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This date in recent years

August 11 is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 142 days remaining.

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Holidays and observances
- 4.1 Liturgical feasts
5 External links

[edit] Events

3114 BC - On this date in the proleptic Gregorian calendar begins our current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar.
586 BC - The First Temple (originally built by King Solomon) is destroyed by the Babylonians in Jerusalem.
480 BC - Greco-Persian Wars: Battle of Thermopylae - Persians under Xerxes defeat Spartans under King Leonidas. The Spartans fought to the last man.
480 BC - Greco-Persian Wars: Battle of Artemisium - The Persian and Greek fleets also fight the indecisive .
70 - The Second Temple is destroyed by the Roman army in Jerusalem.
355 - Claudius Silvanus, accused of treason, proclaims himself Roman Emperor against Constantius II.
1492 - Alexander VI is elected Pope.
1711 - The first race meeting was held at Ascot
1858 - First ascent of the Eiger.
1898 - Spanish-American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
1918 - World War I - Battle of Amiens ends
1919 - Constitution of Weimar Republic adopted
1920 - The Latvia-Bolshevist Russia peace treaty, which relinquished Russia's authority and pretenses to Latvia, is signed.
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 - Federal prison opened at Alcatraz Island
1951 - René Pleven becomes Prime Minister of France
1952 - Hussein proclaimed king of Jordan
1960 - Chad declares independence
1965 - Race riots (the Watts riots) begin in Watts area of Los Angeles, California
1966 - John Lennon holds a press conference in Chicago apologizing for stating that the Beatles were "more popular than Jesus".
1968 - The last steam passenger train service ran in Britain. A British Rail steam locomotive made the 314-mile journey from Liverpool to Carlisle and returned to Liverpool before being dispatched to the Wrecking yard.
1970 - A trademark application by the Van Brode Milling Company for the word Spork was published by the USPTO.
1972 - Vietnam War: The last United States ground combat unit depart South Vietnam
1984 - United States President Ronald Reagan, during a voice check for a radio broadcast remarks "My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes".
1987 - Alan Greenspan becomes Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve.
1992 - The Mall of America, the biggest shopping mall in the country, opened in Bloomington, Minnesota.
1995 - Russell Hill subway accident kills three people in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1999 - A total solar eclipse visible from Europe and Asia.

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1999 - The exceptional 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.
2003 - A big heat wave in Paris had temperatures up to 112°F (44° C), with about 144 people dead.
2005 - Murderer Mitchell Johnson is released from prison on his 21st birthday.
2006 - The last software patent expired on the GIF format.
2006 - The largest string of firecrackers ever assembled is ignited in Buchanan, Wisconsin. It contains an estimated 10,500,000 firecrackers.

[edit] Births

1667 - Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (d. 1743)
1673 - Richard Mead, English physician (d. 1754)
1718 - Sir Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (d. 1791)
1722 - Richard Brocklesby, English physician (d. 1797)
1794 - James Barton Longacre, American engraver (d. 1869)
1807 - David Rice Atchison, American politician (d. 1886)
1833 - Robert G. Ingersoll, American politician and soldier (d. 1899)
1833 - Kido Takayoshi, Japanese politician (d. 1877)
1836 - Warren Brown, American politician (d. 1919)
1837 - Marie François Sadi Carnot, French statesman (d. 1894)
1858 - Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1930)
1863 - Gaston Doumergue, President of the French Third Republic (d. 1937)
1870 - Tom Richardson, English cricketer (d. 1912).
1872 - Shidehara Kijuro, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1951)
1892 - Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese novelist (d. 1962)
1892 - Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish poet (d. 1978)
1897 - Louise Bogan, American poet (d. 1970)
1897 - Enid Blyton, English author (d. 1968)
1900 - Philip Phillips, American archaeologist (d. 1994)
1902 - Alfredo Binda, Italian cyclist (d. 1986)
1902 - Lloyd Nolan, American actor (d. 1985)
1905 - Erwin Chargaff, Austrian biochemist (d. 2002)
1912 - Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, German astronomer (d. 1954)
1912 - Thanom Kittikachorn, Prime Minister of Thailand (d. 2004)
1913 - Angus Wilson, British novelist (d. 1991)
1914 - José Silva, American parapsychologist (d. 1999)
1919 - Ginette Neveu, French violinist (d. 1949)
1920 - Chuck Rayner, American ice hockey player (d. 2002)
1921 - Alex Haley, American historian (d. 1992)
1925 - Mike Douglas, American entertainer (d. 2006)
1925 - Floyd Curry, National Hockey League player (d. 2006)
1926 - Aaron Klug, Lithuanian-born chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate
1928 - Arlene Dahl, American actress
1932 - Fernando Arrabal, Spanish writer
1932 - Israel Asper, Canadian tax lawyer (d. 2003)
1933 - Jerry Falwell, American preacher
1936 - Andre Dubus, American short-story writer (d. 1999)
1938 - Branko Stanovnik, Slovenian chemist
1939 - Ronnie Dawson, American rockabilly performer (d. 2003)
1943 - Abigail Folger, American coffee heiress and Manson murder victim (d. 1969)
1943 - Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani general, 12th President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
1944 - Ian McDiarmid, Scottish actor
1944 - Fred Smith, American entrepreneur
1946 - Marilyn vos Savant, American newspaper columnist
1946 - John Conlee, American country music singer
1948 - Jan Palach, Czechoslovakian student protester
1949 - Eric Carmen, American musician
1950 - Gennidy Nikonov, Russian weapons inventor
1950 - Steve Wozniak, American computer pioneer
1953 - Hulk Hogan, American wrestler
1954 - Joe Jackson, English singer
1954 - Juan Maria Solare, Argentine composer
1955 - Sylvia Hermon, British politician
1956 - Pierre-Louis Lions, French mathematician
1957 - Richie Ramone, American musician (The Ramones)
1960 - Gustavo Cerati, Argentinian musician (Soda Stereo)
1964 - Jim Lee, Korean-born comic book artist
1965 - Marc Bergevin, professional ice hockey player
1966 - Nigel Martyn, English footballer
1967 - Joe Rogan, American television host
1967 - Enrique Bunbury, Spanish singer
1968 - Lorenzo Bernardi, Italian volleyball player
1968 - Charlie Sexton, American musician
1968 - Alan Kelly, England-born Irish footballer
1968 - Veda Hille, Canadian singer
1969 - Jonah Matranga, American singer
1970 - Andy Bell, English musician (Oasis)
1971 - Tommy Mooney, English football player
1972 - Jonathon Prandi, American model
1974 - Audrey Mestre, French diver
1974 - Will Friedle, American Actor
1976 - Ben Gibbard, American musician (Death Cab For Cutie, The Postal Service)
1976 - Ľubomir Visnovsky, Slovak ice hockey player
1976 - Bubba Crosby, American baseball player
1978 - Jermain Taylor, American boxer
1978 - Amber Brkich, Reality show contestant
1980 - Lee Suggs, American football player
1981 - Sandi Thom, Scotish born singer
1981 - Fiona Sit, Hong Kong singer and actress
1984 - Melky Cabrera, American baseball player
1993 - Alyson Stoner, American actress

[edit] Deaths

480 BC - Leonidas, King of Sparta
353 - Magnentius, Roman usurper
449 - Flavian, Patriarch of Constantinople
897 - Wilfred the Hairy, Count of Barcelona
1204 - King Guttorm of Norway (b. 1199)
1253 - Clare of Assisi, Italian follower of Francis of Assisi (b. 1194)
1456 - John Hunyadi, regent of Hungary (b. 1387)
1464 - Nicholas of Cusa, German philosopher and mathematician (b. 1401)
1519 - Johann Tetzel, German opponent of the Reformation (b. 1465)
1563 - Bartolomé de Escobedo, Spanish composer
1578 - Pedro Nunes, Portuguese mathematician (b. 1502)
1614 - Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (b. 1552)
1656 - Prince Octavio Piccolomini, Duke of Amalfi, Austrian field marshal (b. 1599)
1774 - Tiphaigne de la Roche, French writer (b. 1722)
1813 - Henry James Pye, English poet (b. 1745)
1851 - Lorenz Oken, German naturalist (b. 1779)
1854 - Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist (b. 1798)
1890 - John Henry Cardinal Newman, English Catholic cardinal (b. 1801)
1892 - Enrico Betti, Italian mathematician (b. 1813)
1919 - Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-born industrialist and philanthropist (b. 1835)
1937 - Edith Wharton, American author (b. 1862)
1939 - Jean Bugatti, Italian automobile designer (b. 1909)
1953 - Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver (b. 1892)
1956 - Jackson Pollock, American artist (b. 1912)
1961 - Antanas Škėma, Lithuanian writer, stage actor and director (b. 1910)
1972 - Max Theiler, South African virologist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1899)
1980 - Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1910)
1982 - Tom Drake, American actor (b. 1918)
1984 - Alfred A. Knopf, American publisher (b. 1892)
1984 - Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian–German chess player (b. 1916)
1988 - Anne Ramsey, American actress (b. 1929)
1991 - J.D. McDuffie, NASCAR Driver (b. 1939)
1994 - Peter Cushing, British actor (b. 1913)
1995 - Phil Harris, American singer, songwriter and comedian (b. 1904)
1996 - Rafael Kubelík, Czech-born conductor and composer (b. 1914)
2000 - Jean Papineau-Couture, Canadian composer (b. 1916)
2002 - Galen Rowell, photographer, climber (b. 1940)
2003 - Armand Borel, Swiss mathematician (b. 1923)
2003 - Herb Brooks, American hockey coach (b. 1937)
2005 - James Booth, English actor (b. 1927)
2006 - Mike Douglas, American singer and talk show host (b. 1925)

[edit] Holidays and observances

Brazil - Student's Day, Lawyer's Day, Foundation of the Law Studies in Brazil
Taiwan - Valentine's Day
Zimbabwe - Heroes Day

[edit] Liturgical feasts

Roman Catholicism

Translation of St. Callistus, pope, martyr [Reims]
Feast of the Crown of Thorns [Paris]
Saint Hippolytus, martyr [Paris]
Saint Equitius, abbot
St. Gery/Gaugericus, bishop of Cambrai, confessor (sometimes martyr) [Cambrai, Liège, Magdeburg, Paderborn, Winchester]
Saint Taurinus, bishop of Evreux, confessor [northern France, England]
Saints Tiburtius and Chromatius, martyrs [common]
~? Saint Susanna, virgin, martyr in 295 [common]
Saint Clare of Assisi, virgin
Saint Gilberte
Saint Philomena
Saint Radegundis, virgin (sometimes also queen) [Salzburg]
Saint Rusticola, abbess at Arles, virgin [Arles]

[edit] External links

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