Page 4: Historical Events In August - 11

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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1467  On August - 11 birth of mary of York, English princess (d. 1482)   

1600  Paul Hallman, composer was born on August - 11.   

1613  Cristoph Kaldenbach, composer was born on August - 11.   

1635  Thomas Betterton, London, actor/dramatist (Coriolanus) was born on August - 11.   

1667  On August - 11 birth of anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (d. 1743)   

1673  On this day in history birth of richard Mead, London, physician   

1718  Sir Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (d. 1791) was born on this day in history.   

1720  On this day in history birth of martin Gerbert, composer   

0353  On August - 11 death of magnentius, Roman usurper (b. 303)   

0449  On this day in history death of flavian, Patriarch of Constantinople   

0480  On August - 11 death of leonidas, King of Sparta (b. circa 540 BC)   

0897  On August - 11 death of wilfred the Hairy, Count of Barcelona   

1171  On August - 11 louis I, Earl of Wage/Rieneck, dies   

1180  Guillaume de/Willem van Sens, Fren master builder (Canterbury), dies on this day in history.   

1183  Christian I, archbishop of Mainz, dies on this day in history.   

1204  Death of King Guttorm of Norway (b. 1199) on this day in history.