Page 6: Historical Events In August - 11

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

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 this day in history.   

1964  On August - 11 race riot in Paterson NJ   

1965  6 day insurrection starts in Watts section of Los Angeles on this day in history.   

1965  Beatles movie "Help" opens in NYC on this day in history.   

1965  Bill Woodfull, cricketer (35 Tests for Australia), dies on this day in history.   

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   

1972  On August - 11 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  Head-on collision between two buses kills 21 (Ankara, Turkey) on August - 11.   

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 August - 11.   

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 August - 11.   

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 August - 11 tom Drake, actor (Green Years, Warkill), dies of lung cancer at 63   

1984  On this day in history carl Lewis duplicates Jesse Owens' 1936 feat, wins 4 Olym track golds   

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 this day in history 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  On August - 11 "Nightmare on Elm Street 5 The Dream Child" premiers   

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

1990  Egypt and Morocco troops land in Saudi Arabia to prevent Iraqi invasion on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history jef Contryn, Flemish pioneer puppet theatre, dies at 89   

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 this day in history birth of mary of York, English princess (d. 1482)   

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

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  On this day in history birth of anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (d. 1743)   

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  Martin Gerbert, composer was born on August - 11.   

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

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  On August - 11 louis I, Earl of Wage/Rieneck, dies   

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

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

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