August 11th All Events |
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| August 11th, 2492 (August 11 2492) | Event | Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation. | |
| August 11th, 2006 (August 11 2006) | Death | Mike Douglas, American singer and talk show host (born in 1925) | |
| August 11th, 2005 (August 11 2005) | Death | James Booth, English actor (born in 1927) | |
| August 11th, 2003 (August 11 2003) | Event | NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history. | |
| August 11th, 2003 (August 11 2003) | Event | Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand. | |
| August 11th, 2003 (August 11 2003) | Event | A heat wave in Paris resulted in temperatures rising to 112øF (44ø C), leaving about 144 people dead. | |
| August 11th, 2003 (August 11 2003) | Death | Armand Borel, Swiss mathematician (born in 1923) | |
| August 11th, 2003 (August 11 2003) | Death | Herb Brooks, American ice hockey coach (born in 1937) | |
| August 11th, 2002 (August 11 2002) | Death | Galen Rowell, American photographer and mountain climber (born in 1940) | |
| August 11th, 2001 (August 11 2001) | Death | Percy Stallard, English racing cyclist (born in 1909) | |
| August 11th, 2000 (August 11 2000) | Death | Jean Papineau-Couture, Canadian composer (born in 1916) | |
| August 11th, 1999 (August 11 1999) | Event | The exceptional Salt Lake City Tornado tears through the downtown district of the city, killing one. | |
| August 11th, 1996 (August 11 1996) | Death | Rafael Kubelik, Czech-born conductor and composer (born in 1914) | |
| August 11th, 1996 (August 11 1996) | Death | Mel Taylor, American drummer (The Ventures) (born in 1933) | |
| August 11th, 1995 (August 11 1995) | Death | Phil Harris, American singer and comedian (born in 1904) | |
| August 11th, 1994 (August 11 1994) | Death | Peter Cushing, British actor (born in 1913) | |
| August 11th, 1993 (August 11 1993) | Birth | Alyson Stoner, American actress | |
| August 11th, 1992 (August 11 1992) | Birth | Allison Lozano, Mexican actress | |
| August 11th, 1991 (August 11 1991) | Death | J. D. McDuffie, American NASCAR driver (born in 1939) | |
| August 11th, 1988 (August 11 1988) | Birth | Patrick Mills, Australian basketball player | |
| August 11th, 1988 (August 11 1988) | Death | Anne Ramsey, American actress (born in 1929) | |
| August 11th, 1985 (August 11 1985) | Birth | Grace Adams-Short, British reality television contestant | |
| August 11th, 1984 (August 11 1984) | Birth | Melky Cabrera, Dominican baseball player | |
| August 11th, 1984 (August 11 1984) | Birth | Katie Rees, American Miss Nevada USA | |
| August 11th, 1984 (August 11 1984) | Birth | Lucas Di Grassi, Brazilian racing driver | |
| August 11th, 1984 (August 11 1984) | Death | Alfred A. Knopf, American publisher (born in 1892) | |
| August 11th, 1984 (August 11 1984) | Death | Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian-German chess player (born in 1916) | Paul Schmidt Quotes |
| August 11th, 1982 (August 11 1982) | Birth | Alan Halsall, British actor | |
| August 11th, 1982 (August 11 1982) | Death | Tom Drake, American actor (born in 1918) | |
| August 11th, 1981 (August 11 1981) | Birth | Sandi Thom, Scottish born singer | |
| August 11th, 1981 (August 11 1981) | Birth | Fiona Sit, Hong Kong singer and actress | |
| August 11th, 1980 (August 11 1980) | Birth | Lee Suggs, American football player | |
| August 11th, 1980 (August 11 1980) | Death | Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (born in 1910) | |
| August 11th, 1978 (August 11 1978) | Birth | Jermain Taylor, American boxer | |
| August 11th, 1978 (August 11 1978) | Birth | Amber Brkich, American reality television personality | |
| August 11th, 1976 (August 11 1976) | Birth | Ben Gibbard, American musician (Death Cab for Cutie, The Postal Service) | |
| August 11th, 1976 (August 11 1976) | Birth | Lubomir Visnovsky, Slovak ice hockey player | |
| August 11th, 1976 (August 11 1976) | Birth | Bubba Crosby, American baseball player | |
| August 11th, 1976 (August 11 1976) | Birth | Erick Lindgren, American poker player | |
| August 11th, 1975 (August 11 1975) | Event | East Timor: Governor Mario Lemos Pires of Portuguese Timor abandons the capital Dili, following a coup by the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and Fretilin. | |
| August 11th, 1975 (August 11 1975) | Birth | Davey von Bohlen, American musician, (The Promise Ring, Maritime) | |
| August 11th, 1975 (August 11 1975) | Birth | Ronald Clarke, American musician and founder of aliennetwork Records | |
| August 11th, 1974 (August 11 1974) | Birth | Audrey Mestre, French diver | |
| August 11th, 1974 (August 11 1974) | Birth | Will Friedle, American actor | |
| August 11th, 1974 (August 11 1974) | Birth | Hadiqa Kiyani, Pakistani pop star | |
| August 11th, 1974 (August 11 1974) | Birth | Marie-France Dubreuil, French Canadian figure skater | |
| August 11th, 1974 (August 11 1974) | Death | Vicente Emilio Sojo, Venezuelan musician. | |
| August 11th, 1974 (August 11 1974) | Death | Jan Tschichold, German typographer (born in 1902) | |
| August 11th, 1973 (August 11 1973) | Birth | Nigel Harman, British actor | |
| August 11th, 1972 (August 11 1972) | Event | Vietnam War: The last United States ground combat unit depart South Vietnam. | |
| August 11th, 1972 (August 11 1972) | Birth | Jonathon Prandi, American model | |
| August 11th, 1972 (August 11 1972) | Death | Max Theiler, South African virologist, Nobel Prize Laureate (born in 1899) | |
| August 11th, 1971 (August 11 1971) | Birth | Tommy Mooney, English football player | |
| August 11th, 1971 (August 11 1971) | Birth | Alejandra Barros, Mexican actress | |
| August 11th, 1970 (August 11 1970) | Birth | Andy Bell, English musician (Ride, Hurricane #1, Oasis) | |
| August 11th, 1969 (August 11 1969) | Birth | Jonah Matranga, American singer | |
| August 11th, 1969 (August 11 1969) | Birth | Ashley Jensen, Scottish actress | |
| August 11th, 1968 (August 11 1968) | Event | The last steam passenger train service runs in Britain. A selection of British Rail steam locomotives make the 120-mile journey from Liverpool to Carlisle and returns to Liverpool before having their fires dropped for the last timethis working was known as the Fifteen Guinea Special. | |
| August 11th, 1968 (August 11 1968) | Birth | Lorenzo Bernardi, Italian volleyball player | |
| August 11th, 1968 (August 11 1968) | Birth | Charlie Sexton, American musician | |
| August 11th, 1968 (August 11 1968) | Birth | Alan Kelly, England-born Irish footballer | |
| August 11th, 1968 (August 11 1968) | Birth | Veda Hille, Canadian singer | |
| August 11th, 1968 (August 11 1968) | Birth | Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau | |
| August 11th, 1967 (August 11 1967) | Birth | Enrique Bunbury, Spanish singer | |
| August 11th, 1967 (August 11 1967) | Birth | Collin Chou, Taiwanese actor | |
| August 11th, 1967 (August 11 1967) | Birth | Joe Rogan, American television host | |
| August 11th, 1966 (August 11 1966) | Birth | Nigel Martyn, English footballer | |
| August 11th, 1966 (August 11 1966) | Birth | Embeth Davidtz, American actress | |
| August 11th, 1965 (August 11 1965) | Event | Race riots (the Watts riots) begin in Watts area of Los Angeles, California. | |
| August 11th, 1965 (August 11 1965) | Birth | Marc Bergevin, Canadian professional ice hockey player | |
| August 11th, 1965 (August 11 1965) | Birth | Shinji Mikami, video game designer | |
| August 11th, 1965 (August 11 1965) | Birth | Viola Davis, American actress | |
| August 11th, 1964 (August 11 1964) | Birth | Jim Lee, Korean-born comic book artist | |
| August 11th, 1964 (August 11 1964) | Birth | Miguel A. Nunez Jr., American actor | |
| August 11th, 1963 (August 11 1963) | Birth | Hiromi Makihara, Japanese baseball player | |
| August 11th, 1961 (August 11 1961) | Death | Antanas Skema, Lithuanian writer actor and director (born in 1910) | |
| August 11th, 1960 (August 11 1960) | Event | Chad declares independence. | |
| August 11th, 1959 (August 11 1959) | Birth | Gustavo Cerati, Argentinian musician (Soda Stereo) | |
| August 11th, 1959 (August 11 1959) | Birth | Yoshiaki Murakami, Japanese investor | |
| August 11th, 1957 (August 11 1957) | Birth | Richie Ramone, American musician (The Ramones) | |
| August 11th, 1957 (August 11 1957) | Birth | Ian Stuart Donaldson, British singer (Skrewdriver) | |
| August 11th, 1956 (August 11 1956) | Birth | Pierre-Louis Lions, French mathematician | |
| August 11th, 1956 (August 11 1956) | Death | Jackson Pollock, American artist (born in 1912) | Jackson Pollock Quotes |
| August 11th, 1955 (August 11 1955) | Birth | Sylvia Hermon, British politician | |
| August 11th, 1955 (August 11 1955) | Birth | Marc Bureau, French Canadian politician | |
| August 11th, 1954 (August 11 1954) | Birth | Joe Jackson, English singer | |
| August 11th, 1954 (August 11 1954) | Birth | Juan Maria Solare, Argentine composer | |
| August 11th, 1953 (August 11 1953) | Birth | Hulk Hogan, American professional wrestler | |
| August 11th, 1953 (August 11 1953) | Death | Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver (born in 1892) | |
| August 11th, 1952 (August 11 1952) | Event | Hussein proclaimed king of Jordan | |
| August 11th, 1952 (August 11 1952) | Birth | Bob Mothersbaugh, AKA Bob 1, American Musician (DEVO) | Devo Quotes |
| August 11th, 1951 (August 11 1951) | Birth | Vincent Bilodeau, Quebec actor and comedian | |
| August 11th, 1950 (August 11 1950) | Birth | Erik Brann, American musician (died in 2003) | |
| August 11th, 1950 (August 11 1950) | Birth | Gennidy Nikonov, Russian weapons inventor | |
| August 11th, 1950 (August 11 1950) | Birth | Steve Wozniak, American computer pioneer | Steve Wozniak Quotes |
| August 11th, 1949 (August 11 1949) | Birth | Eric Carmen, American musician | |
| August 11th, 1948 (August 11 1948) | Birth | Jan Palach, Czechoslovakian student protester | |
| August 11th, 1947 (August 11 1947) | Birth | Georgios Karatzaferis, Greek politician | |
| August 11th, 1946 (August 11 1946) | Birth | Marilyn vos Savant, American newspaper columnist | |
| August 11th, 1946 (August 11 1946) | Birth | John Conlee, American country music singer | |
| August 11th, 1944 (August 11 1944) | Birth | Ian McDiarmid, Scottish actor | |
| August 11th, 1944 (August 11 1944) | Birth | Fred Smith, American entrepreneur | |
| August 11th, 1943 (August 11 1943) | Birth | Abigail Folger, American heiress and Manson murder victim (died in 1969) | |
| August 11th, 1943 (August 11 1943) | Birth | Stefania Toczyska, Polish mezzo-soprano | |
| August 11th, 1943 (August 11 1943) | Birth | Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani politician | |
| August 11th, 1942 (August 11 1942) | Birth | Mike Hugg, British musician (Manfred Mann) | |
| August 11th, 1939 (August 11 1939) | Birth | Ronnie Dawson, American rockabilly performer (died in 2003) | |
| August 11th, 1939 (August 11 1939) | Death | Jean Bugatti, Italian automobile designer (born in 1909) | |
| August 11th, 1938 (August 11 1938) | Birth | Branko Stanovnik, Slovenian chemist | |
| August 11th, 1937 (August 11 1937) | Death | Edith Wharton, American author (born in 1862) | Edith Wharton Quotes |
| August 11th, 1936 (August 11 1936) | Birth | Andre Dubus, American short-story writer (died in 1999) | |
| August 11th, 1936 (August 11 1936) | Death | Blas Infante, Spanish writer and politician (born in 1885) | |
| August 11th, 1934 (August 11 1934) | Event | Federal prison opened at Alcatraz Island. | |
| August 11th, 1933 (August 11 1933) | Birth | Jerry Falwell, American preacher (died in 2007) | |
| August 11th, 1932 (August 11 1932) | Birth | Fernando Arrabal, Spanish writer | |
| August 11th, 1932 (August 11 1932) | Birth | Israel Asper, Canadian tax lawyer (died in 2003) | |
| August 11th, 1932 (August 11 1932) | Birth | John Gorrie, English director | |
| August 11th, 1929 (August 11 1929) | Event | Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio. | Babe Ruth Quotes |
| August 11th, 1928 (August 11 1928) | Birth | Arlene Dahl, American actress | |
| August 11th, 1926 (August 11 1926) | Birth | Aaron Klug, Lithuanian-born chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate | |
| August 11th, 1926 (August 11 1926) | Birth | Claus von Bulow, Danish-born British socialite | |
| August 11th, 1925 (August 11 1925) | Birth | Mike Douglas, American entertainer (died in 2006) | |
| August 11th, 1925 (August 11 1925) | Birth | Floyd Curry, National Hockey League player (died in 2006) | |
| August 11th, 1923 (August 11 1923) | Birth | Stan Chambers, American television reporter | |
| August 11th, 1921 (August 11 1921) | Birth | Alex Haley, American historian (died in 1992) | Alex Haley Quotes |
| August 11th, 1920 (August 11 1920) | Event | The Latvia-Bolshevist Russia peace treaty, which relinquished Russia s authority and pretenses to Latvia, is signed. | |
| August 11th, 1920 (August 11 1920) | Birth | Chuck Rayner, Canadian ice hockey player (died in 2002) | Chuck D Quotes |
| August 11th, 1919 (August 11 1919) | Event | Constitution of Weimar Republic adopted | |
| August 11th, 1919 (August 11 1919) | Birth | Ginette Neveu, French violinist (died in 1949) | |
| August 11th, 1919 (August 11 1919) | Death | Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-born industrialist and philanthropist (born in 1835) | Andrew Carnegie Quotes |
| August 11th, 1918 (August 11 1918) | Event | World WarBattle of Amiens ends | |
| August 11th, 1916 (August 11 1916) | Birth | Johnny Claes, Belgian racing driver (died in 1956) | |
| August 11th, 1914 (August 11 1914) | Birth | Jose Silva, American parapsychologist (died in 1999) | |
| August 11th, 1913 (August 11 1913) | Birth | Angus Wilson, British novelist (died in 1991) | |
| August 11th, 1913 (August 11 1913) | Birth | Paul Dupuis, French Canadian actor (died in 1976) | |
| August 11th, 1913 (August 11 1913) | Birth | Bob Scheffing, American professional baseball player and manager (died in 1985) | |
| August 11th, 1912 (August 11 1912) | Birth | Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, German astronomer (died in 1954) | |
| August 11th, 1912 (August 11 1912) | Birth | Thanom Kittikachorn, Prime Minister of Thailand (died in 2004) | |
| August 11th, 1907 (August 11 1907) | Birth | Ted a Beckett, Australian cricketer (died in 1989) | |
| August 11th, 1905 (August 11 1905) | Birth | Erwin Chargaff, Austrian biochemist (died in 2002) | |
| August 11th, 1903 (August 11 1903) | Death | Eugenio Maria de Hostos, Puerto Rican educator and nationalist (born in 1839) | |
| August 11th, 1902 (August 11 1902) | Birth | Alfredo Binda, Italian cyclist (died in 1986) | |
| August 11th, 1902 (August 11 1902) | Birth | Lloyd Nolan, American actor (died in 1985) | |
| August 11th, 1900 (August 11 1900) | Birth | Philip Phillips, American archaeologist (died in 1994) | |
| August 11th, 1898 (August 11 1898) | Event | Spanish-American War: American troops enter the city of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. | |
| August 11th, 1897 (August 11 1897) | Birth | Louise Bogan, American poet (died in 1970) | |
| August 11th, 1897 (August 11 1897) | Birth | Enid Blyton, English author (died in 1968) | |
| August 11th, 1892 (August 11 1892) | Birth | Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese novelist (died in 1962) | |
| August 11th, 1892 (August 11 1892) | Birth | Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish poet (died in 1978) | Hugh MacDiarmid Quotes |
| August 11th, 1892 (August 11 1892) | Death | Enrico Betti, Italian mathematician (born in 1813) | |
| August 11th, 1890 (August 11 1890) | Death | John Henry Cardinal Newman, English Catholic cardinal (born in 1801) | John Henry Cardinal Newman Quotes |
| August 11th, 1886 (August 11 1886) | Death | Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet (born in 1843) | |
| August 11th, 1877 (August 11 1877) | Birth | Adolph M. Christianson, justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court (d.1954) | |
| August 11th, 1872 (August 11 1872) | Birth | Shidehara Kijuro, Prime Minister of Japan (died in 1951) | |
| August 11th, 1870 (August 11 1870) | Birth | Tom Richardson, English cricketer (died in 1912) | |
| August 11th, 1870 (August 11 1870) | Birth | Walter Bowman, Canadian soccer player (d. ?) | |
| August 11th, 1863 (August 11 1863) | Birth | Gaston Doumergue, President of the French Third Republic (died in 1937) | |
| August 11th, 1858 (August 11 1858) | Event | First ascent of the Eiger. | |
| August 11th, 1858 (August 11 1858) | Birth | Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician, Nobel Prize Laureate (died in 1930) | |
| August 11th, 1854 (August 11 1854) | Death | Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist (born in 1798) | |
| August 11th, 1854 (August 11 1854) | Death | Santo Trafficante, Sr., Sicilian-born American mobster (born in 1886) | |
| August 11th, 1851 (August 11 1851) | Death | Lorenz Oken, German naturalist (born in 1779) | |
| August 11th, 1837 (August 11 1837) | Birth | Marie Francois Sadi Carnot, French statesman (died in 1894) | |
| August 11th, 1836 (August 11 1836) | Birth | Warren Brown, American politician (died in 1919) | |
| August 11th, 1833 (August 11 1833) | Birth | Robert G. Ingersoll, American politician and soldier (died in 1899) | Robert G. Ingersoll Quotes |
| August 11th, 1833 (August 11 1833) | Birth | Kido Takayoshi, Japanese politician (died in 1877) | |
| August 11th, 1813 (August 11 1813) | Death | Henry James Pye, English poet (born in 1745) | Henry James Quotes |
| August 11th, 1807 (August 11 1807) | Birth | David Rice Atchison, American politician (died in 1886) | |
| August 11th, 1804 (August 11 1804) | Event | Francis II assumed title of first Emperor of Austria | |
| August 11th, 1794 (August 11 1794) | Birth | James Barton Longacre, American engraver (died in 1869) | |
| August 11th, 1786 (August 11 1786) | Event | Captain Francis Light established the British colony of Penang in Malaysia | |
| August 11th, 1778 (August 11 1778) | Birth | Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, German (Prussian) gymnastics educator and nationalist (died in 1852) | |
| August 11th, 1774 (August 11 1774) | Death | Tiphaigne de la Roche, French writer (born in 1722) | |
| August 11th, 1722 (August 11 1722) | Birth | Richard Brocklesby, English physician (died in 1797) | |
| August 11th, 1718 (August 11 1718) | Birth | Sir Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (died in 1791) | |
| August 11th, 1673 (August 11 1673) | Birth | Richard Mead, English physician (died in 1754) | |
| August 11th, 1667 (August 11 1667) | Birth | Anna Maria Luisa de Medici, last of the Medicis (died in 1743) | |
| August 11th, 1656 (August 11 1656) | Death | Prince Octavio Piccolomini, Duke of Amalfi, Austrian field marshal (born in 1599) | |
| August 11th, 1614 (August 11 1614) | Death | Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (born in 1552) | |
| August 11th, 1596 (August 11 1596) | Death | Hamnet Shakespeare, son of William Shakespeare (born in 1585) | William Shakespeare Quotes |
| August 11th, 1578 (August 11 1578) | Death | Pedro Nunes, Portuguese mathematician (born in 1502) | |
| August 11th, 1563 (August 11 1563) | Death | Bartolome de Escobedo, Spanish composer (born in circa 1500) | |
| August 11th, 1519 (August 11 1519) | Death | Johann Tetzel, German opponent of the Reformation (born in 1465) | |
| August 11th, 1494 (August 11 1494) | Death | Hans Memling, Flemish painter (born in circa 1430) | |
| August 11th, 1467 (August 11 1467) | Birth | Mary of York, English princess (died in 1482) | |
| August 11th, 1464 (August 11 1464) | Death | Nicholas of Cusa, German philosopher and mathematician (born in 1401) | Philo Quotes |
| August 11th, 1456 (August 11 1456) | Death | John Hunyadi, regent of Hungary (born in 1387) | |
| August 11th, 1253 (August 11 1253) | Death | Clare of Assisi, Italian follower of Francis of Assisi (born in 1194) | Francis of Assisi Quotes |
| August 11th, 1204 (August 11 1204) | Death | King Guttorm of Norway (born in 1199) | |
| August 11th, 0897 (August 11 0897) | Death | Wilfred the Hairy, Count of Barcelona | |
| August 11th, 0480 (August 11 0480) | Event | Greco-Persian Wars: Battle of ArtemisiumThe Persians achieve a naval victory over the Greeks in an engagement fought near Artemisium, a promontory on the north coast of Euboea. The Greek fleet holds its own against the Persians in three days of fighting but withdraws southward when news comes of the defeat at Thermopylae. | |
| August 11th, 0480 (August 11 0480) | Death | Leonidas, King of Sparta (born in circa 540 BC) | |
| August 11th, 0449 (August 11 0449) | Death | Flavian, Patriarch of Constantinople | |
| August 11th, 0355 (August 11 0355) | Event | Claudius Silvanus, accused of treason, proclaims himself Roman Emperor against Constantius II. | |
| August 11th, 0353 (August 11 0353) | Death | Magnentius, Roman usurper (born in 303) | |
