Historical Events In August - 11

1994  On this day in history dorothy Lousie Grenfell Williams, broadcaster, dies at 60   

1995  On August - 11 douglas John Gorman, businessman, dies at 58   

1996  Mel Taylor, drummer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

2006  A resolution to end the 2006 Lebanon War is unanimously accepted by the United Nations Security Council on August - 11.   

2007  On this day in history presidential and parliamentary elections were held in Sierra Leone.   

2012  153 people are killed and 1300 injured in Tabriz and Ahar, Iran after two earthquakes of up to 6.4 magnitude on August - 11.   

2013  On August - 11 22 people are killed by flash floods in Kabul, Pakistan   

2017  On this day in history fipronil contaminated eggs now affecting fifteen EU countries, Hong Kong and Switzerland according to European Commission   

2017  On August - 11 chinese crime writer Liu Yongbiao after announcing novel called "Beautiful Writer who Killed", arrested for murders of four people nearly 22 years ago   

2019  On this day in history indian floods: At least 114 people, including 57 in Kerala, 30 in Karnataka and 27 in Maharashtra, are reported to have died in monsoon-related floods in India. At least 227 died across India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan.   

2020  US Democratic candidate for President Joe Biden announces California Senator Kemala Harris is his running mate, the 1st woman of color selected by a major party on this day in history.   

2020  On this day in history president Vladimir Putin in a propaganda stunt announces Russia has become the 1st country to grant regulatory approval to a Covid-19 vaccine, called “Sputnik V", despite no scientific data being published or phase 3 trials having even begun   

2020  On August - 11 belarus's opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya flees the country amid large-scale protests over the country's disputed election results that returned Dictator Alexander Lukashenko to power   

2020  On this day in history [COVID-19 pandemic] Russian President Vladimir Putin announces that Russia has approved the world's first COVID-19 vaccine.   

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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 this day in history birth of cristoph Kaldenbach, composer   

1635  Thomas Betterton, London, actor/dramatist (Coriolanus) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1718  Sir Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (d. 1791) was born on August - 11.   

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

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

0449  On August - 11 death of flavian, Patriarch of Constantinople   

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

0897  On this day in history death of wilfred the Hairy, Count of Barcelona   

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

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

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

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