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  38 German aircrafts shot down above England on August - 11.   

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

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

1944  British premier Winston Churchill arrives in Italy on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1949  On August - 11 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 this day in history.   

1951  Ebbe Hamerik, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

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  Riccardo Martin, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1953  Ludwig Strauss, German/Israeli writer (Heimliche Gegenwart), dies on August - 11.   

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

1954  On August - 11 bC Lions plays its 1st CF game, they lose to Montreal Alouettes, 22-0   

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  Jackson Pollock, abstract artist, dies in auto accident (East Hampton) on August - 11.   

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

1960  Chad declares independence on August - 11.   

1960  On August - 11 chad gains independence from France   

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  On this day in history chad declares Independence from France   

1961  On August - 11 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  Mary of York, English princess (d. 1482) was born on this day in history.   

1600  On August - 11 birth of paul Hallman, composer   

1613  Cristoph Kaldenbach, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1667  Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (d. 1743) was born on August - 11.   

1673  On August - 11 birth of richard Mead, London, physician   

1718  On August - 11 birth of sir Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (d. 1791)   

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

0353  Death of Magnentius, Roman usurper (b. 303) on August - 11.   

0449  Death of Flavian, Patriarch of Constantinople on August - 11.   

0480  Death of Leonidas, King of Sparta (b. circa 540 BC) on August - 11.   

0897  Death of Wilfred the Hairy, Count of Barcelona on this day in history.   

1171  On this day in history louis I, Earl of Wage/Rieneck, dies   

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

1183  Christian I, archbishop of Mainz, dies on August - 11.   

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