Historical Events In August - 11

1962  Beach Boys release "Surfin' Safari" on August - 11.   

1963  Kingston Trio are mystery guest on "What's My Line?" on this day in history.   

1964  On August - 11 beatles' "A Hard Day's Night" opens in NYC   

1964  On this day in history race riot in Paterson NJ   

1965  6 day insurrection starts in Watts section of Los Angeles on this day in history.   

1965  Beatles movie "Help" opens in NYC on August - 11.   

1965  On this day in history bill Woodfull, cricketer (35 Tests for Australia), dies   

1966  On August - 11 indonesian Malaysian peace agreement signed in Djakarta   

1966  On this day in history last Beatle concert tour of the US begins   

1968  Lucien Cerfaux, Belgian biblical scholar, dies on this day in history.   

1972  On August - 11 max Theiler, S Afr/US microbiologist (vaccin-Nobel 1951), dies at 73   

1973  Peggy Castle, actress (Lily Merrill-Lawman), dies of cirrhosis at 46 on this day in history.   

1974  Head-on collision between two buses kills 21 (Ankara, Turkey) on this day in history.   

1974  On this day in history jack Hill, cricketer (3 Tests for Australia 1953-55, 8 wickets), dies   

1975  On this day in history uS vetoes proposed admission of North and South Vietnam to UN   

1975  On this day in history anthony C McAuliffe, US gen/commandant 101st div (Nuts!), dies at 77   

1976  On August - 11 keith Moon, drummer for the Who, collapses and is hospitalized in Miami   

1977  The first CH-46E Sea Knight with newly developed fiberglass rotor blades was flown by Marine Corps helicopter pilots on August - 11.   

1978  On August - 11 funeral of Pope Paul VI   

1982  Tom Drake, actor (Green Years, Warkill), dies of lung cancer at 63 on August - 11.   

1984  Carl Lewis duplicates Jesse Owens' 1936 feat, wins 4 Olym track golds on August - 11.   

1984  During a radio voice test Pres Reagan joked he "signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in 5 minutes" on August - 11.   

1984  Alfred A Knopf, US publisher, dies at 91 on August - 11.   

1985  On August - 11 challenger flies to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz   

1987  Clara Peller, commercial spokesperson (Wendy's), dies at 86 on August - 11.   

1988  On August - 11 meir Kahane renounced US citizenship to stay in Israeli Parliament   

1988  Anne Ramsey, actress (Throw Mama From Train), dies of cancer at 59 on August - 11.   

1989  On this day in history "Nightmare on Elm Street 5 The Dream Child" premiers   

1989  Voyager 2 discovers 2 partial rings of Neptune on August - 11.   

1989  On August - 11 john Meillon, actor (Wild Duck, Crocodile Dundee), dies   

1989  On this day in history "Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child" premiers   

1990  On August - 11 egypt and Morocco troops land in Saudi Arabia to prevent Iraqi invasion   

1991  Jef Contryn, Flemish pioneer puppet theatre, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1994  History was made on August 11, 1994, when the first retail transaction on the Internet was carried out using a readily available version of powerful data encryption software designed to guarantee privacy on August - 11.   

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1467  Mary of York, English princess (d. 1482) was born on this day in history.   

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

1613  On August - 11 birth of cristoph Kaldenbach, composer   

1635  On August - 11 birth of thomas Betterton, London, actor/dramatist (Coriolanus)   

1667  On this day in history birth of anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (d. 1743)   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

0480  On this day in history death of leonidas, King of Sparta (b. circa 540 BC)   

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

1171  On this day in history 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  On August - 11 death of king Guttorm of Norway (b. 1199)