Historical Events In August - 11
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1937 Bakr Sidqi, general/dictator of Iraq, dies on this day in history.
1939 Sergei Rachmaninovs last appearance in Europe on August - 11.
1940 38 German aircrafts shot down above England on this day in history.
1941 On this day in history british PM Winston Churchill and US President Franklin Roosevelt sign the Atlantic Charter
1942 On August - 11 - Sept 30] SS begins exterminating 3,500 Jews in Zelov Lodz Poland
1942 On this day in history richard Heinrich Stein, composer, dies at 60
1943 On this day in history flying Officer Lloyd Allan Trigg, 200 Squadron, RAF, won the Victoria Cross over the North Sea
1943 On this day in history red Army recaptures Tchukujev, at Kharkov
1944 On this day in history an electric powered rescue hoist was installed on an HNS-1 helicopter at CGAS Floyd Bennett Field.
1944 On this day in history british premier Winston Churchill arrives in Italy
1945 On this day in history allies refuse Japan's surrender offer to retain Emperor Hirohito
1948 On this day in history summer Olympics opens in London
1949 On August - 11 1st Naples-Capri swim, 17 miles (27 km) (Giovanni Gambi)
1949 Karl Weigl, composer, dies at 68 on August - 11.
1950 On August - 11 17th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 17, Philadelphia 7 (88,885)
1951 100,000 acres flooded from Mississippi R in Ks, Okla, Mo & Ill on August - 11.
1951 On August - 11 ebbe Hamerik, composer, dies at 52
1952 Hussein proclaimed king of Jordan on this day in history.
1952 Hussein Ibn Talal I, proclaimed King of Jordan on August - 11.
1952 On August - 11 riccardo Martin, composer, dies at 77
1953 On this day in history ludwig Strauss, German/Israeli writer (Heimliche Gegenwart), dies
1954 On August - 11 formal peace takes place, ending 7+ yrs of fighting in Indochina between French and Communist Vietminh
1954 BC Lions plays its 1st CF game, they lose to Montreal Alouettes, 22-0 on August - 11.
1955 On this day in history indonesia govt of Harahap forms
1956 Elvis Presley releases "Don't Be Cruel" on this day in history.
1956 1st flight 4-motor Cessna 620 on this day in history.
1956 Jackson Pollock, abstract artist, dies in auto accident (East Hampton) on this day in history.
1957 Patty Berg wins LPGA All-American Golf Open on this day in history.
1960 Chad declares independence on August - 11.
1960 On this day in history chad gains independence from France
1960 In the first recovery of an object after it had been in orbit, a Navy HRS-3 helicopter, operating from the Haiti Victory of the Pacific Missile Range, recovered the instrumented capsule discharged by Discoverer XIII on this day in history.
1960 Chad declares Independence from France on this day in history.
1961 On August - 11 warren Spahn records victory #300, beats Cubs 2-1
1962 Andrian G Nikolayev, becomes 3rd Russian in space aboard Vostok 3 on this day in history.
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