Page 4: Historical Events In August - 11
Saturday, 19 July 2025
1909 SOS first used by an American ship, Arapahoe, off Cape Hatteras, NC on August - 11.
1909 Liner "Arapahoe" is 1st ship to use SOS distress call on this day in history.
1909 On this day in history gaston Gilbert Litaize, composer
1910 On this day in history denis Moloney, NZ cricket all-rounder (1937 England tour)
1911 Alphonse de Waelhens, Flemish philosopher (Psychosis) on this day in history.
1912 Jean Parker, Butte Mont, actress (Beyond Tomorrow, Little Women) on this day in history.
1913 On this day in history angus Wilson, England, writer (Mulberry Bush-1955)
1914 Jews are expelled from Mitchenick Poland on August - 11.
1914 On August - 11 france declares war on Austria-Hungary
1915 Kunio Toda, composer on this day in history.
1917 Dik Browne, cartoonist (Hi & Lois, Hagar the Horrible) on August - 11.
1918 Battle of Amiens ends in WW I, Allieds beat Germans on August - 11.
1919 Green Bay Packers football club founded on this day in history.
1919 On August - 11 andrew Carnegie, US steel industrialist/philanthropist, dies at 83
1920 1st peace of Riga-Soviet Union recognizes Independence of Latvia on August - 11.
1920 On August - 11 derry Jeffares, Honorary Prof of English Studies (Stirling U)
1921 On this day in history alex Haley, US, writer (Autobiography of Malcolm X, Roots)
1923 On August - 11 dutch Premier de Geer resigns
1923 Stan Chambers, American television reporter on this day in history.
1924 1st newsreel pictures of presidential candidates were taken on this day in history.
1924 On August - 11 arlene Dahl, Minneapolis Minnesota, actress/TV panelist (Ambush)
1925 On this day in history carl Rowan, gun-toting newspaper columnist (Wash Post)
1926 On this day in history cleve Indian Tris Speaker hits his 700th double
1926 On this day in history aaron Klug, OM/PRS/biochemist
1927 James Eaton, Lord-Lieutenant of the City of Londonderry on August - 11.
1928 On August - 11 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 Temp reaches 136 degrees F (58ø C) at San Luis Potos¡, Mex (world record) on this day in history.
1933 Temp reaches 136°F (57.8°C) at San Luis Potosi, Mex (world record) on August - 11.
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 this day in history william Watson, British poet (Purple East), dies
1936 Chaing Kai-shek's troops conquers Kanton on this day in history.
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