August 11 is the 223rd day of the year and there are 142 days remaining until the end of the year.
Kool-Aid Day
Play in the Sand Day
Presidential Joke Day
National Garage Sale Day
Roller Rink Birthday (1866)
Annual Medical Check-Up Day
Mall of America Birthday (Debuted in 1992)
Food Holidays
National Raspberry Bombe Day
Lemon-Raspberry Ice Cream Bombes
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Today in History – Interesting Highlights
In the News
1918 – World War I: the Battle of Amiens ends.
1919 – The constitution of the Weimar Republic is adopted.
1920 – The Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty, which relinquished Russia’s authority and pretenses to Latvia, is signed, ending the Latvian War of Independence.
1929 – Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.
1934 – The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island.
1942 – Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil receive a patent for a Frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication system that later became the basis for modern technologies in wireless telephones and Wi-Fi.
1945 – Poles in Kraków engage in a pogrom against Jews in the city, killing 1 and wounding 5.
1947 – Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founding father of Pakistan, gives a speech to the Constituent Assembly, the contents and meaning of which remain contentious today.
1952 – Hussein bin Talal is proclaimed King of Jordan.
1959 – Sheremetyevo International Airport, the second-largest airport in Russia, opens.
1960 – Chad declares independence.
1961 – The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
1962 – Vostok 3 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev becomes the first person to float in microgravity.
1965 – Race riots (the Watts Riots) begin in the Watts area of Los Angeles, California.
1968 – The last steam hauled train runs on British Rail
1972 – Vietnam War: the last United States ground combat unit leaves South Vietnam.
1975 – East Timor: Governor Mário Lemos Pires of Portuguese Timor abandons the capital Dili, following a coup by the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and Fretilin.
1979 – Two Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134s collide over the Ukrainian city of Dniprodzerzhynsk and crash, killing all 178 aboard both airliners.
1982 – A bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 830, en route from Tokyo, Japan to Honolulu, Hawaii, killing one teenager and injuring 15 passengers.
1984 – “We begin bombing in five minutes” – United States President Ronald Reagan, while running for re-election, jokes while preparing to make his weekly Saturday address on National Public Radio.
1999 – The Salt Lake City Tornado tears through the downtown district of the city, killing one.
2003 – NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.
2003 – Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.
2006 – The oil tanker M/T Solar 1 sinks off the coast of Guimaras and Negros Islands in the Philippines, causing the country’s worst oil spill.
2012 – At least 306 people are killed and 3,000 others injured in a pair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran.
Holidays and Observances
Christian Feast Day:
Athracht
Clare of Assisi
Fiacre
Gaugericus
John Henry Newman (Church of England)
Philomena
Susanna
Taurinus of Évreux
Tiburtius and Chromatius
August 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Chad from France in 1960.
Music
1941 – Glenn Miller and his Orchestra recorded “Elmer’s Tune.”
1952 – Hank Williams was fired from the Grand Ole Opry and told not to return until he was sober.
1962 – Booker T. and the MG’s instrumental song, “Green Onions,” was released.
1965 – The Beatles’ movie “Help!” premiered in the New York.
John Lennon Merchandise – Today in Beatles History – Beatles apparel and gear
1966 – The Beatles arrived at Chicago’s O’Hare Airport to start their last tour of the U.S.
Today in Beatles History – Beatles apparel and gear
1968 – The first Beatles single on their own Apple Records was released. The single was “Hey Jude” b/w “Revolution.”
Today in Beatles History – Beatles apparel and gear
1969 – Diana Ross invited 350 guests to a Beverly Hills club to see the newest Motown act, The Jackson 5.
1972 – Elvis and Pricilla Presley filed for divorce. They had married in May of 1967.
1973 – After seeing KISS play at a New York hotel, producer Bill Aucion offered to become their manager and promised a record deal.
1973 – The Edgar Winter Group’s “Free Ride” was released.
1982 – The self-titled album “Vanity 6″ was released.
1985 – Simon LeBon’s (Duran Duran) boat capsized off the English coast during a race. The Royal Navy rescued him after he spent 40 minutes trapped in an underwater air pocket.
1999 – KISS received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Famous Births
1900 – Philip Phillips, American archaeologist (d. 1994)
1902 – Alfredo Binda, Italian cyclist (d. 1986)
1902 – Lloyd Nolan, American actor and singer (d. 1985)
1905 – Erwin Chargaff, Austrian-American biochemist (d. 2002)
1905 – Ernst Jaakson, Estonian diplomat (d. 1998)
1907 – Ted a’Beckett, Australian cricketer (d. 1989)
1908 – Don Freeman, American author and illustrator (d. 1978)
1908 – Torgny T:son Segerstedt, Swedish sociologist and philosopher (d. 1999)
1909 – Yūji Koseki, Japanese composer (d. 1989)
1909 – Uku Masing, Estonian philosopher (d. 1985)
1912 – Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, German astronomer (d. 1954)
1912 – Raphael Blau, American screenwriter (d. 1996)
1912 – Thanom Kittikachorn, Thai field marshal and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Thailand (d. 2004)
1913 – Paul Dupuis, Canadian actor (d. 1976)
1913 – Bob Scheffing, American baseball player and manager (d. 1985)
1913 – Angus Wilson, English author (d. 1991)
1915 – Morris Weiss, American author and illustrator (d. 2014)
1916 – Johnny Claes, Belgian race car driver (d. 1956)
1919 – Ginette Neveu, French violinist (d. 1949)
1919 – Luis Olmo, Puerto Rican baseball player
1920 – Chuck Rayner, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2002)
1921 – Alex Haley, American historian and author (d. 1992)
1922 – John “Mule” Miles, American baseball player (d. 2013)
1923 – Stan Chambers, American journalist
1925 – Floyd Curry, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2006)
1925 – Arlene Dahl, American actress and singer
1925 – Mike Douglas, American singer and talk show host (d. 2006)
1926 – Aaron Klug, Lithuanian-English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1926 – Claus von Bülow, Danish-English lawyer
1927 – Raymond Leppard, English harpsichord player and conductor
1927 – Stuart Rosenberg, American director and producer (d. 2007)
1930 – Paul Soles, Canadian actor and producer
1932 – Fernando Arrabal, Spanish actor, director, and playwright
1932 – Izzy Asper, Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician, founded Canwest (d. 2003)
1932 – Peter Eisenman, American architect, designed the City of Culture of Galicia
1932 – John Gorrie, English director and screenwriter
1933 – Jerry Falwell, American evangelist (d. 2007)
1933 – Jerzy Grotowski, Polish director (d. 1999)
1936 – Andre Dubus, American author (d. 1999)
1937 – Anna Massey, English actress (d. 2011)
1937 – Patrick Joseph McGovern, American businessman, founded IDG (d. 2014)
1938 – Branko Stanovnik, Slovenian chemist
1939 – Ronnie Dawson, American singer and guitarist (d. 2003)
1940 – Lennie Pond, American race car driver
1941 – Alla Kushnir, Russian–Israeli chess player (d. 2013)
1942 – Mike Hugg, English drummer and keyboard player (Manfred Mann and The Manfreds)
1943 – Abigail Folger, American heiress and activist (d. 1969)
1943 – Jim Kale, Canadian bass player (The Guess Who)
1943 – Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani general and politician, 10th President of Pakistan
1943 – Denis Payton, English saxophonist (The Dave Clark Five) (d. 2006)
1943 – Stefania Toczyska, Polish soprano
1944 – Hans Knudsen, Danish canoe racer
1944 – Ian McDiarmid, Scottish actor and director
1944 – Frederick W. Smith, American businessman, founded FedEx
1944 – Martin Linton, Swedish-English politician
1946 – John Conlee, American singer
1946 – Marilyn vos Savant, American journalist and author
1947 – Theo de Jong, Dutch footballer, coach, and manager
1947 – Georgios Karatzaferis, Greek politician
1948 – Jan Palach, Czech activist (d. 1969)
1949 – Eric Carmen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Raspberries)
1949 – Tim Hutchinson, American lawyer and politician
1950 – Elya Baskin, Latvian-American actor
1950 – Erik Brann, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Iron Butterfly) (d. 2003)
1950 – Gennadiy Nikonov, Russian engineer, designed the AN-94 rifle (d. 2003)
1950 – Steve Wozniak, American computer scientist and programmer, co-founded Apple Inc.
1951 – Vincent Bilodeau, Canadian actor
1952 – Reid Blackburn, American photographer (d. 1980)
1952 – Manfred Krüger, German footballer
1952 – Bob Mothersbaugh, American singer, guitarist, and producer (Devo)
1953 – Hulk Hogan, American wrestler and actor
1953 – Wijda Mazereeuw, Dutch swimmer
1954 – Vance Heafner, American golfer (d. 2012)
1954 – Joe Jackson, English singer-songwriter
1954 – M. V. Narasimha Rao, Indian cricketer and coach
1954 – Tarmo Rüütli, Estonian footballer, coach, and manager
1954 – Yashpal Sharma, Indian cricketer and umpire
1955 – Marc Bureau, Canadian politician, 16th Mayor of Gatineau
1955 – Sylvia Hermon, Irish politician
1956 – Pierre-Louis Lions, French mathematician
1957 – Ian Stuart Donaldson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Skrewdriver) (d. 1993)
1958 – Jah Wobble, English singer-songwriter and bass player (Public Image Ltd and The Damage Manual)
1959 – Gustavo Cerati, Argentinian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Soda Stereo)
1959 – Yoshiaki Murakami, Japanese businessman
1959 – Taraki Sivaram, Sri Lankan journalist and author (d. 2005)
1959 – László Szlávics, Jr., Hungarian sculptor
1961 – David Brooks, American journalist and author
1961 – Craig Ehlo, American basketball player and coach
1961 – Jukka Tapanimäki, Finnish game programmer (d. 2000)
1962 – Brian Azzarello, American author
1962 – Charles Cecil, English video game designer and co-founded Revolution Software
1962 – Uvais Karnain, Sri Lankan cricketer
1962 – Ennis Whatley, American basketball player
1962 – Rob Minkoff, American filmmaker
1963 – Hiromi Makihara, Japanese baseball player
1964 – Jim Lee, South Korean-American author and illustrator
1964 – Miguel A. Núñez, Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1964 – Nikki Randall, American porn actress
1965 – Marc Bergevin, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
1965 – Embeth Davidtz, American actress
1965 – Viola Davis, American actress
1965 – Duane Martin, American actor and producer
1965 – Shinji Mikami, Japanese video game designer, created Resident Evil
1966 – Nigel Martyn, English footballer and coach
1966 – Juan María Solare, Argentine pianist and composer
1967 – Enrique Bunbury, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist (Héroes del Silencio)
1967 – Collin Chou, Taiwanese actor and martial artist
1967 – Eric Maleson, Brazilian bobsled racer, founded the Brazilian Ice Sports Federation
1967 – Joe Rogan, American comedian, actor, and television host
1968 – Anna Gunn, American actress
1968 – Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau
1968 – Noordin Mohammad Top, Malaysian terrorist (d. 2009)
1969 – Ashley Jensen, Scottish actress
1969 – Toomas Kivisild, Estonian geneticist
1969 – Ago Markvardt, Estonian Nordic combined skier
1970 – Dirk Hannemann, German footballer and manager
1970 – Ali Shaheed Muhammad, American rapper and producer (A Tribe Called Quest, The Ummah, and Lucy Pearl)
1970 – Teresa Pavlinek, Canadian actress, producer, and screenwriter
1971 – Alejandra Barros, Mexican actress
1971 – Julie Clarke, American model and actress
1971 – Tommy Mooney, English footballer
1972 – Jonathon Prandi, American model and actor
1973 – Nigel Harman, English actor
1973 – Carolyn Murphy, American model and actress
1974 – Marie-France Dubreuil, Canadian figure skater
1974 – Anju Jain, Indian cricketer and coach
1974 – Kira Kener, American porn actress
1974 – Hadiqa Kiani, Pakistani singer-songwriter and model
1974 – Chris Messina, American actor
1974 – Landau Eugene Murphy, Jr., American singer
1974 – Audrey Mestre, French biologist and diver (d. 2002)
1975 – Davey von Bohlen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Cap’n Jazz, The Promise Ring, Maritime, and Vermont)
1976 – Iván Córdoba, Colombian footballer and manager
1976 – Bubba Crosby, American baseball player
1976 – Will Friedle, American actor
1976 – Ben Gibbard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Death Cab for Cutie, The Postal Service, and ¡All-Time Quarterback!)
1976 – Jhong Hilario, Filipino actor and dancer
1976 – Tõnis Kalde, Estonian footballer
1976 – Erick Lindgren, American poker player
1976 – Ľubomír Višňovský, Slovak ice hockey player
1977 – Gemma Hayes, Irish singer-songwriter
1977 – Dênio Martins, Brazilian footballer
1978 – Spyros Gogolos, Greek footballer
1978 – Hannes Kaasik, Estonian footballer and referee
1978 – Chris Kelly, American rapper (Kris Kross) (d. 2013)
1978 – Amber Mariano, American television personality, winner of Survivor: All-Stars
1978 – Jermain Taylor, American boxer
1979 – Walter Ayoví, Ecuadorian footballer
1979 – Aggeliki Daliani, Greek actress
1980 – Daniel Lloyd, English cyclist
1980 – Lee Suggs, American football player
1981 – Fiona Sit, Hong Kong singer and actress
1981 – Sandi Thom, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist
1982 – Alan Halsall, English actor
1982 – Wilko Risser, Namibian footballer
1983 – Pavel 183, Russian painter (d. 2013)
1983 – Chris Hemsworth, Australian actor
1984 – Melky Cabrera, Dominican baseball player
1984 – Lucas di Grassi, Brazilian race car driver
1984 – Kaire Palmaru, Estonian footballer
1984 – Katie Rees, American model, Miss Nevada USA 2007
1985 – J-Boog, American rapper, producer, and actor (B2K)
1985 – Asher Roth, American rapper
1985 – Jacqueline Fernandez, Bollywood actress
1986 – Mokhtar Benmoussa, Algerian footballer
1986 – Kaori Fukuhara, Japanese voice actress
1986 – Richard Keogh, Irish footballer
1986 – Pablo Sandoval, Venezuelan baseball player
1987 – Maris Mägi, Estonian sprinter
1987 – Dany N’Guessan, French footballer
1987 – Drew Storen, American baseball player
1988 – Patty Mills, Australian basketball player
1989 – Gui Gui, Taiwanese singer and actress (Hey Girl)
1989 – Sebastian Huke, German footballer
1990 – Lenka Juríková, Slovak tennis player
1991 – Cristian Tello, Spanish footballer
1993 – Gita Gutawa, Indonesian singer-songwriter and actress
1993 – Sean McGinty, English-Irish footballer
1993 – Alyson Stoner, American actress, singer, and dancer
1994 – Rand Saad, Iraqi archer
1994 – Storm Sanders, Australian tennis player
Deaths
1903 – Eugenio María de Hostos, Puerto Rican sociologist, philosopher, and lawyer (b. 1839)
1908 – Khudiram Bose, Indian activist (b. 1889)
1919 – Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Carnegie Steel Company and Carnegie Hall (b. 1835)
1921 – Mary Sumner, English philanthropist, founded the Mothers’ Union (b. 1828)
1936 – Blas Infante, Spanish historian and politician (b. 1885)
1937 – Edith Wharton, American author (b. 1862)
1939 – Jean Bugatti, German-Italian automobile designer and engineer (b. 1909)
1939 – Siegfried Flesch, Austrian fencer (b. 1872)
1953 – Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver (b. 1892)
1954 – Santo Trafficante, Sr., Italian-American mobster (b. 1886)
1956 – Jackson Pollock, American painter (b. 1912)
1961 – Antanas Škėma, Polish-American actor, director, playwright, and author (b. 1910)
1963 – Otto Wahle, Austrian swimmer (b. 1879)
1965 – Bill Woodfull, Australian cricketer and educator (b. 1897)
1969 – Miriam Licette, English soprano (b. 1885)
1972 – Max Theiler, South African-American virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
1974 – Vicente Emilio Sojo, Venezuelan conductor and composer (Orfeón Lamas) (b. 1887)
1974 – Jan Tschichold, German typographer (b. 1902)
1975 – Rachel Katznelson-Shazar, Belarusian wife of Zalman Shazar (b. 1885)
1979 – J. G. Farrell, English author (b. 1935)
1980 – Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1910)
1982 – Tom Drake, American actor and singer (b. 1918)
1984 – Alfred A. Knopf, Sr., American publisher, founded Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (b. 1892)
1984 – Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian–American chess player (b. 1916)
1986 – János Drapál, Hungarian motorcycle racer (b. 1948)
1988 – Anne Ramsey, American actress (b. 1929)
1991 – J. D. McDuffie, American race car driver (b. 1938)
1994 – Peter Cushing, English actor (b. 1913)
1995 – Phil Harris, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1904)
1996 – Tassos Isaac, Cypriot activist (b. 1972)
1996 – Rafael Kubelík, Czech conductor and composer (b. 1914)
1996 – Mel Taylor, American drummer (The Ventures) (b. 1933)
1996 – Baba Vanga, Bulgarian mystic (b. 1911)
2000 – Jean Papineau-Couture, Canadian composer and academic (b. 1916)
2001 – Percy Stallard, English cyclist (b. 1909)
2002 – Galen Rowell, American photographer and mountaineer (b. 1940)
2003 – Armand Borel, Swiss-American mathematician (b. 1923)
2003 – Herb Brooks, American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1937)
2004 – K. Arulanandan, Ceylon-American engineer and academic (b. 1925)
2005 – James Booth, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1927)
2006 – Mike Douglas, American singer and talk show host (b. 1925)
2009 – Eunice Kennedy Shriver, American activist, founded the Special Olympics (b. 1921)
2010 – Bruno Schleinstein, German actor (b. 1932)
2011 – Jani Lane, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Warrant and Saints of the Underground) (b. 1964)
2012 – Red Bastien, American wrestler (b. 1931)
2012 – Carlo Curley, American organist (b. 1952)
2012 – Michael Dokes, American boxer (b. 1958)
2012 – Lucy Gallardo, Argentinian-Mexican actress and screenwriter (b. 1929)
2012 – Von Freeman, American saxophonist (b. 1923)
2012 – Heidi Holland, Zimbabwean journalist and author (b. 1947)
2012 – Bhadriraju Krishnamurti, Indian linguist (b. 1928)
2012 – Henning Moritzen, Danish actor (b. 1928)
2012 – Bill Rafferty, American comedian and game show host (b. 1944)
2012 – Sid Waddell, English sportscaster (b. 1940)
2013 – George Barasch, American union leader (b. 1910)
2013 – Raymond Delisle, French cyclist (b. 1943)
2013 – Don Friedman, American politician and radio host (b. 1930)
2013 – Zafar Futehally, Indian ornithologist (b. 1919)
2013 – Shirley Herz, American publicist (b. 1925)
2013 – David Howard, English ballet dancer and educator (b. 1937)
2013 – Henry Polic II, American actor (b. 1945)
2013 – Judit Temes, Hungarian swimmer (b. 1930)
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