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  On this day in history beatles' "A Hard Day's Night" opens in NYC   

1964  Race riot in Paterson NJ on August - 11.   

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

1965  Beatles movie "Help" opens in NYC on this day in history.   

1965  Bill Woodfull, cricketer (35 Tests for Australia), dies on August - 11.   

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

1966  On August - 11 last Beatle concert tour of the US begins   

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

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

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

1975  On August - 11 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 this day in history.   

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  Funeral of Pope Paul VI on August - 11.   

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

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

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

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  Clara Peller, commercial spokesperson (Wendy's), dies at 86 on this day in history.   

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

1988  Anne Ramsey, actress (Throw Mama From Train), dies of cancer at 59 on August - 11.   

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 this day in history.   

1989  On August - 11 john Meillon, actor (Wild Duck, Crocodile Dundee), dies   

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

1990  Egypt and Morocco troops land in Saudi Arabia to prevent Iraqi invasion on August - 11.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1613  On August - 11 birth of cristoph Kaldenbach, composer   

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

1667  On August - 11 birth of anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (d. 1743)   

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 August - 11 birth of martin Gerbert, composer   

0353  Death of Magnentius, Roman usurper (b. 303) on August - 11.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1180  Guillaume de/Willem van Sens, Fren master builder (Canterbury), dies on this day in history.   

1183  On August - 11 christian I, archbishop of Mainz, dies   

1204  Death of King Guttorm of Norway (b. 1199) on this day in history.