Page 6: 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  Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night" opens in NYC on this day in history.   

1964  On this day in history race riot in Paterson NJ   

1965  6 day insurrection starts in Watts section of Los Angeles on August - 11.   

1965  On this day in history beatles movie "Help" opens in NYC   

1965  Bill Woodfull, cricketer (35 Tests for Australia), dies on this day in history.   

1966  Indonesian Malaysian peace agreement signed in Djakarta on this day in history.   

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

1968  On August - 11 lucien Cerfaux, Belgian biblical scholar, dies   

1972  Max Theiler, S Afr/US microbiologist (vaccin-Nobel 1951), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history peggy Castle, actress (Lily Merrill-Lawman), dies of cirrhosis at 46   

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

1974  Jack Hill, cricketer (3 Tests for Australia 1953-55, 8 wickets), dies on August - 11.   

1975  US vetoes proposed admission of North and South Vietnam to UN on this day in history.   

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

1976  Keith Moon, drummer for the Who, collapses and is hospitalized in Miami on August - 11.   

1977  On this day in history the first CH-46E Sea Knight with newly developed fiberglass rotor blades was flown by Marine Corps helicopter pilots   

1978  On August - 11 funeral of Pope Paul VI   

1982  Tom Drake, actor (Green Years, Warkill), dies of lung cancer at 63 on this day in history.   

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  On August - 11 alfred A Knopf, US publisher, dies at 91   

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

1987  On this day in history clara Peller, commercial spokesperson (Wendy's), dies at 86   

1988  Meir Kahane renounced US citizenship to stay in Israeli Parliament on August - 11.   

1988  On this day in history anne Ramsey, actress (Throw Mama From Train), dies of cancer at 59   

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

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

1989  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 August - 11.   

1600  On August - 11 birth of paul Hallman, composer   

1613  On August - 11 birth of cristoph Kaldenbach, composer   

1635  On August - 11 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  On this day in history birth of richard Mead, London, physician   

1718  On this day in history birth of sir Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (d. 1791)   

1720  Martin Gerbert, composer was born on this day in history.   

0353  On August - 11 death of magnentius, Roman usurper (b. 303)   

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

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

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

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

1180  Guillaume de/Willem van Sens, Fren master builder (Canterbury), dies on this day in history.   

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

1204  On August - 11 death of king Guttorm of Norway (b. 1199)