Historical Events In August - 11

1962  Beach Boys release "Surfin' Safari" on this day in history.   

1963  On this day in history kingston Trio are mystery guest on "What's My Line?"   

1964  Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night" opens in NYC on August - 11.   

1964  Race riot in Paterson NJ on this day in history.   

1965  6 day insurrection starts in Watts section of Los Angeles on this day in history.   

1965  Beatles movie "Help" opens in NYC on August - 11.   

1965  On August - 11 bill Woodfull, cricketer (35 Tests for Australia), dies   

1966  Indonesian Malaysian peace agreement signed in Djakarta on August - 11.   

1966  Last Beatle concert tour of the US begins on this day in history.   

1968  On this day in history lucien Cerfaux, Belgian biblical scholar, dies   

1972  Max Theiler, S Afr/US microbiologist (vaccin-Nobel 1951), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1973  On August - 11 peggy Castle, actress (Lily Merrill-Lawman), dies of cirrhosis at 46   

1974  On this day in history head-on collision between two buses kills 21 (Ankara, Turkey)   

1974  On August - 11 jack Hill, cricketer (3 Tests for Australia 1953-55, 8 wickets), dies   

1975  US vetoes proposed admission of North and South Vietnam to UN on August - 11.   

1975  Anthony C McAuliffe, US gen/commandant 101st div (Nuts!), dies at 77 on August - 11.   

1976  Keith Moon, drummer for the Who, collapses and is hospitalized in Miami on August - 11.   

1977  The first CH-46E Sea Knight with newly developed fiberglass rotor blades was flown by Marine Corps helicopter pilots on this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history funeral of Pope Paul VI   

1982  Tom Drake, actor (Green Years, Warkill), dies of lung cancer at 63 on August - 11.   

1984  Carl Lewis duplicates Jesse Owens' 1936 feat, wins 4 Olym track golds on August - 11.   

1984  On this day in history during a radio voice test Pres Reagan joked he "signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in 5 minutes"   

1984  On this day in history alfred A Knopf, US publisher, dies at 91   

1985  Challenger flies to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz on August - 11.   

1987  On August - 11 clara Peller, commercial spokesperson (Wendy's), dies at 86   

1988  On August - 11 meir Kahane renounced US citizenship to stay in Israeli Parliament   

1988  On August - 11 anne Ramsey, actress (Throw Mama From Train), dies of cancer at 59   

1989  "Nightmare on Elm Street 5 The Dream Child" premiers on this day in history.   

1989  Voyager 2 discovers 2 partial rings of Neptune on this day in history.   

1989  John Meillon, actor (Wild Duck, Crocodile Dundee), dies on August - 11.   

1989  "Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child" premiers on August - 11.   

1990  Egypt and Morocco troops land in Saudi Arabia to prevent Iraqi invasion on August - 11.   

1991  Jef Contryn, Flemish pioneer puppet theatre, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1994  History was made on August 11, 1994, when the first retail transaction on the Internet was carried out using a readily available version of powerful data encryption software designed to guarantee privacy on this day in history.   

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1467  Mary of York, English princess (d. 1482) was born on August - 11.   

1600  Paul Hallman, composer was born on this day in history.   

1613  On August - 11 birth of cristoph Kaldenbach, composer   

1635  On this day in history birth of thomas Betterton, London, actor/dramatist (Coriolanus)   

1667  On this day in history birth of anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (d. 1743)   

1673  On August - 11 birth of richard Mead, London, physician   

1718  Sir Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (d. 1791) was born on this day in history.   

1720  On this day in history birth of martin Gerbert, composer   

0353  On August - 11 death of magnentius, Roman usurper (b. 303)   

0449  Death of Flavian, Patriarch of Constantinople on August - 11.   

0480  On August - 11 death of leonidas, King of Sparta (b. circa 540 BC)   

0897  Death of Wilfred the Hairy, Count of Barcelona on August - 11.   

1171  On this day in history louis I, Earl of Wage/Rieneck, dies   

1180  Guillaume de/Willem van Sens, Fren master builder (Canterbury), dies on August - 11.   

1183  Christian I, archbishop of Mainz, dies on this day in history.   

1204  Death of King Guttorm of Norway (b. 1199) on August - 11.