Page 5: Historical Events In August - 11

1937  Bakr Sidqi, general/dictator of Iraq, dies on August - 11.   

1939  On this day in history sergei Rachmaninovs last appearance in Europe   

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

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

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

1942  On August - 11 richard Heinrich Stein, composer, dies at 60   

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

1943  On August - 11 red Army recaptures Tchukujev, at Kharkov   

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 August - 11 british premier Winston Churchill arrives in Italy   

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

1948  Summer Olympics opens in London on August - 11.   

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

1951  On this day in history 100,000 acres flooded from Mississippi R in Ks, Okla, Mo & Ill   

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

1952  On August - 11 hussein proclaimed king of Jordan   

1952  On August - 11 hussein Ibn Talal I, proclaimed King of Jordan   

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 August - 11.   

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

1955  Indonesia govt of Harahap forms on August - 11.   

1956  Elvis Presley releases "Don't Be Cruel" on August - 11.   

1956  1st flight 4-motor Cessna 620 on August - 11.   

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  On August - 11 chad declares independence   

1960  On August - 11 chad gains independence from France   

1960  On August - 11 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 this day in history.   

1961  Warren Spahn records victory #300, beats Cubs 2-1 on this day in history.   

1962  Andrian G Nikolayev, becomes 3rd Russian in space aboard Vostok 3 on this day in history.   

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

1600  On August - 11 birth of paul Hallman, composer   

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

1718  On this day in history birth of sir Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (d. 1791)   

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

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 this day in history.   

0897  On this day in history 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  On August - 11 death of king Guttorm of Norway (b. 1199)