August 11

August 11 in recent years

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2021 (Wednesday)

2020 (Tuesday)

2019 (Sunday)

2018 (Saturday)

2017 (Friday)

2016 (Thursday)

2015 (Tuesday)

August 11 is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 142 days remain until the end of the year.

Events

• 3114 BC – The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Mayans, begins.
• 2492 BC – Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation.
• 106 – The south-western part of Dacia (modern Romania) becomes a Roman province: Roman Dacia.
• 355 – Claudius Silvanus, accused of treason, proclaims himself Roman Emperor against Constantius II.
• 490 – Battle of Adda: The Goths under Theodoric the Great and his ally Alaric II defeat the forces of Odoacer on the Adda River, near Milan.
• 1332 – Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Dupplin Moor – Scots under Domhnall II, Earl of Mar are routed by Edward Balliol.
• 1473 – The Battle of Otlukbeli: Mehmed the Conqueror of the Ottoman Empire decisively defeats Uzun Hassan of Aq Qoyunlu.
• 1675 – Franco-Dutch War: forces of the Holy Roman Empire defeat the French in the Battle of Konzer Brücke.
• 1786 – Captain Francis Light establishes the British colony of Penang in Malaysia.
• 1804 – Francis II assumes the title of first Emperor of Austria.
• 1812 – Peninsular War: French troops engage British-Portuguese forces in the Battle of Majadahonda.
• 1858 – The Eiger in the Bernese Alps is ascended for the first time by Charles Barrington accompanied by Christian Almer and Peter Bohren.
• 1898 – Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
• 1918 – World War I: the Battle of Amiens ends.
• 1919 – The constitution of the Weimar Republic is adopted.
• 1920 – The Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty, which relinquished Russia's authority and pretenses to Latvia, is signed, ending the Latvian War of Independence.
• 1929 – 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.
• 1934 – The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island.
• 1942 – Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil receive a patent for a Frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication system that later became the basis for modern technologies in wireless telephones and Wi-Fi.
• 1945 – Poles in Kraków engage in a pogrom against Jews in the city, killing 1 and wounding 5.
• 1947 – Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founding father of Pakistan, gives a speech to the Constituent Assembly, the contents and meaning of which remain contentious today.
• 1952 – Hussein bin Talal is proclaimed King of Jordan.
• 1959 – Sheremetyevo International Airport, the second-largest airport in Russia, opens.
• 1960 – Chad declares independence.
• 1961 – The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
• 1962 – Vostok 3 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev becomes the first person to float in microgravity.
• 1965 – Race riots (the Watts Riots) begin in the Watts area of Los Angeles, California.
• 1968 – The last steam hauled train runs on British Rail
• 1972 – Vietnam War: the last United States ground combat unit leaves South Vietnam.
• 1975 – East Timor: Governor Mário 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.
• 1982 – A bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 830, en route from Tokyo, Japan to Honolulu, Hawaii, killing one teenager and injuring 15 passengers.
• 1984 – "We begin bombing in five minutes" – United States President Ronald Reagan, while running for re-election, jokes while preparing to make his weekly Saturday address on National Public Radio.
• 1999 – The Salt Lake City Tornado tears through the downtown district of the city, killing one.
• 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.
• 2006 – The oil tanker M/T Solar 1 sinks off the coast of Guimaras and Negros Islands in the Philippines, causing the country's worst oil spill.
• 2012 – At least 306 people are killed and 3,000 others injured in a pair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran.
• 2022 - Wyatt Hudson became presedent of the word :).

Births

• 1467 – Mary of York (d. 1482)
• 1648 – Jeremiah Shepard, American minister (d. 1720)
• 1667 – Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, Italian wife of Johann Wilhelm, Elector Palatine (d. 1743)
• 1673 – Richard Mead, English physician (d. 1754)
• 1718 – Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-English military officer (d. 1791)
• 1722 – Richard Brocklesby, English physician (d. 1797)
• 1748 – Joseph Schuster, German composer (d. 1812)
• 1778 – Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, Prussian educator and nationalist (d. 1852)
• 1794 – James Barton Longacre, American engraver (d. 1869)
• 1807 – David Rice Atchison, American politician (d. 1886)
• 1808 – William W. Chapman, American politician (d. 1892)
• 1825 – István Türr, Hungarian soldier, architect, and engineer, co-designed the Corinth Canal (d. 1908)
• 1833 – Robert G. Ingersoll, American politician and soldier (d. 1899)
• 1833 – Kido Takayoshi, Japanese politician (d. 1877)
• 1836 – Warren Brown, American politician (d. 1919)
• 1837 – Marie François Sadi Carnot, French statesman, 4th President of the French Republic (d. 1894)
• 1855 – John Hodges, Australian cricketer (d. 1933)
• 1858 – Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1930)
• 1860 – Ottó Bláthy, Hungarian engineer and inventor (d. 1939)
• 1870 – Tom Richardson, English cricketer (d. 1912)
• 1872 – Kijūrō Shidehara, Japanese politician, 44th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1951)
• 1875 – Daniel Soubeyran, French rower (d. 1959)
• 1877 – Adolph M. Christianson, American judge (d. 1954)
• 1878 – Oliver W. F. Lodge, English poet and writer (d. 1955)
• 1884 – Hermann Wlach, Austrian actor (d. 1962)
• 1891 – Stancho Belkovski, Bulgarian architect and educator (d. 1962)
• 1892 – Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish poet (d. 1978)
• 1892 – Archie Wiles, Indian cricketer (d. 1957)
• 1892 – Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese novelist (d. 1962)
• 1897 – Enid Blyton, English author (d. 1968)
• 1897 – Louise Bogan, American poet (d. 1970)
• 1898 – Peter Mohr Dam, Faroese politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (d. 1968)
• 1900 – Philip Phillips, American archaeologist (d. 1994)
• 1902 – Alfredo Binda, Italian cyclist (d. 1986)
• 1902 – Lloyd Nolan, American actor (d. 1985)
• 1905 – Erwin Chargaff, Austrian biochemist (d. 2002)
• 1907 – Ted a'Beckett, Australian cricketer (d. 1989)
• 1908 – Don Freeman, American illustrator and author (d. 1978)
• 1908 – Torgny T:son Segerstedt, Swedish philosopher (d. 1999)
• 1909 – Yūji Koseki, Japanese composer (d. 1989)
• 1909 – Uku Masing, Estonian philosopher, translator and theologist (d. 1985)
• 1912 – Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, German astronomer (d. 1954)
• 1912 – Thanom Kittikachorn, Thai politician, 10th Prime Minister of Thailand (d. 2004)
• 1912 – Raphael Blau, American screenwriter (d. 1996)
• 1913 – Paul Dupuis, Canadian actor (d. 1976)
• 1913 – Bob Scheffing, American baseball player and manager (d. 1985)
• 1913 – Angus Wilson, English novelist (d. 1991)
• 1914 – José Silva, American parapsychologist (d. 1999)
• 1916 – Johnny Claes, Belgian race car driver (d. 1956)
• 1919 – Ginette Neveu, French violinist (d. 1949)
• 1919 – Luis Olmo, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 1920 – Chuck Rayner, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2002)
• 1921 – Alex Haley, American historian (d. 1992)
• 1922 – John "Mule" Miles, American baseball player (d. 2013)
• 1923 – Stan Chambers, American journalist
• 1925 – Floyd Curry, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2006)
• 1925 – Arlene Dahl, American actress
• 1925 – Mike Douglas, American singer and talk show host (d. 2006)
• 1926 – Aaron Klug, Lithuanian-English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1926 – Claus von Bülow, Danish-English writer
• 1927 – Raymond Leppard, English conductor and composer
• 1927 – Stuart Rosenberg, American director (d. 2007)
• 1930 – Paul Soles, Canadian actor
• 1932 – Fernando Arrabal, Spanish writer
• 1932 – Izzy Asper, Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician, founded Canwest (d. 2003)
• 1932 – Peter Eisenman, American architect, designed the City of Culture of Galicia
• 1932 – John Gorrie, English director
• 1933 – Jerry Falwell, American pastor and evangelist (d. 2007)
• 1933 – Jerzy Grotowski, Polish director (d. 1999)
• 1936 – Andre Dubus, American writer (d. 1999)
• 1938 – Branko Stanovnik, Slovenian chemist
• 1939 – Ronnie Dawson, American musician (d. 2003)
• 1940 – Lennie Pond, American race car driver
• 1942 – Mike Hugg, English singer-songwriter musician (Manfred Mann and The Manfreds)
• 1943 – Jim Kale, Canadian bassist (The Guess Who)
• 1943 – Abigail Folger, heiress and activist (d. 1969)
• 1943 – Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani general and politician, 10th President of Pakistan
• 1943 – Stefania Toczyska, Polish soprano
• 1944 – Ian McDiarmid, Scottish actor
• 1944 – Frederick W. Smith, American businessman, founded FedEx
• 1944 – Martin Linton, Swedish-English politician
• 1944 – Hans Knudsen, Danish sprint canoer
• 1946 – John Conlee, American singer
• 1946 – Marilyn vos Savant, American columnist
• 1947 – Theo de Jong, Dutch footballer and coach
• 1947 – Georgios Karatzaferis, Greek politician
• 1948 – Jan Palach, Czech activist (d. 1969)
• 1949 – Eric Carmen, American singer-songwriter and musician (Raspberries)
• 1949 – Tim Hutchinson, American politician
• 1950 – Elya Baskin, Latvian-American actor
• 1950 – Erik Brann, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Iron Butterfly) (d. 2003)
• 1950 – Gennadiy Nikonov, Russian engineer, designed the AN-94 rifle (d. 2003)
• 1950 – Steve Wozniak, American computer scientist and programmer, co-founded Apple Inc.
• 1951 – Vincent Bilodeau, Canadian actor and comedian
• 1952 – Reid Blackburn, American photographer (d. 1980)
• 1952 – Manfred Krüger, German footballer
• 1952 – Bob Mothersbaugh, American singer, guitarist, and producer (Devo)
• 1953 – Hulk Hogan, American wrestler and actor
• 1953 – Wijda Mazereeuw, Dutch swimmer
• 1954 – Vance Heafner, American golfer (d. 2012)
• 1954 – Joe Jackson, English singer-songwriter, musician, and author
• 1954 – M. V. Narasimha Rao, Indian cricketer
• 1954 – Yashpal Sharma, Indian cricketer
• 1955 – Marc Bureau, Canadian politician
• 1955 – Sylvia Hermon, Northern Ireland politician
• 1956 – Pierre-Louis Lions, French mathematician
• 1957 – Ian Stuart Donaldson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Skrewdriver) (d. 1993)
• 1958 – Jah Wobble, English singer-songwriter and bassist (Public Image Ltd and The Damage Manual)
• 1959 – Gustavo Cerati, Argentinian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Soda Stereo)
• 1959 – Yoshiaki Murakami, Japanese investor
• 1959 – Taraki Sivaram, Sri Lankan Tamil journalist (d. 2005)
• 1959 – László Szlávics, Jr., Hungarian sculptor
• 1961 – David Brooks, American journalist and author
• 1961 – Craig Ehlo, American basketball player
• 1961 – Jukka Tapanimäki, Finnish game programmer (d. 2000)
• 1962 – Brian Azzarello, American writer
• 1962 – Charles Cecil, British video game designer and co-founder of Revolution Software
• 1962 – Uvais Karnain, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1962 – Ennis Whatley, American basketball player
• 1963 – Hiromi Makihara, Japanese baseball player
• 1964 – Jim Lee, South Korean-American writer and illustrator
• 1964 – Miguel A. Núñez, Jr., American actor
• 1964 – Nikki Randall, American porn actress
• 1965 – Marc Bergevin, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
• 1965 – Embeth Davidtz, American actress
• 1965 – Viola Davis, American actress
• 1965 – Duane Martin, American actor
• 1965 – Shinji Mikami, Japanese video game designer, created Resident Evil
• 1966 – Nigel Martyn, English footballer
• 1966 – Juan María Solare, Argentine pianist and composer
• 1967 – Enrique Bunbury, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Héroes del Silencio)
• 1967 – Collin Chou, Taiwanese actor
• 1967 – Eric Maleson, Brazilian bobsledder
• 1967 – Joe Rogan, American comedian, actor, and television host
• 1968 – Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau
• 1968 – Noordin Mohammad Top, Malaysian terrorist (d. 2009)
• 1969 – Ashley Jensen, English actress
• 1970 – Dirk Hannemann, German footballer
• 1970 – Ali Shaheed Muhammad, American rapper and producer (A Tribe Called Quest, The Ummah, and Lucy Pearl)
• 1970 – Teresa Pavlinek, Canadian actress
• 1971 – Alejandra Barros, Mexican actress
• 1971 – Julie Clarke, American model
• 1971 – Tommy Mooney, English footballer
• 1972 – Jonathon Prandi, American model and actor
• 1973 – Nigel Harman, English actor
• 1973 – Carolyn Murphy, American model and actress
• 1974 – Marie-France Dubreuil, Canadian figure skater
• 1974 – Chris Messina, American actor
• 1974 – Anju Jain, Indian cricketer
• 1974 – Kira Kener, American porn actress
• 1974 – Hadiqa Kiani, Pakistani singer-songwriter and model
• 1974 – Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr., American singer
• 1974 – Audrey Mestre, French diver (d. 2002)
• 1975 – Davey von Bohlen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Promise Ring, Maritime, and Vermont)
• 1976 – Iván Córdoba, Colombian footballer
• 1976 – Bubba Crosby, American baseball player
• 1976 – Will Friedle, American actor
• 1976 – Ben Gibbard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Death Cab for Cutie, The Postal Service, and ¡All-Time Quarterback!)
• 1976 – Jhong Hilario, Filipino actor and dancer
• 1976 – Erick Lindgren, American poker player
• 1976 – Ľubomír Višňovský, Slovak ice hockey player
• 1977 – Gemma Hayes, Irish singer-songwriter (The Cake Sale)
• 1977 – Dênio Martins, Brazilian footballer
• 1978 – Spyros Gogolos, Greek footballer
• 1978 – Chris Kelly, American rapper (Kris Kross) (d. 2013)
• 1978 – Amber Mariano, American television personality
• 1978 – Jermain Taylor, American boxer
• 1979 – Walter Ayoví, Ecuadorian footballer
• 1979 – Aggeliki Daliani, Greek actress
• 1980 – Daniel Lloyd, English cyclist
• 1980 – Lee Suggs, American football player
• 1981 – Fiona Sit, Hong Kong singer and actress
• 1981 – Sandi Thom, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1982 – Alan Halsall, English actor
• 1982 – Wilko Risser, Namibian footballer
• 1983 – Pavel 183, Russian painter (d. 2013)
• 1983 – Chris Hemsworth, Australian actor
• 1984 – Melky Cabrera, Dominican baseball player
• 1984 – Lucas di Grassi, Brazilian race car driver
• 1984 – Katie Rees, American model, Miss Nevada USA 2007
• 1985 – J-Boog, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (B2K)
• 1985 – Asher Roth, American rapper
• 1986 – Kaori Fukuhara, Japanese voice actress
• 1986 – Richard Keogh, Irish footballer
• 1986 – Pablo Sandoval, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1986 – Mokhtar Benmoussa, Algerian footballer
• 1987 – Dany N'Guessan, French footballer
• 1987 – Drew Storen, American baseball player
• 1989 – Sebastian Huke, German footballer
• 1989 – Gui Gui, Taiwanese singer and actress (Hey Girl)
• 1990 – Lenka Juríková, Slovak tennis player
• 1991 – Cristian Tello, Spanish footballer
• 1993 – Gita Gutawa, Indonesian soprano, actress, and songwriter
• 1993 – Sean McGinty, English-Irish footballer
• 1993 – Alyson Stoner, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 1994 – Rand Al-Mashhadani, Iraqi archer
• 1994 – Storm Sanders, Australian tennis player

Deaths

• 353 – Magnentius, Roman usurper (b. 303)
• 449 – Archbishop Flavian of Constantinople
• 1204 – Guttorm of Norway (b. 1199)
• 1259 – Möngke Khan, Mongolian emperor, 4th Great Khan (b. 1208)
• 1456 – John Hunyadi, Hungarian general (b. 1387)
• 1464 – Nicholas of Cusa, German philosopher and mathematician (b. 1401)
• 1494 – Hans Memling, Flemish painter (b. 1430)
• 1519 – Johann Tetzel, German-Dominican preacher (b. 1465)
• 1563 – Bartolomé de Escobedo, Spanish composer (b. 1500)
• 1578 – Pedro Nunes, Portuguese mathematician (b. 1502)
• 1596 – Hamnet Shakespeare, English son of William Shakespeare (b. 1585)
• 1614 – Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (b. 1552)
• 1656 – Ottavio Piccolomini, Austrian-Italian field marshal (b. 1599)
• 1774 – Charles-François Tiphaigne de la Roche, French author (b. 1722)
• 1813 – Henry James Pye, English poet (b. 1745)
• 1851 – Lorenz Oken, German historian (b. 1779)
• 1854 – Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist (b. 1798)
• 1868 – Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian composer (b. 1815)
• 1886 – Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet (b. 1843)
• 1890 – John Henry Newman, English cardinal (b. 1801)
• 1892 – Enrico Betti, Italian mathematician (b. 1813)
• 1903 – Eugenio María de Hostos, Puerto Rican philosopher, lawyer, and sociologist (b. 1839)
• 1908 – Khudiram Bose, Indian freedom fighter (b. 1889)
• 1919 – Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist, founded Carnegie Steel Company and Carnegie Hall (b. 1835)
• 1921 – Mary Sumner, founder of the Mothers' Union.
• 1936 – Blas Infante, Spanish writer and politician (b. 1885)
• 1937 – Edith Wharton, American novelist and designer (b. 1862)
• 1939 – Jean Bugatti, Italian automobile designer and engineer (b. 1909)
• 1939 – Siegfried Flesch, Austrian fencer (b. 1872)
• 1953 – Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver (b. 1892)
• 1954 – Santo Trafficante, Sr., Italian-American mobster (b. 1886)
• 1956 – Jackson Pollock, American painter (b. 1912)
• 1961 – Antanas Škėma, Lithuanian writer, actor, and director (b. 1910)
• 1963 – Otto Wahle, Austrian swimmer (b. 1879)
• 1965 – Bill Woodfull, Australian cricketer (b. 1897)
• 1969 – Miriam Licette, English soprano (b. 1885)
• 1972 – Max Theiler, South African-American virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
• 1974 – Vicente Emilio Sojo, Venezuelan conductor and composer (Orfeón Lamas) (b. 1887)
• 1974 – Jan Tschichold, German writer and designer (b. 1902)
• 1975 – Rachel Katznelson-Shazar, Israeli wife of Zalman Shazar (b. 1885)
• 1979 – J. G. Farrell, Irish novelist (b. 1935)
• 1980 – Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1910)
• 1982 – Tom Drake, American actor (b. 1918)
• 1984 – Alfred A. Knopf, Sr., American publisher, founded Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (b. 1892)
• 1984 – Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian–German chess player (b. 1916)
• 1986 – János Drapál, Hungarian motorcycle racer (b. 1948)
• 1988 – Anne Ramsey, American actress (b. 1929)
• 1991 – J. D. McDuffie, American race car driver (b. 1938)
• 1994 – Peter Cushing, English actor (b. 1913)
• 1995 – Phil Harris, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1904)
• 1996 – Tassos Isaac, Greek Cypriot activist (b. 1972)
• 1996 – Rafael Kubelík, Czech conductor and composer (b. 1914)
• 1996 – Mel Taylor, American drummer (The Ventures) (b. 1933)
• 1996 – Baba Vanga, Bulgarian mystic (b. 1911)
• 2000 – Jean Papineau-Couture, Canadian composer (b. 1916)
• 2001 – Percy Stallard, English cyclist (b. 1909)
• 2002 – Galen Rowell, American photographer and mountain climber (b. 1940)
• 2003 – Armand Borel, Swiss mathematician (b. 1923)
• 2003 – Herb Brooks, American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1937)
• 2004 – K. Arulanandan, Ceylon Tamil engineer and academic (b. 1925)
• 2005 – James Booth, English actor (b. 1927)
• 2006 – Mike Douglas, American singer and talk show host (b. 1925)
• 2009 – Eunice Kennedy Shriver, American activist, founded the Special Olympics (b. 1921)
• 2010 – Bruno Schleinstein, German actor, artist, and musician (b. 1932)
• 2011 – Jani Lane, American singer-songwriter (Warrant and Saints of the Underground) (b. 1964)
• 2012 – Red Bastien, American wrestler (b. 1931)
• 2012 – Carlo Curley, American organist (b. 1952)
• 2012 – Michael Dokes, American boxer (b. 1958)
• 2012 – Heidi Holland, Zimbabwean journalist and author (b. 1947)
• 2012 – Henning Moritzen, Danish actor (b. 1928)
• 2012 – Bill Rafferty, American comedian and game show host (b. 1944)
• 2012 – Sid Waddell, English sportscaster (b. 1940)
• 2013 – Raymond Delisle, French cycling cyclist (b. 1943)
• 2013 – Don Friedman, American politician and radio talk show host (b. 1930)
• 2013 – Zafar Futehally, Indian ornithologist and conservationist (b. 1919)
• 2013 – Shirley Herz, American Tony Award-winning publicist (b. 1925)
• 2013 – Henry Polic II, American actor (b. 1945)
• 2013 – Judit Temes, Hungarian OIympic champion swimmer (1952) (b. 1930)

Holidays and observances

• Christian Feast Day:
  • Athracht
  • Clare of Assisi
  • Fiacre
  • Gaugericus
  • John Henry Newman (Church of England)
  • Philomena
  • Susanna
  • Taurinus of Évreux
  • Tiburtius and Chromatius
  • August 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Chad from France in 1960.

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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