Historical Events In August - 11
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1909 On this day in history sOS first used by an American ship, Arapahoe, off Cape Hatteras, NC
1909 On August - 11 liner "Arapahoe" is 1st ship to use SOS distress call
1909 Gaston Gilbert Litaize, composer on this day in history.
1910 On August - 11 denis Moloney, NZ cricket all-rounder (1937 England tour)
1911 Alphonse de Waelhens, Flemish philosopher (Psychosis) on August - 11.
1912 Jean Parker, Butte Mont, actress (Beyond Tomorrow, Little Women) on this day in history.
1913 Angus Wilson, England, writer (Mulberry Bush-1955) on August - 11.
1914 Jews are expelled from Mitchenick Poland on this day in history.
1914 France declares war on Austria-Hungary on August - 11.
1915 Kunio Toda, composer on this day in history.
1917 On August - 11 dik Browne, cartoonist (Hi & Lois, Hagar the Horrible)
1918 Battle of Amiens ends in WW I, Allieds beat Germans on August - 11.
1919 Green Bay Packers football club founded on August - 11.
1919 Andrew Carnegie, US steel industrialist/philanthropist, dies at 83 on this day in history.
1920 On this day in history 1st peace of Riga-Soviet Union recognizes Independence of Latvia
1920 On this day in history derry Jeffares, Honorary Prof of English Studies (Stirling U)
1921 On this day in history alex Haley, US, writer (Autobiography of Malcolm X, Roots)
1923 Dutch Premier de Geer resigns on this day in history.
1923 Stan Chambers, American television reporter on this day in history.
1924 1st newsreel pictures of presidential candidates were taken on August - 11.
1924 On this day in history arlene Dahl, Minneapolis Minnesota, actress/TV panelist (Ambush)
1925 Carl Rowan, gun-toting newspaper columnist (Wash Post) on August - 11.
1926 Cleve Indian Tris Speaker hits his 700th double on this day in history.
1926 Aaron Klug, OM/PRS/biochemist on August - 11.
1927 On August - 11 james Eaton, Lord-Lieutenant of the City of Londonderry
1928 On August - 11 carl Hubbell's 1st major league victory is a 4-0 shutout of Phils
1929 On this day in history babe Ruth becomes 1st to hit 500 homers (off Willis Hudlin of Cleve)
1933 On this day in history temp reaches 136 degrees F (58ø C) at San Luis Potos¡, Mex (world record)
1933 Temp reaches 136°F (57.8°C) at San Luis Potosi, Mex (world record) on this day in history.
1934 First federal prisoners arrive at Alcatraz in SF Bay on this day in history.
1934 On August - 11 1st federal prisoners arrive at Alcatraz in SF Bay
1935 On this day in history nazi mass demonstration against German Jews
1935 William Watson, British poet (Purple East), dies on this day in history.
1936 On this day in history chaing Kai-shek's troops conquers Kanton
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