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 this day in history.  

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  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 this day in history.  

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

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  On this day in history 1st Naples-Capri swim, 17 miles (27 km) (Giovanni Gambi)  

1949  On this day in history karl Weigl, composer, dies at 68  

1950  17th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 17, Philadelphia 7 (88,885) on August - 11.  

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 August - 11.  

1952  Hussein proclaimed king of Jordan on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1954  On August - 11 formal peace takes place, ending 7+ yrs of fighting in Indochina between French and Communist Vietminh  

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  On August - 11 elvis Presley releases "Don't Be Cruel"  

1956  1st flight 4-motor Cessna 620 on this day in history.  

1956  On this day in history jackson Pollock, abstract artist, dies in auto accident (East Hampton)  

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

1960  Chad declares independence on this day in history.  

1960  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1960  Chad declares Independence from France on August - 11.  

1961  Warren Spahn records victory #300, beats Cubs 2-1 on August - 11.  

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

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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  On this day in history birth of cristoph Kaldenbach, composer  

1635  On August - 11 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 August - 11.  

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

1720  Martin Gerbert, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

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

0480  On this day in history death of leonidas, King of Sparta (b. circa 540 BC)  

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

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  On this day in history christian I, archbishop of Mainz, dies  

1204  Death of King Guttorm of Norway (b. 1199) on this day in history.