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 August - 11 38 German aircrafts shot down above England   

1941  British PM Winston Churchill and US President Franklin Roosevelt sign the Atlantic Charter on August - 11.   

1942  On this day in history - Sept 30] SS begins exterminating 3,500 Jews in Zelov Lodz Poland   

1942  Richard Heinrich Stein, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1943  On August - 11 flying Officer Lloyd Allan Trigg, 200 Squadron, RAF, won the Victoria Cross over the North Sea   

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

1944  An electric powered rescue hoist was installed on an HNS-1 helicopter at CGAS Floyd Bennett Field on August - 11.   

1944  On August - 11 british premier Winston Churchill arrives in Italy   

1945  On this day in history allies refuse Japan's surrender offer to retain Emperor Hirohito   

1948  Summer Olympics opens in London on this day in history.   

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  17th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 17, Philadelphia 7 (88,885) on August - 11.   

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

1951  Ebbe Hamerik, composer, dies at 52 on August - 11.   

1952  On this day in history hussein proclaimed king of Jordan   

1952  On this day in history hussein Ibn Talal I, proclaimed King of Jordan   

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  On this day in history formal peace takes place, ending 7+ yrs of fighting in Indochina between French and Communist Vietminh   

1954  BC Lions plays its 1st CF game, they lose to Montreal Alouettes, 22-0 on this day in history.   

1955  On this day in history indonesia govt of Harahap forms   

1956  Elvis Presley releases "Don't Be Cruel" on this day in history.   

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  On August - 11 patty Berg wins LPGA All-American Golf Open   

1960  Chad declares independence on August - 11.   

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  Chad declares Independence from France on August - 11.   

1961  On this day in history warren Spahn records victory #300, beats Cubs 2-1   

1962  Andrian G Nikolayev, becomes 3rd Russian in space aboard Vostok 3 on August - 11.   

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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  On August - 11 birth of cristoph Kaldenbach, composer   

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

1667  On this day in history birth of anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (d. 1743)   

1673  Richard Mead, London, physician was born on August - 11.   

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

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

0353  Death of Magnentius, Roman usurper (b. 303) on this day in history.   

0449  On August - 11 death of flavian, Patriarch of Constantinople   

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

0897  On this day in history death of wilfred the Hairy, Count of Barcelona   

1171  Louis I, Earl of Wage/Rieneck, dies on this day in history.   

1180  Guillaume de/Willem van Sens, Fren master builder (Canterbury), dies on August - 11.   

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

1204  On August - 11 death of king Guttorm of Norway (b. 1199)