Page 6: Historical Events In August - 11

1962  On August - 11 beach Boys release "Surfin' Safari"   

1963  On August - 11 kingston Trio are mystery guest on "What's My Line?"   

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

1964  On August - 11 race riot in Paterson NJ   

1965  On this day in history 6 day insurrection starts in Watts section of Los Angeles   

1965  On August - 11 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 August - 11.   

1966  Last Beatle concert tour of the US begins on August - 11.   

1968  On August - 11 lucien Cerfaux, Belgian biblical scholar, dies   

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

1973  On August - 11 peggy Castle, actress (Lily Merrill-Lawman), dies of cirrhosis at 46   

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

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

1975  US vetoes proposed admission of North and South Vietnam to UN on this day in history.   

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

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

1977  On this day in history the first CH-46E Sea Knight with newly developed fiberglass rotor blades was flown by Marine Corps helicopter pilots   

1978  Funeral of Pope Paul VI on August - 11.   

1982  Tom Drake, actor (Green Years, Warkill), dies of lung cancer at 63 on August - 11.   

1984  On this day in history carl Lewis duplicates Jesse Owens' 1936 feat, wins 4 Olym track golds   

1984  On this day in history during a radio voice test Pres Reagan joked he "signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in 5 minutes"   

1984  Alfred A Knopf, US publisher, dies at 91 on this day in history.   

1985  Challenger flies to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz on August - 11.   

1987  On August - 11 clara Peller, commercial spokesperson (Wendy's), dies at 86   

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

1988  Anne Ramsey, actress (Throw Mama From Train), dies of cancer at 59 on this day in history.   

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  John Meillon, actor (Wild Duck, Crocodile Dundee), dies on August - 11.   

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

1990  Egypt and Morocco troops land in Saudi Arabia to prevent Iraqi invasion on August - 11.   

1991  On August - 11 jef Contryn, Flemish pioneer puppet theatre, dies at 89   

1994  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 on this day in history.   

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

1600  Paul Hallman, composer was born on this day in history.   

1613  Cristoph Kaldenbach, composer was born on August - 11.   

1635  On August - 11 birth of thomas Betterton, London, actor/dramatist (Coriolanus)   

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

1673  Richard Mead, London, physician was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

0353  On this day in history death of magnentius, Roman usurper (b. 303)   

0449  On this day in history death of flavian, Patriarch of Constantinople   

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

1180  On August - 11 guillaume de/Willem van Sens, Fren master builder (Canterbury), dies   

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

1204  Death of King Guttorm of Norway (b. 1199) on August - 11.