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Tuesday, 11 August 2026
1943 Texas League announces it will quit for the duration of WWII 
1943 Gen-major Bradley flies to Algiers
1944 Argentina coup by Juan Peron minister of war.
1944 The inaugural detection of a submerged enemy submarine by the use of MAD gear was made by Catalinas of VP-63, on a MAD barrier patrol of the approaches to the Strait of Gibraltar. They attacked the U-761
1944 Leo H A Baekeland, Belgian/US chemist (bakeliet), dies at 80.
1945 U.S. troops liberate Manila from the Japanese during WWII.
1945 Egypt and Syria declares war on Nazi-Germany
1945 Ahmed Maher Pasha, Egypt's PM, assassinated in parliament.
1946 Juan Peron elected as the President of Argentina
1946 Juan Peron elected President of Argentina
1948 Communist Party seizes complete control of Czechoslovakia.
1949 Israel and Egypt sign an armistice agreement
1949 V-2/WAC-Corporal inaugural rocket to outer space, White Sands NM, 400 km.
1950 In this year, Labour claims British parliamentary election.
1951 Ice Pairs Championship at Milan won by Ria Baran and Paul Falk of Germany.
1951 Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Milan won by Jeanette Altwegg of Great Britain
1951 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Milan won by Richard Button USA.
1951 "Bless You All" closes at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC after 84 perfs
1953 Karl R G von Rundstedt, Germ gen-field marshal (Ardennes), dies at 77
1955 "Silk Stockings" opens at Imperial Theater NYC for 461 performances.
1955 Pact of Baghdad between Iraq and Turkey signed.
1955 Alain Prost, French Formula 1 racing driver is born
1958 Fernand Baldensperger [Fernand Baldenne], French poet, dies at 86.
1960 Italian government of Segni falls.
1960 US beats Germany in Olympics hockey finals round, 9-1.
1960 Jean Binet, composer, dies at 66
1961 Explorer (10) fails to reach Earth orbit
1962 General mobilization in Indonesia over New-Guinea.
1964 Cassius Clay beats Sonny Liston for heavyweight boxing championship.
1964 Alexander Archipenko, Ukr sculptor/water colors painter, dies at 76
1965 Beatles begin filming "Help" in the Bahamas.
1965 East German President Ulbricht visits Egypt
1966 Coup ousts President Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana
1967 Franz Waxman, German composer (Day at the races), dies at 60.
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