Page 6: Historical Events In August - 11

1962  On this day in history beach Boys release "Surfin' Safari"   

1963  On this day in history kingston Trio are mystery guest on "What's My Line?"   

1964  Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night" opens in NYC on August - 11.   

1964  Race riot in Paterson NJ on August - 11.   

1965  On August - 11 6 day insurrection starts in Watts section of Los Angeles   

1965  On this day in history beatles movie "Help" opens in NYC   

1965  On this day in history bill Woodfull, cricketer (35 Tests for Australia), dies   

1966  Indonesian Malaysian peace agreement signed in Djakarta on this day in history.   

1966  On this day in history last Beatle concert tour of the US begins   

1968  Lucien Cerfaux, Belgian biblical scholar, dies on this day in history.   

1972  On August - 11 max Theiler, S Afr/US microbiologist (vaccin-Nobel 1951), dies at 73   

1973  Peggy Castle, actress (Lily Merrill-Lawman), dies of cirrhosis at 46 on this day in history.   

1974  Head-on collision between two buses kills 21 (Ankara, Turkey) on August - 11.   

1974  Jack Hill, cricketer (3 Tests for Australia 1953-55, 8 wickets), dies on this day in history.   

1975  On August - 11 uS vetoes proposed admission of North and South Vietnam to UN   

1975  Anthony C McAuliffe, US gen/commandant 101st div (Nuts!), dies at 77 on August - 11.   

1976  Keith Moon, drummer for the Who, collapses and is hospitalized in Miami on this day in history.   

1977  On August - 11 the first CH-46E Sea Knight with newly developed fiberglass rotor blades was flown by Marine Corps helicopter pilots   

1978  On this day in history funeral of Pope Paul VI   

1982  On this day in history tom Drake, actor (Green Years, Warkill), dies of lung cancer at 63   

1984  On August - 11 carl Lewis duplicates Jesse Owens' 1936 feat, wins 4 Olym track golds   

1984  During a radio voice test Pres Reagan joked he "signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in 5 minutes" on August - 11.   

1984  Alfred A Knopf, US publisher, dies at 91 on August - 11.   

1985  On this day in history challenger flies to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz   

1987  Clara Peller, commercial spokesperson (Wendy's), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1988  Meir Kahane renounced US citizenship to stay in Israeli Parliament on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history anne Ramsey, actress (Throw Mama From Train), dies of cancer at 59   

1989  On this day in history "Nightmare on Elm Street 5 The Dream Child" premiers   

1989  On August - 11 voyager 2 discovers 2 partial rings of Neptune   

1989  On August - 11 john Meillon, actor (Wild Duck, Crocodile Dundee), dies   

1989  On this day in history "Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child" premiers   

1990  On August - 11 egypt and Morocco troops land in Saudi Arabia to prevent Iraqi invasion   

1991  Jef Contryn, Flemish pioneer puppet theatre, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1994  On this day in history history was made on August 11, 1994, when the first retail transaction on the Internet was carried out using a readily available version of powerful data encryption software designed to guarantee privacy.   

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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  On August - 11 birth of thomas Betterton, London, actor/dramatist (Coriolanus)   

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

0480  On August - 11 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 this day in history louis I, Earl of Wage/Rieneck, dies   

1180  On this day in history guillaume de/Willem van Sens, Fren master builder (Canterbury), dies   

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

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