Historical Events In August - 11
Tuesday, 05 July 2022
1962 On this day in history beach Boys release "Surfin' Safari"
1963 Kingston Trio are mystery guest on "What's My Line?" on August - 11.
1964 Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night" opens in NYC on August - 11.
1964 On August - 11 race riot in Paterson NJ
1965 6 day insurrection starts in Watts section of Los Angeles on August - 11.
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 August - 11.
1968 Lucien Cerfaux, Belgian biblical scholar, dies on this day in history.
1972 Max Theiler, S Afr/US microbiologist (vaccin-Nobel 1951), dies at 73 on August - 11.
1973 Peggy Castle, actress (Lily Merrill-Lawman), dies of cirrhosis at 46 on August - 11.
1974 On this day in history 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 Anthony C McAuliffe, US gen/commandant 101st div (Nuts!), dies at 77 on this day in history.
1976 On this day in history keith Moon, drummer for the Who, collapses and is hospitalized in Miami
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 On this day in history tom Drake, actor (Green Years, Warkill), dies of lung cancer at 63
1984 On this day in history carl Lewis duplicates Jesse Owens' 1936 feat, wins 4 Olym track golds
1984 During a radio voice test Pres Reagan joked he "signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in 5 minutes" on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1987 On this day in history clara Peller, commercial spokesperson (Wendy's), dies at 86
1988 On August - 11 meir Kahane renounced US citizenship to stay in Israeli Parliament
1988 Anne Ramsey, actress (Throw Mama From Train), dies of cancer at 59 on August - 11.
1989 On August - 11 "Nightmare on Elm Street 5 The Dream Child" premiers
1989 Voyager 2 discovers 2 partial rings of Neptune on August - 11.
1989 On August - 11 john Meillon, actor (Wild Duck, Crocodile Dundee), dies
1989 On this day in history "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 On this day in history jef Contryn, Flemish pioneer puppet theatre, dies at 89
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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