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 this day in history.   

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  Beatles movie "Help" opens in NYC on August - 11.   

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 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 this day in history 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  On August - 11 jack Hill, cricketer (3 Tests for Australia 1953-55, 8 wickets), dies   

1975  On this day in history 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  On August - 11 keith Moon, drummer for the Who, collapses and is hospitalized in Miami   

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 August - 11 funeral of Pope Paul VI   

1982  Tom Drake, actor (Green Years, Warkill), dies of lung cancer at 63 on this day in history.   

1984  Carl Lewis duplicates Jesse Owens' 1936 feat, wins 4 Olym track golds on August - 11.   

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  On August - 11 alfred A Knopf, US publisher, dies at 91   

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 August - 11.   

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

1989  Voyager 2 discovers 2 partial rings of Neptune on August - 11.   

1989  John Meillon, actor (Wild Duck, Crocodile Dundee), dies on this day in history.   

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  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  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  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 August - 11.   

1718  On this day in history birth of sir Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (d. 1791)   

1720  On August - 11 birth of martin Gerbert, composer   

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

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 August - 11.   

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

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