Page 4: Historical Events In August - 11

1909  SOS first used by an American ship, Arapahoe, off Cape Hatteras, NC on this day in history.   

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  On August - 11 alphonse de Waelhens, Flemish philosopher (Psychosis)   

1912  Jean Parker, Butte Mont, actress (Beyond Tomorrow, Little Women) on this day in history.   

1913  Angus Wilson, England, writer (Mulberry Bush-1955) on this day in history.   

1914  Jews are expelled from Mitchenick Poland on August - 11.   

1914  France declares war on Austria-Hungary on August - 11.   

1915  On this day in history kunio Toda, composer   

1917  Dik Browne, cartoonist (Hi & Lois, Hagar the Horrible) on this day in history.   

1918  On August - 11 battle of Amiens ends in WW I, Allieds beat Germans   

1919  On August - 11 green Bay Packers football club founded   

1919  On this day in history andrew Carnegie, US steel industrialist/philanthropist, dies at 83   

1920  1st peace of Riga-Soviet Union recognizes Independence of Latvia on this day in history.   

1920  Derry Jeffares, Honorary Prof of English Studies (Stirling U) on this day in history.   

1921  Alex Haley, US, writer (Autobiography of Malcolm X, Roots) on August - 11.   

1923  On August - 11 dutch Premier de Geer resigns   

1923  Stan Chambers, American television reporter on August - 11.   

1924  1st newsreel pictures of presidential candidates were taken on this day in history.   

1924  Arlene Dahl, Minneapolis Minnesota, actress/TV panelist (Ambush) on this day in history.   

1925  On August - 11 carl Rowan, gun-toting newspaper columnist (Wash Post)   

1926  Cleve Indian Tris Speaker hits his 700th double on August - 11.   

1926  On this day in history aaron Klug, OM/PRS/biochemist   

1927  On this day in history 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  Babe Ruth becomes 1st to hit 500 homers (off Willis Hudlin of Cleve) on this day in history.   

1933  Temp reaches 136 degrees F (58ø C) at San Luis Potos¡, Mex (world record) on this day in history.   

1933  On August - 11 temp reaches 136°F (57.8°C) at San Luis Potosi, Mex (world record)   

1934  First federal prisoners arrive at Alcatraz in SF Bay on this day in history.   

1934  On this day in history 1st federal prisoners arrive at Alcatraz in SF Bay   

1935  Nazi mass demonstration against German Jews on August - 11.   

1935  On August - 11 william Watson, British poet (Purple East), dies   

1936  Chaing Kai-shek's troops conquers Kanton on this day in history.   

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1467  On August - 11 birth of mary of York, English princess (d. 1482)   

1600  On August - 11 birth of paul Hallman, composer   

1613  On August - 11 birth of cristoph Kaldenbach, composer   

1635  On this day in history birth of thomas Betterton, London, actor/dramatist (Coriolanus)   

1667  Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (d. 1743) was born on August - 11.   

1673  Richard Mead, London, physician was born on August - 11.   

1718  Sir Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (d. 1791) was born on this day in history.   

1720  Martin Gerbert, composer was born on August - 11.   

0353  Death of Magnentius, Roman usurper (b. 303) on August - 11.   

0449  On this day in history death of flavian, Patriarch of Constantinople   

0480  Death of Leonidas, King of Sparta (b. circa 540 BC) on August - 11.   

0897  On August - 11 death of wilfred the Hairy, Count of Barcelona   

1171  On August - 11 louis I, Earl of Wage/Rieneck, dies   

1180  Guillaume de/Willem van Sens, Fren master builder (Canterbury), dies on August - 11.   

1183  Christian I, archbishop of Mainz, dies on this day in history.   

1204  Death of King Guttorm of Norway (b. 1199) on this day in history.