Page 6: Historical Events In August - 11

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

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

1964  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1966  Last Beatle concert tour of the US begins on this day in history.   

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 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  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  Anthony C McAuliffe, US gen/commandant 101st div (Nuts!), dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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  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  Carl Lewis duplicates Jesse Owens' 1936 feat, wins 4 Olym track golds on this day in history.   

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

1984  On August - 11 alfred A Knopf, US publisher, dies at 91   

1985  On August - 11 challenger flies to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz   

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

1988  On this day in history meir Kahane renounced US citizenship to stay in Israeli Parliament   

1988  On August - 11 anne Ramsey, actress (Throw Mama From Train), dies of cancer at 59   

1989  On August - 11 "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 this day in history.   

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

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

1600  On this day in history birth of paul Hallman, composer   

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

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 this day in history.   

1673  On this day in history birth of richard Mead, London, physician   

1718  Sir Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (d. 1791) was born on August - 11.   

1720  Martin Gerbert, composer was born on August - 11.   

0353  On August - 11 death of magnentius, Roman usurper (b. 303)   

0449  On August - 11 death of flavian, Patriarch of Constantinople   

0480  On August - 11 death of leonidas, King of Sparta (b. circa 540 BC)   

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

1183  Christian I, archbishop of Mainz, dies on this day in history.   

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