Page 5: Historical Events In August - 11

1937  On August - 11 bakr Sidqi, general/dictator of Iraq, dies   

1939  Sergei Rachmaninovs last appearance in Europe on August - 11.   

1940  38 German aircrafts shot down above England on this day in history.   

1941  British PM Winston Churchill and US President Franklin Roosevelt sign the Atlantic Charter on this day in history.   

1942  On August - 11 - Sept 30] SS begins exterminating 3,500 Jews in Zelov Lodz Poland   

1942  Richard Heinrich Stein, composer, dies at 60 on August - 11.   

1943  Flying Officer Lloyd Allan Trigg, 200 Squadron, RAF, won the Victoria Cross over the North Sea on this day in history.   

1943  Red Army recaptures Tchukujev, at Kharkov on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history an electric powered rescue hoist was installed on an HNS-1 helicopter at CGAS Floyd Bennett Field.   

1944  British premier Winston Churchill arrives in Italy on August - 11.   

1945  Allies refuse Japan's surrender offer to retain Emperor Hirohito on August - 11.   

1948  On this day in history summer Olympics opens in London   

1949  1st Naples-Capri swim, 17 miles (27 km) (Giovanni Gambi) on this day in history.   

1949  On this day in history karl Weigl, composer, dies at 68   

1950  17th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 17, Philadelphia 7 (88,885) on this day in history.   

1951  On August - 11 100,000 acres flooded from Mississippi R in Ks, Okla, Mo & Ill   

1951  On August - 11 ebbe Hamerik, composer, dies at 52   

1952  On August - 11 hussein proclaimed king of Jordan   

1952  Hussein Ibn Talal I, proclaimed King of Jordan on this day in history.   

1952  Riccardo Martin, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1953  On August - 11 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  On August - 11 bC Lions plays its 1st CF game, they lose to Montreal Alouettes, 22-0   

1955  Indonesia govt of Harahap forms on this day in history.   

1956  Elvis Presley releases "Don't Be Cruel" on this day in history.   

1956  On August - 11 1st flight 4-motor Cessna 620   

1956  Jackson Pollock, abstract artist, dies in auto accident (East Hampton) on August - 11.   

1957  Patty Berg wins LPGA All-American Golf Open on August - 11.   

1960  On August - 11 chad declares independence   

1960  On August - 11 chad gains independence from France   

1960  On August - 11 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   

1960  On this day in history chad declares Independence from France   

1961  Warren Spahn records victory #300, beats Cubs 2-1 on this day in history.   

1962  Andrian G Nikolayev, becomes 3rd Russian in space aboard Vostok 3 on August - 11.   

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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  Cristoph Kaldenbach, composer was born on this day in history.   

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 August - 11.   

1720  On August - 11 birth of martin Gerbert, composer   

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

0449  Death of Flavian, Patriarch of Constantinople on this day in history.   

0480  Death of Leonidas, King of Sparta (b. circa 540 BC) on this day in history.   

0897  Death of Wilfred the Hairy, Count of Barcelona on this day in history.   

1171  Louis I, Earl of Wage/Rieneck, dies on August - 11.   

1180  On August - 11 guillaume de/Willem van Sens, Fren master builder (Canterbury), dies   

1183  On this day in history christian I, archbishop of Mainz, dies   

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