Page 6: Historical Events In August - 11

1962  Beach Boys release "Surfin' Safari" on this day in history.   

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  Race riot in Paterson NJ on August - 11.   

1965  On August - 11 6 day insurrection starts in Watts section of Los Angeles   

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

1965  On August - 11 bill Woodfull, cricketer (35 Tests for Australia), dies   

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

1966  On this day in history last Beatle concert tour of the US begins   

1968  On this day in history lucien Cerfaux, Belgian biblical scholar, dies   

1972  On this day in history max Theiler, S Afr/US microbiologist (vaccin-Nobel 1951), dies at 73   

1973  On August - 11 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  On this day in history jack Hill, cricketer (3 Tests for Australia 1953-55, 8 wickets), dies   

1975  On this day in history uS vetoes proposed admission of North and South Vietnam to UN   

1975  On this day in history anthony C McAuliffe, US gen/commandant 101st div (Nuts!), dies at 77   

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  On this day in history funeral of Pope Paul VI   

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

1984  On this day in history carl Lewis duplicates Jesse Owens' 1936 feat, wins 4 Olym track golds   

1984  On this day in history during a radio voice test Pres Reagan joked he "signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in 5 minutes"   

1984  On this day in history alfred A Knopf, US publisher, dies at 91   

1985  On this day in history challenger flies to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz   

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

1988  Meir Kahane renounced US citizenship to stay in Israeli Parliament on this day in history.   

1988  On this day in history anne Ramsey, actress (Throw Mama From Train), dies of cancer at 59   

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

1989  Voyager 2 discovers 2 partial rings of Neptune on August - 11.   

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

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

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

1991  On this day in history jef Contryn, Flemish pioneer puppet theatre, dies at 89   

1994  On August - 11 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  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  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 this day in history.   

1673  On August - 11 birth of richard Mead, London, physician   

1718  On August - 11 birth of sir Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (d. 1791)   

1720  Martin Gerbert, composer was born on August - 11.   

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

0449  Death of Flavian, Patriarch of Constantinople on August - 11.   

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

0897  On this day in history death of wilfred the Hairy, Count of Barcelona   

1171  Louis I, Earl of Wage/Rieneck, dies on August - 11.   

1180  Guillaume de/Willem van Sens, Fren master builder (Canterbury), dies on August - 11.   

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

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