Page 6: Historical Events In August - 11

1962  Beach Boys release "Surfin' Safari" on this day in history.   

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

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

1964  On this day in history race riot in Paterson NJ   

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

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

1965  On August - 11 bill Woodfull, cricketer (35 Tests for Australia), dies   

1966  Indonesian Malaysian peace agreement signed in Djakarta on August - 11.   

1966  On August - 11 last Beatle concert tour of the US begins   

1968  Lucien Cerfaux, Belgian biblical scholar, dies on August - 11.   

1972  On this day in history max Theiler, S Afr/US microbiologist (vaccin-Nobel 1951), dies at 73   

1973  On this day in history peggy Castle, actress (Lily Merrill-Lawman), dies of cirrhosis at 46   

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

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 August - 11.   

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

1976  On this day in history keith Moon, drummer for the Who, collapses and is hospitalized in Miami   

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  On August - 11 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  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  On this day in history alfred A Knopf, US publisher, dies at 91   

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 August - 11.   

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

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

1989  Voyager 2 discovers 2 partial rings of Neptune on this day in history.   

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

1991  Jef Contryn, Flemish pioneer puppet theatre, dies at 89 on August - 11.   

1994  On August - 11 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  Mary of York, English princess (d. 1482) was born on August - 11.   

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

1613  On August - 11 birth of cristoph Kaldenbach, composer   

1635  Thomas Betterton, London, actor/dramatist (Coriolanus) was born on August - 11.   

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 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 this day in history.   

0449  On this day in history 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  On this day in history guillaume de/Willem van Sens, Fren master builder (Canterbury), dies   

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.