Historical Events In August - 11
Monday, 01 March 2021
1962 On this day in history beach Boys release "Surfin' Safari"
1963 On this day in history kingston Trio are mystery guest on "What's My Line?"
1964 On August - 11 beatles' "A Hard Day's Night" opens in NYC
1964 On this day in history race riot in Paterson NJ
1965 6 day insurrection starts in Watts section of Los Angeles on this day in history.
1965 On this day in history beatles movie "Help" opens in NYC
1965 On this day in history bill Woodfull, cricketer (35 Tests for Australia), dies
1966 On this day in history indonesian Malaysian peace agreement signed in Djakarta
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 On August - 11 max Theiler, S Afr/US microbiologist (vaccin-Nobel 1951), dies at 73
1973 Peggy Castle, actress (Lily Merrill-Lawman), dies of cirrhosis at 46 on August - 11.
1974 On August - 11 head-on collision between two buses kills 21 (Ankara, Turkey)
1974 Jack Hill, cricketer (3 Tests for Australia 1953-55, 8 wickets), dies on August - 11.
1975 US vetoes proposed admission of North and South Vietnam to UN on this day in history.
1975 On this day in history anthony C McAuliffe, US gen/commandant 101st div (Nuts!), dies at 77
1976 On August - 11 keith Moon, drummer for the Who, collapses and is hospitalized in Miami
1977 On this day in history the first CH-46E Sea Knight with newly developed fiberglass rotor blades was flown by Marine Corps helicopter pilots
1978 Funeral of Pope Paul VI on August - 11.
1982 On this day in history tom Drake, actor (Green Years, Warkill), dies of lung cancer at 63
1984 Carl Lewis duplicates Jesse Owens' 1936 feat, wins 4 Olym track golds on this day in history.
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 Alfred A Knopf, US publisher, dies at 91 on this day in history.
1985 Challenger flies to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz on August - 11.
1987 On this day in history clara Peller, commercial spokesperson (Wendy's), dies at 86
1988 Meir Kahane renounced US citizenship to stay in Israeli Parliament on this day in history.
1988 On this day in history anne Ramsey, actress (Throw Mama From Train), dies of cancer at 59
1989 On August - 11 "Nightmare on Elm Street 5 The Dream Child" premiers
1989 On August - 11 voyager 2 discovers 2 partial rings of Neptune
1989 John Meillon, actor (Wild Duck, Crocodile Dundee), dies on this day in history.
1989 "Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child" premiers on this day in history.
1990 On this day in history egypt and Morocco troops land in Saudi Arabia to prevent Iraqi invasion
1991 Jef Contryn, Flemish pioneer puppet theatre, dies at 89 on this day in history.
1994 On this day in history 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.
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