Historical Events In August - 11
Tuesday, 14 July 2020
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 this day in history.
1964 On this day in history race riot in Paterson NJ
1965 6 day insurrection starts in Watts section of Los Angeles on August - 11.
1965 Beatles movie "Help" opens in NYC on this day in history.
1965 Bill Woodfull, cricketer (35 Tests for Australia), dies on August - 11.
1966 Indonesian Malaysian peace agreement signed in Djakarta on August - 11.
1966 Last Beatle concert tour of the US begins on August - 11.
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 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 On this day in history jack Hill, cricketer (3 Tests for Australia 1953-55, 8 wickets), dies
1975 On August - 11 uS vetoes proposed admission of North and South Vietnam to UN
1975 On August - 11 anthony C McAuliffe, US gen/commandant 101st div (Nuts!), dies at 77
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 August - 11.
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 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 August - 11.
1985 On August - 11 challenger flies to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz
1987 Clara Peller, commercial spokesperson (Wendy's), dies at 86 on this day in history.
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 "Nightmare on Elm Street 5 The Dream Child" premiers on this day in history.
1989 On August - 11 voyager 2 discovers 2 partial rings of Neptune
1989 On August - 11 john Meillon, actor (Wild Duck, Crocodile Dundee), dies
1989 On August - 11 "Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child" premiers
1990 Egypt and Morocco troops land in Saudi Arabia to prevent Iraqi invasion on this day in history.
1991 Jef Contryn, Flemish pioneer puppet theatre, dies at 89 on August - 11.
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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