August 11
August 11 is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 142 days remaining.
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Events
- 3114 BC – beginning of our current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar
- 480 BC – Persians under Xerxes defeat Spartans under King Leonidas in the Battle of Thermopylae. The Spartans fought to the last man.
- 480 BC – The Persian and Greek fleets also fight the indecisive Battle of Artemisium.
- 1858 – First ascent of the Eiger.
- 1918 – World War I – Battle of Amiens ends
- 1919 – Constitution of Weimar Republic adopted
- 1920 – The Latvia – Soviet Russia peace treaty which relinquished Russia`s authority and pretences to Latvian nation and territory for all time. In 1940 the Soviet Union unilaterally broke this Treaty and occupied Latvia
- 1934 – Federal prison opened at Alcatraz Island
- 1943 – World War II – First Quebec Conference of Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, T. V. Soong and William Lyon Mackenzie King begins.
- 1948 – Olympic games open in London
- 1951 – RenĂ© Pleven becomes Prime Minister of France
- 1952 – Hussein proclaimed king of Jordan
- 1960 – Chad declares independence
- 1965 – Race riots begin in Watts area of Los Angeles, California
- 1966 – John Lennon held a press conference in Chicago excusing himself from the "Jesus affair"
- 1970 – A trademark application by the Van Brode Milling Company for the word Spork was published by the USPTO.
- 1972 – Last United States ground combat unit departs South Vietnam
- 1987 – Alan Greenspan becomes Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve.
- 1991- The three original Nicktoons, Doug, Rugrats, and The Ren and Stimpy Show make their debuts on the Nickelodeon cable channel.
- 1999 – A total solar eclipse visible from Europe and Asia.
- 2003 – NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.
- 2003 – Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.
Births
- 1718 – Sir Frederick Haldimand – professional soldier (d. 1891)
- 1794 – James Barton Longacre – engraver and designer of United States Indian Head cent (d. 1869)
- 1807 – David Rice Atchison, American politician (d. 1886)
- 1833 – Robert G. Ingersoll, American political leader and orator, atheist, American Civil War Colonel (d. 1899)
- 1833 – Kido Takayoshi, Japanese politician, one of the main actors of the Meiji restoration (d. 1877)
- 1870 – Tom Richardson, great fast bowler and record-breaking wicket-taker for Surrey between 1893 and 1897 (d. 1912).
- 1872 – Shidehara Kijuro, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1951)
- 1892 – Eiji Yoshikawa, novelist (d. 1962)
- 1897 – Louise Bogan, American poet (d. 1970)
- 1902 – Alfredo Binda, Italian cyclist (d. 1986)
- 1902 – Lloyd Nolan, actor (d. 1982)
- 1905 – Erwin Chargaff, biochemist (d. 2002)
- 1912 – Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, astronomer (d. 1954)
- 1913 – Angus Wilson, British novelist (d. 1991)
- 1919 – Ginette Neveu, French violinist (d. 1949)
- 1921 – Alex Haley, historian, novelist (d. 1992)
- 1925 – Carl Rowan, journalist
- 1932 – Fernando Arrabal, playwright, novelist
- 1933 – Jerry Falwell, Christian preacher and politician
- 1943 – Abigail Folger, Coffee heiress (d. 1969)
- 1943 – Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani general and leader
- 1944 – Ian McDiarmid, actor
- 1946 – Marilyn vos Savant, newspaper columnist
- 1950 – Gennidy Nikonov, designer of the AN-94 assault rifle
- 1950 – Steve Wozniak, personal computer pioneer
- 1953 – Hulk Hogan (Terry Gene Bollea), professional wrestler
- 1954 – Joe Jackson, singer
- 1954 – Juan Maria Solare, music composer and pianist
- 1955 – Sylvia Hermon, UK politician
- 1957 – Richie Ramone, American musician, drummer with The Ramones
- 1967 – Joe Rogan, comedian, television host
- 1972 – Jonathon Prandi, American male model
- 1974 – Audrey Mestre, freediver
- 1980 – Lee Suggs, American football player
Deaths
- 480 BC – Leonidas, king of Sparta
- 1253 – Saint Clare of Assisi, patron saint of television (b. 1193)
- 1813 – Henry James Pye, English poet (b. 1745)
- 1890 – John Henry Cardinal Newman, English Cardinal (b. 1801)
- 1919 – Andrew Carnegie, industrialist, philanthropist (b. 1835)
- 1937 – Edith Wharton, American author (b. 1862)
- 1939 – Jean Bugatti, Automobile designer (b. 1909)
- 1953 – Tazio Nuvolari, Italian racecar driver (b. 1892)
- 1956 – Jackson Pollock, American artist (b. 1912)
- 1977 – Frederick Williams, inventor of the mercury tube
- 1984 – Alfred A. Knopf, American publisher (b. 1892)
- 1996 – Rafael Kubelik, conductor and composer (b. 1914)
- 2003 – Diana Mitford, widow of British Fascist leader Oswald Mosley (b. 1910)
- 2003 – Herb Brooks, ice hockey coachn (b. 1937)
Holidays and observances
- Zimbabwe – Heroes Day
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