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  On August - 11 38 German aircrafts shot down above England   

1941  On August - 11 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  Richard Heinrich Stein, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history flying Officer Lloyd Allan Trigg, 200 Squadron, RAF, won the Victoria Cross over the North Sea   

1943  On this day in history red Army recaptures Tchukujev, at Kharkov   

1944  An electric powered rescue hoist was installed on an HNS-1 helicopter at CGAS Floyd Bennett Field on August - 11.   

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

1945  On this day in history allies refuse Japan's surrender offer to retain Emperor Hirohito   

1948  On August - 11 summer Olympics opens in London   

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

1949  On this day in history karl Weigl, composer, dies at 68   

1950  On August - 11 17th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: All-Stars 17, Philadelphia 7 (88,885)   

1951  On August - 11 100,000 acres flooded from Mississippi R in Ks, Okla, Mo & Ill   

1951  On this day in history ebbe Hamerik, composer, dies at 52   

1952  Hussein proclaimed king of Jordan on August - 11.   

1952  Hussein Ibn Talal I, proclaimed King of Jordan on August - 11.   

1952  On this day in history riccardo Martin, composer, dies at 77   

1953  On August - 11 ludwig Strauss, German/Israeli writer (Heimliche Gegenwart), dies   

1954  On August - 11 formal peace takes place, ending 7+ yrs of fighting in Indochina between French and Communist Vietminh   

1954  On this day in history bC Lions plays its 1st CF game, they lose to Montreal Alouettes, 22-0   

1955  Indonesia govt of Harahap forms on August - 11.   

1956  Elvis Presley releases "Don't Be Cruel" on August - 11.   

1956  On this day in history 1st flight 4-motor Cessna 620   

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

1957  Patty Berg wins LPGA All-American Golf Open on this day in history.   

1960  Chad declares independence on this day in history.   

1960  Chad gains independence from France on this day in history.   

1960  On this day in history 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  Warren Spahn records victory #300, beats Cubs 2-1 on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history andrian G Nikolayev, becomes 3rd Russian in space aboard Vostok 3   

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1467  Mary of York, English princess (d. 1482) was born on this day in history.   

1600  On this day in history birth of paul Hallman, composer   

1613  Cristoph Kaldenbach, composer was born on this day in history.   

1635  On this day in history 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  Richard Mead, London, physician was born on August - 11.   

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 August - 11.   

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

0449  On this day in history death of flavian, Patriarch of Constantinople   

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

0897  On August - 11 death of wilfred the Hairy, Count of Barcelona   

1171  On this day in history 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)