August 11th 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, 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, 1999 (August 11 1999) | Event | The exceptional Salt Lake City Tornado tears through the downtown district of the city, killing one. | |
| 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, 1972 (August 11 1972) | Event | Vietnam War: The last United States ground combat unit depart South Vietnam. | |
| 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, 1965 (August 11 1965) | Event | Race riots (the Watts riots) begin in Watts area of Los Angeles, California. | |
| August 11th, 1960 (August 11 1960) | Event | Chad declares independence. | |
| August 11th, 1952 (August 11 1952) | Event | Hussein proclaimed king of Jordan | |
| August 11th, 1934 (August 11 1934) | Event | Federal prison opened at Alcatraz Island. | |
| 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, 1920 (August 11 1920) | Event | The Latvia-Bolshevist Russia peace treaty, which relinquished Russia s authority and pretenses to Latvia, is signed. | |
| August 11th, 1919 (August 11 1919) | Event | Constitution of Weimar Republic adopted | |
| August 11th, 1918 (August 11 1918) | Event | World WarBattle of Amiens ends | |
| August 11th, 1898 (August 11 1898) | Event | Spanish-American War: American troops enter the city of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. | |
| August 11th, 1858 (August 11 1858) | Event | First ascent of the Eiger. | |
| August 11th, 1804 (August 11 1804) | Event | Francis II assumed title of first Emperor of Austria | |
| August 11th, 1786 (August 11 1786) | Event | Captain Francis Light established the British colony of Penang in Malaysia | |
| 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, 0355 (August 11 0355) | Event | Claudius Silvanus, accused of treason, proclaims himself Roman Emperor against Constantius II. | |
