon, drummer for Who, collapses and is hospitalized in Miami August 11, 1976 Race riot in Cape Town, South Africa; 17 die August 11, 1975 Expos' Jose Mangual struck out 5 times in a game August 11, 1975 U.S. vetoes proposed admission of North and South Vietnam to U.N. August 11, 1974 56th PGA Championship: Lee Trevino shoots a 276 at Tanglewood NC August 11, 1974 Coup in East-Timor under UDT August 11, 1974 Head-on collision between two buses kills 21 (Ankara, Turkey) August 11, 1972 "Cheech and Chong Day" in San Antonio Texas August 11, 1971 Construction begins on Louisiana Superdome August 11, 1971 Harmon Killebrew hits home runs #500 and 501 August 11, 1970 Jim Bunning becomes 2nd (Cy Young) to win 100 games in both leagues August 11, 1970 Tony Perez becomes 1st to hit a HR in red seats at Riverfront August 11, 1969 Don Drysdale retires because of damage to his right shoulder August 11, 1969 Pittsburgh Steelers beat New York Giants 17-13 in Montreal (NFL expo) August 11, 1968 Beatles launch "Apple Records" label August 11, 1968 Satchel Paige, 62, and needing 158 days on a major league payroll to qualify for a pension, is signed by Braves August 11, 1967 Al Downing becomes 12th to strike-out side on 9 pitches August 11, 1966 Last Beatle concert tour of U.S. begins August 11, 1965 6 day insurrection starts in Watts section of Los Angeles August 11, 1965 Beatles movie "Help" opens in New York City August 11, 1965 Watts riots begin in Southeast LA, lasts 6 days August 11, 1964 Beatles' "A Hard Days Night" opens in New York City August 11, 1963 Kingston Trio are mystery guest on "What's My Line?" August 11, 1963 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Waterloo Women's Golf Open Invitational August 11, 1962 Andrian G Nikolayev, becomes 3rd Russian in space aboard Vostok 3 August 11, 1962 Beach Boys release "Surfin' Safari" August 11, 1962 Bolotnikov runs world record 10km (28:18.2) August 11, 1962 Dodgers protest wetting down of Candlestick to slow Maury Wills down August 11, 1961 Warren Spahn records victory #300, beats Cubs 2-1 August 11, 1960 Chad declares Independence from France August 11, 1957 Patty Berg wins LPGA All-American Golf Open August 11, 1957 Paul Hindemith' opera "Harmonie der Welt," premieres in Munich August 11, 1956 1st flight 4-motor Cessna 620 August 11, 1956 Elvis Presley releases "Don't Be Cruel" August 11, 1955 Indonesia government of Harahap forms August 11, 1954 BC Lions plays its 1st CF game, they lose to Montreal Alouettes, 22-0 August 11, 1954 Formal peace takes place, ending 7+ years of fighting in Indochina between French and Communist Vietminh August 11, 1952 Hussein Ibn Talal I, proclaimed King of Jordan August 11, 1951 100,000 acres flooded from Mississippi River in Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Illinois August 11, 1951 1st color baseball game, Braves vs Dodgers, telecast, WCBS-NYC August 11, 1951 New York Giants (NFL) beat Ottawa Roughriders (CFL) 38-6 in Ottawa August 11, 1951 New York Giants lose to go 13 games behind Brooklyn Dodgers, later win pennant August 11, 1950 17th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 17, Philadelphia 7 (88,885) August 11, 1950 Boston Brave Vern Bickford no-hits Brooklyn Dodger, 7-0 August 11, 1950 Hitting just .279, Yank great Joe DiMaggio is benched for 1st time August 11, 1950 King Boudouin I takes oath as royal prince of Belgium August 11, 1949 1st Naples-Capri swim, 17 miles (27 km) (Giovanni Gambi) August 11, 1949 Gaston Eyskens forms Belgiangovt August 11, 1948 Summer Olympics opens in London August 11, 1945 Allies refuse Japan's surrender offer to retain Emperor Hirohito August 11, 1944 British premier Winston Churchill arrives in Italy August 11, 1944 French 5th Armour division recaptures Sees August 11, 1944 Klaus Barbie, Gestapo head of Lyon France leaves for Auschwitz August 11, 1944 U.S. air raid on Palembang August 11, 1943 Red Army recaptures Tchukujev, at Kharkov August 11, 1943 Richard Strauss' 2nd Horn Concert, premieres August 11, 1943 U.S. amphibians land at Brolo on north coast of Sicily August 11, 1942 999 Jews are taken from Mechelen transit camp in Belgium August 11, 1942 British aircraft carrier Eagle torpedoed and sinks August 11, 1942 Lt-gen Montgomery makes landing on Gibraltar August 11, 1941 FRD and PM Winston Churchill sign Atlantic Charter August 11, 1940 38 German aircrafts shot down above England August 11, 1940 German air raid on British harbors Portland/Weymouth August 11, 1939 Sergei Rachmaninovs last appearance in Europe August 11, 1936 Chaing Kai-shek's troops conquers Kanton August 11, 1935 Nazi mass demonstration against German Jews August 11, 1934 1st federal prisoners arrive at Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay August 11, 1933 Temp reaches 136 degrees F (57.8 degrees C) at San Luis Potosi, Mex (world record) August 11, 1929 Babe Ruth becomes 1st to hit 500 homers (off Willis Hudlin of Cleve) August 11, 1929 Persia and Iraq sign friendship treaty August 11, 1929 Russian-Chinese border fights August 11, 1928 Carl Hubbell's 1st major league victory is a 4-0 shutout of Phils August 11, 1928 Georges Ronsse becomes world champion cyclists August 11, 1926 Cleveland Indian Tris Speaker hits his 700th double August 11, 1924 1st newsreel pictures of presidential candidates were taken August 11, 1923 Dutch Premier de Geer resigns August 11, 1920 1st peace of Riga-Soviet Union recognizes Independence of Latvia August 11, 1919 Weimar Republic begins in Germany August 11, 1918 Battle of Amiens ends in WW I, Allieds beat Germans August 11, 1914 France declares war on Austria-Hungary August 11, 1914 Jews are expelled from Mitchenick Poland August 11, 1914 John Wray patents animation August 11, 1909 Liner "Arapahoe" is 1st ship to use SOS distress call August 11, 1909 SOS 1st used by an American ship, Arapahoe, off Cape Hatteras, NC August 11, 1909 Warren Bardsley (136 and 130) 1st to get twin tons in a Test August 11, 1907 St. Louis Card Ed Karger pitches perfect game vs Braves, 4-0 in 7 inn August 11, 1904 German-ltalian General Von Trotha defeats Herero in SW Africa August 11, 1896 Harvey Hubbell patents electric light bulb socket with a pull chain August 11, 1885 $100,000 raised in U.S. for pedestal for Statue of Liberty August 11, 1884 1st double-century stand in Test cricket, McDonnell/Murdoch 207 Aust August 11, 1877 Asaph Hall discovers Mars's moon Deimos August 11, 1874 Harry S. Parmelee patents sprinkler head August 11, 1863 Cambodia becomes French protectorate August 11, 1860 Nation's 1st successful silver mill, Virginia City, Nevada August 11, 1835 George B Airy begins 46-year reign as England's Astronomer Royal August 11, 1780 Barbados hurricane begins August 11, 1772 Explosive eruption blows 4,000' off Papandayan Java, kills 3,000 August 11, 1718 Battle at Cape Passaro: English fleet destroys Spanish August 11, 1695 English and Dutch fleet capture Dunkerk August 11, 1674 1st Battle of at Seneffe (Louis II Conde vs Willem III) August 11, 1611 Emperor Rudolf forces out king of Bohemia August 11, 1597 Germany throws out English sales people August 11, 1522 Uprising of adel/burgerij in Austria fails August 11, 1492 Rodrigo de Borja becomes Pope Alexander VI August 11, 1304 Sea battle of Zierikzee August 11, 1253 Clara van Assisi leads rules of life in order of Clarissen August 11, 117 Hadrianus hears of death of emperor Trajanus of Antioch |