Page 5: Historical Events In August - 11
Saturday, 12 July 2025
1937 Bakr Sidqi, general/dictator of Iraq, dies on August - 11.
1939 Sergei Rachmaninovs last appearance in Europe on this day in history.
1940 On August - 11 38 German aircrafts shot down above England
1941 On this day in history british PM Winston Churchill and US President Franklin Roosevelt sign the Atlantic Charter
1942 - Sept 30] SS begins exterminating 3,500 Jews in Zelov Lodz Poland on this day in history.
1942 Richard Heinrich Stein, composer, dies at 60 on August - 11.
1943 On this day in history flying Officer Lloyd Allan Trigg, 200 Squadron, RAF, won the Victoria Cross over the North Sea
1943 On this day in history red Army recaptures Tchukujev, at Kharkov
1944 On August - 11 an electric powered rescue hoist was installed on an HNS-1 helicopter at CGAS Floyd Bennett Field.
1944 British premier Winston Churchill arrives in Italy on August - 11.
1945 On this day in history allies refuse Japan's surrender offer to retain Emperor Hirohito
1948 On this day in history summer Olympics opens in London
1949 1st Naples-Capri swim, 17 miles (27 km) (Giovanni Gambi) on August - 11.
1949 On this day in history karl Weigl, composer, dies at 68
1950 On this day in history 17th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 17, Philadelphia 7 (88,885)
1951 100,000 acres flooded from Mississippi R in Ks, Okla, Mo & Ill on August - 11.
1951 On August - 11 ebbe Hamerik, composer, dies at 52
1952 Hussein proclaimed king of Jordan on August - 11.
1952 Hussein Ibn Talal I, proclaimed King of Jordan on this day in history.
1952 On August - 11 riccardo Martin, composer, dies at 77
1953 On August - 11 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 On this day in history bC Lions plays its 1st CF game, they lose to Montreal Alouettes, 22-0
1955 On August - 11 indonesia govt of Harahap forms
1956 Elvis Presley releases "Don't Be Cruel" on August - 11.
1956 1st flight 4-motor Cessna 620 on this day in history.
1956 Jackson Pollock, abstract artist, dies in auto accident (East Hampton) on August - 11.
1957 On this day in history patty Berg wins LPGA All-American Golf Open
1960 On this day in history chad declares independence
1960 Chad gains independence from France on this day in history.
1960 On this day in history 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
1960 On August - 11 chad declares Independence from France
1961 Warren Spahn records victory #300, beats Cubs 2-1 on August - 11.
1962 On this day in history andrian G Nikolayev, becomes 3rd Russian in space aboard Vostok 3
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