Historical Events In August - 11
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1863 On August - 11 arpad Szendy, composer
1866 On this day in history world's 1st roller rink opens (Newport RI)
1867 Hobart Bosworth, Marietta OH, actor (Woman of Affairs, Big Parade) on August - 11.
1868 On this day in history halfdan Kierulf, composer, dies at 52
1870 Tom Richardson, legendary England cricket fast bowler (1893-98) on August - 11.
1872 On August - 11 lowell Mason, US organist/composer (Zebulo), dies at 80
1873 On August - 11 john Rosamond Johnson, Fla, co-composer (Lift Every Voice & Sing)
1874 On August - 11 harry S Parmelee patents sprinkler head
1877 On August - 11 asaph Hall discovers Mars's moon Deimos
1877 On this day in history adolph M. Christianson, justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court (d.1954)
1880 On August - 11 frederick Jerome Work, composer
1882 Rodolfo Graziani, Italian marschal/viceroy of Ethiopia on August - 11.
1883 Ernst Stadler, writer on this day in history.
1884 On this day in history 1st double-century stand in Test cricket, McDonnell/Murdoch 207 Aust
1885 On this day in history $100,000 raised in US for pedestal for Statue of Liberty
1888 On August - 11 california Theatre closed (now a Pac Tel Phone Store)
1888 Owen Nares, actor-manager (Maiden Erleigh) on August - 11.
1890 Erich Wichman, Dutch fascist painter/sculptor on August - 11.
1890 John Henry Newman, English cardinal, dies at 89 on this day in history.
1892 On this day in history the birth of Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish poet
1892 On August - 11 hugh MacDiarmid, Scotland, writer (Scots Unbound)
1894 Wilhelm Grosz, composer on August - 11.
1896 Harvey Hubbell patents electric light bulb socket with a pull chain on this day in history.
1897 The birth of Enid Blyton, English author on this day in history.
1897 Louise Bogan, Maine, writer (Sleeping Fury) on August - 11.
1898 On this day in history arthur Leslie Noel Douglas Houghton, politician/trade unionist
1900 Alexander Mosolov, Kiev Russia, composer (Zavod) [NS] on this day in history.
1901 Francesco Crispi, Italian minister of War/premier, dies at about 82 on August - 11.
1902 On August - 11 christian Castries, French general (Dien Bien Phu)
1903 On August - 11 michael Whalley Wickham, artist
1904 On August - 11 german-ltalian General Von Trotha defeats Herero in SW Africa
1904 On this day in history jess Stacy, pianist
1907 On August - 11 st Louis Card Ed Karger pitches perfect game vs Braves, 4-0 in 7 inn
1907 On this day in history ted a'Beckett, cricketer (Australian Test player)
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