Page 6: Historical Events In August - 11

1962  On August - 11 beach Boys release "Surfin' Safari"   

1963  Kingston Trio are mystery guest on "What's My Line?" on August - 11.   

1964  On August - 11 beatles' "A Hard Day's Night" opens in NYC   

1964  Race riot in Paterson NJ on this day in history.   

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 August - 11.   

1966  Indonesian Malaysian peace agreement signed in Djakarta on August - 11.   

1966  Last Beatle concert tour of the US begins on this day in history.   

1968  On August - 11 lucien Cerfaux, Belgian biblical scholar, dies   

1972  On August - 11 max Theiler, S Afr/US microbiologist (vaccin-Nobel 1951), dies at 73   

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

1974  On August - 11 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  On this day in history keith Moon, drummer for the Who, collapses and is hospitalized in Miami   

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

1978  On August - 11 funeral of Pope Paul VI   

1982  Tom Drake, actor (Green Years, Warkill), dies of lung cancer at 63 on this day in history.   

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

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

1984  Alfred A Knopf, US publisher, dies at 91 on this day in history.   

1985  On August - 11 challenger flies to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz   

1987  On August - 11 clara Peller, commercial spokesperson (Wendy's), dies at 86   

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

1988  Anne Ramsey, actress (Throw Mama From Train), dies of cancer at 59 on this day in history.   

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

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

1989  John Meillon, actor (Wild Duck, Crocodile Dundee), dies on August - 11.   

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

1990  On August - 11 egypt and Morocco troops land in Saudi Arabia to prevent Iraqi invasion   

1991  Jef Contryn, Flemish pioneer puppet theatre, dies at 89 on August - 11.   

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

1600  On August - 11 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 August - 11.   

1673  Richard Mead, London, physician was born on this day in history.   

1718  On this day in history birth of sir Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (d. 1791)   

1720  On August - 11 birth of martin Gerbert, composer   

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

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

0480  On August - 11 death of leonidas, King of Sparta (b. circa 540 BC)   

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

1171  On this day in history louis I, Earl of Wage/Rieneck, dies   

1180  On this day in history guillaume de/Willem van Sens, Fren master builder (Canterbury), dies   

1183  Christian I, archbishop of Mainz, dies on this day in history.   

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