Page 6: Historical Events In August - 11

1962  Beach Boys release "Surfin' Safari" on August - 11.   

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

1964  On this day in history beatles' "A Hard Day's Night" opens in NYC   

1964  Race riot in Paterson NJ on this day in history.   

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  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 August - 11 peggy Castle, actress (Lily Merrill-Lawman), dies of cirrhosis at 46   

1974  Head-on collision between two buses kills 21 (Ankara, Turkey) on this day in history.   

1974  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history funeral of Pope Paul VI   

1982  On this day in history 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 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  On August - 11 challenger flies to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz   

1987  Clara Peller, commercial spokesperson (Wendy's), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

1988  Meir Kahane renounced US citizenship to stay in Israeli Parliament on this day in history.   

1988  Anne Ramsey, actress (Throw Mama From Train), dies of cancer at 59 on this day in history.   

1989  "Nightmare on Elm Street 5 The Dream Child" premiers on August - 11.   

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  On August - 11 "Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child" premiers   

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 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 this day in history.   

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

1613  On this day in history 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  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  Death of Leonidas, King of Sparta (b. circa 540 BC) on this day in history.   

0897  On this day in history death of wilfred the Hairy, Count of Barcelona   

1171  Louis I, Earl of Wage/Rieneck, dies on August - 11.   

1180  On this day in history guillaume de/Willem van Sens, Fren master builder (Canterbury), dies   

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

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