Historical Events In August - 11

1937  On this day in history bakr Sidqi, general/dictator of Iraq, dies   

1939  Sergei Rachmaninovs last appearance in Europe on this day in history.   

1940  38 German aircrafts shot down above England on August - 11.   

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 this day in history.   

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 August - 11.   

1944  An electric powered rescue hoist was installed on an HNS-1 helicopter at CGAS Floyd Bennett Field on August - 11.   

1944  On August - 11 british premier Winston Churchill arrives in Italy   

1945  On August - 11 allies refuse Japan's surrender offer to retain Emperor Hirohito   

1948  On August - 11 summer Olympics opens in London   

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

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 this day in history 100,000 acres flooded from Mississippi R in Ks, Okla, Mo & Ill   

1951  On this day in history ebbe Hamerik, composer, dies at 52   

1952  On August - 11 hussein proclaimed king of Jordan   

1952  On this day in history hussein Ibn Talal I, proclaimed King of Jordan   

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

1953  Ludwig Strauss, German/Israeli writer (Heimliche Gegenwart), dies on this day in history.   

1954  On this day in history formal peace takes place, ending 7+ yrs of fighting in Indochina between French and Communist Vietminh   

1954  On this day in history bC Lions plays its 1st CF game, they lose to Montreal Alouettes, 22-0   

1955  On August - 11 indonesia govt of Harahap forms   

1956  Elvis Presley releases "Don't Be Cruel" on August - 11.   

1956  1st flight 4-motor Cessna 620 on August - 11.   

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 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  On this day in history chad declares Independence from France   

1961  On this day in history warren Spahn records victory #300, beats Cubs 2-1   

1962  On August - 11 andrian G Nikolayev, becomes 3rd Russian in space aboard Vostok 3   

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

1600  Paul Hallman, composer was born on this day in history.   

1613  Cristoph Kaldenbach, composer was born on August - 11.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1718  On August - 11 birth of sir Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (d. 1791)   

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

0353  Death of Magnentius, Roman usurper (b. 303) on this day in history.   

0449  Death of Flavian, Patriarch of Constantinople on August - 11.   

0480  On August - 11 death of leonidas, King of Sparta (b. circa 540 BC)   

0897  Death of Wilfred the Hairy, Count of Barcelona on August - 11.   

1171  Louis I, Earl of Wage/Rieneck, dies on this day in history.   

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

1183  On August - 11 christian I, archbishop of Mainz, dies   

1204  On this day in history death of king Guttorm of Norway (b. 1199)