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 August - 11.  

1964  On August - 11 beatles' "A Hard Day's Night" opens in NYC  

1964  Race riot in Paterson NJ on August - 11.  

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

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

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

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

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1972  On this day in history 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  The first CH-46E Sea Knight with newly developed fiberglass rotor blades was flown by Marine Corps helicopter pilots on this day in history.  

1978  Funeral of Pope Paul VI on this day in history.  

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

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 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 this day in history.  

1987  On this day in history clara Peller, commercial spokesperson (Wendy's), dies at 86  

1988  On August - 11 meir Kahane renounced US citizenship to stay in Israeli Parliament  

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  On this day in history john Meillon, actor (Wild Duck, Crocodile Dundee), dies  

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 this day in history.  

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

1600  Paul Hallman, composer was born on August - 11.  

1613  On this day in history birth of cristoph Kaldenbach, composer  

1635  On this day in history birth of thomas Betterton, London, actor/dramatist (Coriolanus)  

1667  Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (d. 1743) was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of martin Gerbert, composer  

0353  Death of Magnentius, Roman usurper (b. 303) on August - 11.  

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 August - 11 death of wilfred the Hairy, Count of Barcelona  

1171  Louis I, Earl of Wage/Rieneck, dies on this day in history.  

1180  Guillaume de/Willem van Sens, Fren master builder (Canterbury), dies on this day in history.  

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

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