Page 5: Historical Events In August - 11

1937  Bakr Sidqi, general/dictator of Iraq, dies on this day in history.   

1939  On August - 11 sergei Rachmaninovs last appearance in Europe   

1940  38 German aircrafts shot down above England on this day in history.   

1941  On this day in history british PM Winston Churchill and US President Franklin Roosevelt sign the Atlantic Charter   

1942  On August - 11 - Sept 30] SS begins exterminating 3,500 Jews in Zelov Lodz Poland   

1942  On August - 11 richard Heinrich Stein, composer, dies at 60   

1943  Flying Officer Lloyd Allan Trigg, 200 Squadron, RAF, won the Victoria Cross over the North Sea on August - 11.   

1943  On August - 11 red Army recaptures Tchukujev, at Kharkov   

1944  On this day in history an electric powered rescue hoist was installed on an HNS-1 helicopter at CGAS Floyd Bennett Field.   

1944  British premier Winston Churchill arrives in Italy on August - 11.   

1945  On August - 11 allies refuse Japan's surrender offer to retain Emperor Hirohito   

1948  Summer Olympics opens in London on August - 11.   

1949  On August - 11 1st Naples-Capri swim, 17 miles (27 km) (Giovanni Gambi)   

1949  Karl Weigl, composer, dies at 68 on August - 11.   

1950  17th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 17, Philadelphia 7 (88,885) on this day in history.   

1951  100,000 acres flooded from Mississippi R in Ks, Okla, Mo & Ill on this day in history.   

1951  Ebbe Hamerik, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1952  On August - 11 hussein proclaimed king of Jordan   

1952  On August - 11 hussein Ibn Talal I, proclaimed King of Jordan   

1952  Riccardo Martin, composer, dies at 77 on August - 11.   

1953  On this day in history ludwig Strauss, German/Israeli writer (Heimliche Gegenwart), dies   

1954  Formal peace takes place, ending 7+ yrs of fighting in Indochina between French and Communist Vietminh on this day in history.   

1954  BC Lions plays its 1st CF game, they lose to Montreal Alouettes, 22-0 on August - 11.   

1955  On August - 11 indonesia govt of Harahap forms   

1956  On August - 11 elvis Presley releases "Don't Be Cruel"   

1956  1st flight 4-motor Cessna 620 on August - 11.   

1956  Jackson Pollock, abstract artist, dies in auto accident (East Hampton) on August - 11.   

1957  Patty Berg wins LPGA All-American Golf Open on August - 11.   

1960  Chad declares independence on August - 11.   

1960  On this day in history chad gains independence from France   

1960  On August - 11 in the first recovery of an object after it had been in orbit, a Navy HRS-3 helicopter, operating from the Haiti Victory of the Pacific Missile Range, recovered the instrumented capsule discharged by Discoverer XIII   

1960  On this day in history chad declares Independence from France   

1961  On August - 11 warren Spahn records victory #300, beats Cubs 2-1   

1962  Andrian G Nikolayev, becomes 3rd Russian in space aboard Vostok 3 on August - 11.   

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1467  Mary of York, English princess (d. 1482) was born on August - 11.   

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

1613  On August - 11 birth of cristoph Kaldenbach, composer   

1635  Thomas Betterton, London, actor/dramatist (Coriolanus) was born on August - 11.   

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 August - 11.   

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

1720  On this day in history birth of martin Gerbert, composer   

0353  On this day in history death of magnentius, Roman usurper (b. 303)   

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

0480  Death of Leonidas, King of Sparta (b. circa 540 BC) on this day in history.   

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

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 August - 11.   

1204  On this day in history death of king Guttorm of Norway (b. 1199)