Historical Events In August - 11
Thursday, 04 March 2021
1909 SOS first used by an American ship, Arapahoe, off Cape Hatteras, NC on August - 11.
1909 On this day in history liner "Arapahoe" is 1st ship to use SOS distress call
1909 Gaston Gilbert Litaize, composer on August - 11.
1910 On this day in history denis Moloney, NZ cricket all-rounder (1937 England tour)
1911 On this day in history alphonse de Waelhens, Flemish philosopher (Psychosis)
1912 On August - 11 jean Parker, Butte Mont, actress (Beyond Tomorrow, Little Women)
1913 Angus Wilson, England, writer (Mulberry Bush-1955) on August - 11.
1914 Jews are expelled from Mitchenick Poland on August - 11.
1914 France declares war on Austria-Hungary on August - 11.
1915 On August - 11 kunio Toda, composer
1917 Dik Browne, cartoonist (Hi & Lois, Hagar the Horrible) on this day in history.
1918 Battle of Amiens ends in WW I, Allieds beat Germans on this day in history.
1919 On this day in history green Bay Packers football club founded
1919 On this day in history andrew Carnegie, US steel industrialist/philanthropist, dies at 83
1920 1st peace of Riga-Soviet Union recognizes Independence of Latvia on this day in history.
1920 Derry Jeffares, Honorary Prof of English Studies (Stirling U) on August - 11.
1921 On August - 11 alex Haley, US, writer (Autobiography of Malcolm X, Roots)
1923 Dutch Premier de Geer resigns on August - 11.
1923 On this day in history stan Chambers, American television reporter
1924 1st newsreel pictures of presidential candidates were taken on this day in history.
1924 On this day in history arlene Dahl, Minneapolis Minnesota, actress/TV panelist (Ambush)
1925 Carl Rowan, gun-toting newspaper columnist (Wash Post) on August - 11.
1926 On August - 11 cleve Indian Tris Speaker hits his 700th double
1926 Aaron Klug, OM/PRS/biochemist on this day in history.
1927 On this day in history james Eaton, Lord-Lieutenant of the City of Londonderry
1928 On this day in history carl Hubbell's 1st major league victory is a 4-0 shutout of Phils
1929 On August - 11 babe Ruth becomes 1st to hit 500 homers (off Willis Hudlin of Cleve)
1933 On this day in history temp reaches 136 degrees F (58ø C) at San Luis Potos¡, Mex (world record)
1933 Temp reaches 136°F (57.8°C) at San Luis Potosi, Mex (world record) on this day in history.
1934 On this day in history first federal prisoners arrive at Alcatraz in SF Bay
1934 1st federal prisoners arrive at Alcatraz in SF Bay on this day in history.
1935 Nazi mass demonstration against German Jews on August - 11.
1935 On August - 11 william Watson, British poet (Purple East), dies
1936 Chaing Kai-shek's troops conquers Kanton on August - 11.
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