August 11
August 11 is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years ) in the Gregorian Calendar . There are 142 days remaining.
Events
3114 BC - beginning of our current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar
480 BC - Persians under Xerxes defeat Spartans under King Leonidas in the Battle of Thermopylae . The Spartans fought to the last man.
480 BC - The Persian and Greek fleets also fight the indecisive Battle of Artemisium .
1858 - First ascent of the Eiger .
1918 - World War I - Battle of Amiens ends
1919 - Constitution of Weimar Republic adopted
1920 - The Latvia - Soviet Russia peace treaty which relinquished Russia`s authority and pretences to Latvian nation and territory for all time. In 1940 the Soviet Union unilaterally broke this Treaty and occupied Latvia
1934 - Federal prison opened at Alcatraz Island
1943 - World War II - First Quebec Conference of Winston Churchill , Franklin Roosevelt , T. V. Soong and William Lyon Mackenzie King begins.
1948 - Olympic games open in London
1951 - René Pleven becomes Prime Minister of France
1952 - Hussein proclaimed king of Jordan
1960 - Chad declares independence
1965 - Race riots begin in Watts area of Los Angeles, California
1966 - John Lennon held a press conference in Chicago excusing himself from the "Jesus affair"
1970 - A trademark application by the Van Brode Milling Company for the word Spork was published by the USPTO .
1972 - Last United States ground combat unit departs South Vietnam
1987 - Alan Greenspan becomes Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve .
1991 - The three original Nicktoons , Doug , Rugrats , and The Ren and Stimpy Show make their debuts on the Nickelodeon cable channel.
1999 - A total solar eclipse visible from Europe and Asia.
2003 - NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan , marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.
2003 - Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali , is arrested in Bangkok , Thailand .
Births
1700-1899
1718 - Sir Frederick Haldimand - professional soldier (d. 1891 )
1794 - James Barton Longacre - engraver and designer of United States Indian Head cent (d. 1869 )
1807 - David Rice Atchison , American politician (d. 1886 )
1833 - Robert G. Ingersoll , American political leader and orator, atheist, American Civil War Colonel (d. 1899 )
1833 - Kido Takayoshi , Japanese politician, one of the main actors of the Meiji restoration (d. 1877 )
1870 - Tom Richardson , great fast bowler and record-breaking wicket-taker for Surrey between 1893 and 1897 (d. 1912 ).
1872 - Shidehara Kijuro , Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1951 )
1892 - Eiji Yoshikawa , novelist (d. 1962 )
1897 - Louise Bogan , American poet (d. 1970 )
1900-1999
1902 - Alfredo Binda , Italian cyclist (d. 1986 )
1902 - Lloyd Nolan , actor (d. 1982 )
1905 - Erwin Chargaff , biochemist (d. 2002 )
1912 - Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs , astronomer (d. 1954 )
1913 - Angus Wilson , British novelist (d. 1991 )
1919 - Ginette Neveu , French violinist (d. 1949 )
1921 - Alex Haley , historian, novelist (d. 1992 )
1925 - Carl Rowan , journalist
1932 - Fernando Arrabal , playwright, novelist
1933 - Jerry Falwell , Christian preacher and politician
1943 - Abigail Folger , Coffee heiress (d. 1969 )
1943 - Pervez Musharraf , Pakistani general and leader
1944 - Ian McDiarmid , actor
1946 - Marilyn vos Savant , newspaper columnist
1950 - Gennidy Nikonov , designer of the AN-94 assault rifle
1950 - Steve Wozniak , personal computer pioneer
1953 - Hulk Hogan (Terry Gene Bollea), professional wrestler
1954 - Joe Jackson , singer
1954 - Juan Maria Solare , music composer and pianist
1955 - Sylvia Hermon , UK politician
1967 - Joe Rogan , comedian, television host
1972 - Jonathon Prandi , American male model
1974 - Audrey Mestre , freediver
1980 - Lee Suggs , American football player
Deaths
500 BC-AD 1899
1900-1999
2000-2099
Holidays and observances
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