Page 5: Historical Events In August - 11

1937  Bakr Sidqi, general/dictator of Iraq, dies on this day in history.   

1939  Sergei Rachmaninovs last appearance in Europe on August - 11.   

1940  On this day in history 38 German aircrafts shot down above England   

1941  British PM Winston Churchill and US President Franklin Roosevelt sign the Atlantic Charter on this day in history.   

1942  On August - 11 - Sept 30] SS begins exterminating 3,500 Jews in Zelov Lodz Poland   

1942  On this day in history richard Heinrich Stein, composer, dies at 60   

1943  Flying Officer Lloyd Allan Trigg, 200 Squadron, RAF, won the Victoria Cross over the North Sea on this day in history.   

1943  Red Army recaptures Tchukujev, at Kharkov on August - 11.   

1944  On this day in history an electric powered rescue hoist was installed on an HNS-1 helicopter at CGAS Floyd Bennett Field.   

1944  On this day in history british premier Winston Churchill arrives in Italy   

1945  On August - 11 allies refuse Japan's surrender offer to retain Emperor Hirohito   

1948  On this day in history summer Olympics opens in London   

1949  On August - 11 1st Naples-Capri swim, 17 miles (27 km) (Giovanni Gambi)   

1949  Karl Weigl, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1950  On this day in history 17th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 17, Philadelphia 7 (88,885)   

1951  On August - 11 100,000 acres flooded from Mississippi R in Ks, Okla, Mo & Ill   

1951  On August - 11 ebbe Hamerik, composer, dies at 52   

1952  On August - 11 hussein proclaimed king of Jordan   

1952  Hussein Ibn Talal I, proclaimed King of Jordan on August - 11.   

1952  On this day in history riccardo Martin, composer, dies at 77   

1953  On this day in history ludwig Strauss, German/Israeli writer (Heimliche Gegenwart), dies   

1954  Formal peace takes place, ending 7+ yrs of fighting in Indochina between French and Communist Vietminh on this day in history.   

1954  BC Lions plays its 1st CF game, they lose to Montreal Alouettes, 22-0 on August - 11.   

1955  Indonesia govt of Harahap forms on this day in history.   

1956  On this day in history elvis Presley releases "Don't Be Cruel"   

1956  On August - 11 1st flight 4-motor Cessna 620   

1956  On August - 11 jackson Pollock, abstract artist, dies in auto accident (East Hampton)   

1957  Patty Berg wins LPGA All-American Golf Open on August - 11.   

1960  On August - 11 chad declares independence   

1960  Chad gains independence from France on this day in history.   

1960  In the first recovery of an object after it had been in orbit, a Navy HRS-3 helicopter, operating from the Haiti Victory of the Pacific Missile Range, recovered the instrumented capsule discharged by Discoverer XIII on August - 11.   

1960  Chad declares Independence from France on August - 11.   

1961  On August - 11 warren Spahn records victory #300, beats Cubs 2-1   

1962  On August - 11 andrian G Nikolayev, becomes 3rd Russian in space aboard Vostok 3   

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1467  Mary of York, English princess (d. 1482) was born on this day in history.   

1600  Paul Hallman, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1635  On this day in history birth of thomas Betterton, London, actor/dramatist (Coriolanus)   

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

1673  Richard Mead, London, physician was born on this day in history.   

1718  Sir Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (d. 1791) was born on August - 11.   

1720  Martin Gerbert, composer was born on August - 11.   

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

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

0480  Death of Leonidas, King of Sparta (b. circa 540 BC) on this day in history.   

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

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

1180  On this day in history guillaume de/Willem van Sens, Fren master builder (Canterbury), dies   

1183  On August - 11 christian I, archbishop of Mainz, dies   

1204  On this day in history death of king Guttorm of Norway (b. 1199)