Historical Events In August - 11
Thursday, 28 March 2024
1962 Beach Boys release "Surfin' Safari" on this day in history.
1963 Kingston Trio are mystery guest on "What's My Line?" on August - 11.
1964 On this day in history beatles' "A Hard Day's Night" opens in NYC
1964 On August - 11 race riot in Paterson NJ
1965 6 day insurrection starts in Watts section of Los Angeles on August - 11.
1965 On August - 11 beatles movie "Help" opens in NYC
1965 On August - 11 bill Woodfull, cricketer (35 Tests for Australia), dies
1966 On this day in history indonesian Malaysian peace agreement signed in Djakarta
1966 On August - 11 last Beatle concert tour of the US begins
1968 On this day in history lucien Cerfaux, Belgian biblical scholar, dies
1972 On this day in history 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 August - 11.
1974 On this day in history head-on collision between two buses kills 21 (Ankara, Turkey)
1974 On this day in history jack Hill, cricketer (3 Tests for Australia 1953-55, 8 wickets), dies
1975 US vetoes proposed admission of North and South Vietnam to UN on this day in history.
1975 Anthony C McAuliffe, US gen/commandant 101st div (Nuts!), dies at 77 on August - 11.
1976 On August - 11 keith Moon, drummer for the Who, collapses and is hospitalized in Miami
1977 The first CH-46E Sea Knight with newly developed fiberglass rotor blades was flown by Marine Corps helicopter pilots on August - 11.
1978 On this day in history funeral of Pope Paul VI
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 August - 11 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 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 August - 11.
1988 Anne Ramsey, actress (Throw Mama From Train), dies of cancer at 59 on this day in history.
1989 "Nightmare on Elm Street 5 The Dream Child" premiers on August - 11.
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 August - 11.
1990 On this day in history egypt and Morocco troops land in Saudi Arabia to prevent Iraqi invasion
1991 Jef Contryn, Flemish pioneer puppet theatre, dies at 89 on August - 11.
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 August - 11.
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