Page 6: Historical Events In August - 11

1962  Beach Boys release "Surfin' Safari" on August - 11.   

1963  On this day in history kingston Trio are mystery guest on "What's My Line?"   

1964  Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night" opens in NYC on August - 11.   

1964  On August - 11 race riot in Paterson NJ   

1965  6 day insurrection starts in Watts section of Los Angeles on this day in history.   

1965  On August - 11 beatles movie "Help" opens in NYC   

1965  Bill Woodfull, cricketer (35 Tests for Australia), dies on this day in history.   

1966  On August - 11 indonesian Malaysian peace agreement signed in Djakarta   

1966  Last Beatle concert tour of the US begins on August - 11.   

1968  Lucien Cerfaux, Belgian biblical scholar, dies on this day in history.   

1972  Max Theiler, S Afr/US microbiologist (vaccin-Nobel 1951), dies at 73 on August - 11.   

1973  On this day in history peggy Castle, actress (Lily Merrill-Lawman), dies of cirrhosis at 46   

1974  On this day in history head-on collision between two buses kills 21 (Ankara, Turkey)   

1974  Jack Hill, cricketer (3 Tests for Australia 1953-55, 8 wickets), dies on August - 11.   

1975  US vetoes proposed admission of North and South Vietnam to UN on this day in history.   

1975  Anthony C McAuliffe, US gen/commandant 101st div (Nuts!), dies at 77 on August - 11.   

1976  Keith Moon, drummer for the Who, collapses and is hospitalized in Miami on August - 11.   

1977  On this day in history the first CH-46E Sea Knight with newly developed fiberglass rotor blades was flown by Marine Corps helicopter pilots   

1978  Funeral of Pope Paul VI on August - 11.   

1982  Tom Drake, actor (Green Years, Warkill), dies of lung cancer at 63 on August - 11.   

1984  Carl Lewis duplicates Jesse Owens' 1936 feat, wins 4 Olym track golds on August - 11.   

1984  During a radio voice test Pres Reagan joked he "signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in 5 minutes" on August - 11.   

1984  On August - 11 alfred A Knopf, US publisher, dies at 91   

1985  Challenger flies to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz on August - 11.   

1987  Clara Peller, commercial spokesperson (Wendy's), dies at 86 on August - 11.   

1988  On this day in history meir Kahane renounced US citizenship to stay in Israeli Parliament   

1988  On August - 11 anne Ramsey, actress (Throw Mama From Train), dies of cancer at 59   

1989  On August - 11 "Nightmare on Elm Street 5 The Dream Child" premiers   

1989  On August - 11 voyager 2 discovers 2 partial rings of Neptune   

1989  On this day in history john Meillon, actor (Wild Duck, Crocodile Dundee), dies   

1989  "Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child" premiers on this day in history.   

1990  Egypt and Morocco troops land in Saudi Arabia to prevent Iraqi invasion on this day in history.   

1991  Jef Contryn, Flemish pioneer puppet theatre, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1994  On this day in history history was made on August 11, 1994, when the first retail transaction on the Internet was carried out using a readily available version of powerful data encryption software designed to guarantee privacy.   

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1467  On this day in history birth of mary of York, English princess (d. 1482)   

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

1613  On August - 11 birth of cristoph Kaldenbach, composer   

1635  On August - 11 birth of thomas Betterton, London, actor/dramatist (Coriolanus)   

1667  On this day in history birth of anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (d. 1743)   

1673  On this day in history birth of richard Mead, London, physician   

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  Death of Magnentius, Roman usurper (b. 303) on this day in history.   

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

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

1180  On August - 11 guillaume de/Willem van Sens, Fren master builder (Canterbury), dies   

1183  Christian I, archbishop of Mainz, dies on August - 11.   

1204  On August - 11 death of king Guttorm of Norway (b. 1199)