What happened on August 11? There are more than 250 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About August 11
August 11 is the 224th day of the year 2024. There are 142 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Sunday. This day falls under the 32nd week of the year 2024.
On this day in Skidmore, Texas 78389 sunrise occured at 06:57 AM and sunset occured at 08:14 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Leo. The modern birthstone for this month is Peridot while the mystical birthstone is Diamond.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 171 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For August 11
- 2492 BCTraditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation.
- 3114 BCThe Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Mayans, begins.
- 106The south-eastern part of Dacia (modern Romania) becomes a Roman province: Roman Dacia.
- 355Claudius Silvanus, accused of treason, proclaims himself Roman Emperor against Constantius II.
- 1332Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Dupplin Moor – Scots under Domhnall II, Earl of Mar are routed by Edward Balliol.
- 1675Franco-Dutch War: forces of the Holy Roman Empire defeat the French in the Battle of Konzer Brücke.
- 1786Captain Francis Light establishes the British colony of Penang in Malaysia.
- 1804Francis II assumes the title of first Emperor of Austria.
- 1812Peninsular War: French troops engage British-Portuguese forces in the Battle of Majadahonda.
- 1858The Eiger in the Bernese Alps is ascended for the first time by Charles Barrington accompanied by Christian Almer and Peter Bohren.
- 1898Spanish-American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.
- 1918World War I: the Battle of Amiens ends.
- 1919The constitution of the Weimar Republic is adopted.
- 1920The Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty, which relinquished Russia’s authority and pretenses to Latvia, is signed, ending the Latvian War of Independence.
- 1929Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.
- 1934The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island.
- 1942Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil receive a patent for a frequency hopping, spread spectrum communication system that later became the basis for modern technologies in wireless telephones and Wi-Fi.
- 1947Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founding father of Pakistan, gives a speech to the Constituent Assembly, the contents and meaning of which remain contentious today.
- 1952Hussein bin Talal is proclaimed King of Jordan.
- 1959Sheremetyevo International Airport, the second-largest airport in Russia, opens.
- 1960Chad declares independence.
- 1961The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
- 1965Race riots (the Watts riots) begin in the Watts area of Los Angeles, California.
- 1972Vietnam War: the last United States ground combat unit leaves South Vietnam.
- 1975East Timor: Governor Mário Lemos Pires of Portuguese Timor abandons the capital Dili, following a coup by the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and Fretilin.
- 1982A bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 830, en route from Tokyo to Honolulu, killing one teenager and injuring 15 passengers.
- 1984“We begin bombing in five minutes” - United States President Ronald Reagan, while running for re-election, jokes while preparing to make his weekly Saturday address on National Public Radio.
- 1999The Salt Lake City Tornado tears through the downtown district of the city, killing one.
- 2003A heat wave in Paris results in temperatures rising to 112 °F, leaving about 144 people dead.
- 2003Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.
- 2003NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.
- 2003The highest temperature ever seen in Great Britain (38.1 °C) is recorded at Gravesend, Kent.
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Who Were Born On August 11?
- 1467Mary of York, English princess (d. 1482)
- 1648Jeremiah Shepard, American minister (d. 1720)
- 1667Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, Florentine patroness of the arts, the last scion of the House of Medici (d. 1743)
- 1673Richard Mead, English physician (d. 1754)
- 1718Sir Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (d. 1791)
- 1722Richard Brocklesby, English physician (d. 1797)
- 1778Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, German (Prussian) gymnastics educator and nationalist (d. 1852)
- 1794James Barton Longacre, American engraver (d. 1869)
- 1807David Rice Atchison, American politician (d. 1886)
- 1808William W. Chapman, American politician (d. 1892)
- 1825István Türr, Hungarian soldier and engineer (d. 1908)
- 1833Kido Takayoshi, Japanese politician (d. 1877)
- 1833Robert G. Ingersoll, American politician and soldier (d. 1899)
- 1836Warren Brown, American politician (d. 1919)
- 1837Marie François Sadi Carnot, French statesman (d. 1894)
- 1855John Hodges, Australian cricketer (d. 1933)
- 1858Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician, Nobel Laureate (d. 1930)
- 1860Ottó Bláthy, AHungarian electrical engineer (d. 1939)
- 1870Tom Richardson, English cricketer (d. 1912)
- 1872Kijūrō Shidehara, 44th Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1951)
- 1877Adolph M. Christianson, American judge, Justice and Chief Justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court (d. 1954)
- 1878Oliver W F Lodge, English poet and writer (d. 1955)
- 1891Stancho Belkovski, Bulgarian architect and lecturer (d. 1962)
- 1892Archie Wiles, West Indian cricketer (d. 1957)
- 1892Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese novelist (d. 1962)
- 1892Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish poet (d. 1978)
- 1897Enid Blyton, English author (d. 1968)
- 1897Louise Bogan, American poet (d. 1970)
- 1900Philip Phillips, American archaeologist (d. 1994)
- 1902Alfredo Binda, Italian cyclist (d. 1986)
- 1902Lloyd Nolan, American actor (d. 1985)
- 1905Erwin Chargaff, Austrian biochemist (d. 2002)
- 1907Ted a'Beckett, Australian cricketer (d. 1989)
- 1908Torgny Torgnysson Segerstedt, Swedish sociologist and philosopher (d. 1999)
- 1909Yuji Koseki, Japanese composer (d. 1989)
- 1912Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, German astronomer (d. 1954)
- 1912Thanom Kittikachorn, 10th Prime Minister of Thailand (d. 2004)
- 1913Angus Wilson, British novelist (d. 1991)
- 1913Bob Scheffing, American professional baseball player and manager (d. 1985)
- 1913Paul Dupuis, French Canadian actor (d. 1976)
- 1914José Silva, American parapsychologist (d. 1999)
- 1916Johnny Claes, Belgian racing driver (d. 1956)
- 1919Ginette Neveu, French violinist (d. 1949)
- 1919Luis Olmo, Puerto Rican baseball player
- 1920Chuck Rayner, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2002)
- 1921Alex Haley, American historian (d. 1992)
- 1923Stan Chambers, American television reporter
- 1925Floyd Curry, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2006)
- 1925Mike Douglas, American entertainer (d. 2006)
- 1926Aaron Klug, Lithuanian-born British chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Laureate
- 1926Claus von Bülow, Danish-born British socialite
- 1927Raymond Leppard, English conductor
- 1927Stuart Rosenberg, American film director d. 2007
- 1928Arlene Dahl, American actress
- 1930Paul Soles, Canadian actor and television personality
- 1932Fernando Arrabal, Spanish writer
- 1932Israel Harold “Izzy” Asper, Canadian tax lawyer (d. 2003)
- 1932John Gorrie, English director
- 1932Peter Eisenman, American architect
- 1933Jerry Falwell, American preacher and televangelist (d. 2007)
- 1933Jerzy Grotowski, Polish theatre director (d. 1999)
- 1936Andre Dubus, American short-story writer (d. 1999)
- 1938Branko Stanovnik, Slovenian chemist
- 1939Ronnie Dawson, American rockabilly performer (d. 2003)
- 1940Lennie Pond, American NASCAR driver
- 1942Mike Hugg, British drummer, keyboardist and vocalist (Manfred Mann)
- 1943Abigail Folger, American heiress and Manson murder victim (d. 1969)
- 1943Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani politician
- 1943Stefania Toczyska, Polish mezzo-soprano
- 1944Frederick W. Smith, American entrepreneur
- 1944Ian McDiarmid, Scottish actor
- 1946John Conlee, American country music singer
- 1946Marilyn vos Savant, American newspaper columnist
- 1947Georgios Karatzaferis, Greek politician
- 1948Jan Palach, Czechoslovakian student protester (d. 1969)
- 1949Eric Carmen, American singer and guitarist (Raspberries)
- 1949Tim Hutchinson, American politician
- 1950Erik Brann, American guitarist (Iron Butterfly) (d. 2003)
- 1950Gennidy Nikonov, Russian weapon engineer, designer of the AN-94 attack rifle (d. 2003)
- 1950Steve Wozniak, American computer pioneer
- 1951Vincent Bilodeau, Canadian actor and comedian
- 1952Bob Mothersbaugh AKA Bob 1, American guitarist (Devo)
- 1952Manfred Krüger, German footballer
- 1953Hulk Hogan, American professional wrestler
- 1954Joe Jackson, English singer
- 1954Juan Maria Solare, Argentine composer
- 1954Mottu Vara Narasimha Rao, Indian cricketer
- 1954Yashpal Sharma, Indian cricketer
- 1955Marc Bureau, Canadian politician
- 1955Sylvia Hermon, British politician
- 1956Pierre-Louis Lions, French mathematician
- 1957Ian Stuart Donaldson, British singer (Skrewdriver) (d. 1993)
- 1958Jah Wobble, English bassist
- 1959Gustavo Cerati, Argentinian guitarist and singer-songwriter (Soda Stereo)
- 1959László Szlávics, Jr., Hungarian sculptor and medalist
- 1959Yoshiaki Murakami, Japanese investor
- 1961Craig Ehlo, American basketball player
- 1961David Brooks, American journalist and author
- 1962Ennis Whatley, American basketball player
- 1962Uvais Karnain, Sri Lankan cricketer
- 1963Hiromi Makihara, Japanese baseball player
- 1964Jim Lee, Korean comic book artist
- 1964Miguel A. Núñez, Jr., American actor
- 1964Nikki Randall, American pornographic actress
- 1965Duane Martin, American actor
- 1965Embeth Davidtz, American actress
- 1965Marc Bergevin, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1965Shinji Mikami, Japanese video game designer (Resident Evil)
- 1965Viola Davis, American actress
- 1966Nigel Martyn, English footballer
- 1967Collin Chou, Taiwanese actor
- 1967Enrique Bunbury, Spanish singer
- 1967Eric Maleson, Brazilian bobsledder
- 1967Joe Rogan, American television host, comedian, commentator and actor
- 1968Noordin Mohammad Top, Malaysian Islamist terrorist (d. 2009)
- 1969Ashley Jensen, British actress
- 1970Teresa Pavlinek, Canadian actress
- 1971Alejandra Barros, Mexican actress
- 1971Julie Clarke, American model
- 1971Tommy Mooney, English football player
- 1972Jonathon Prandi, American model
- 1973Carolyn Murphy, American model
- 1973Nigel Harman, British actor
- 1974Anju Jain, Indian cricketer
- 1974Audrey Mestre, French diver (d. 2002)
- 1974Hadiqa Kiyani, Pakistani singer
- 1974Kira Kener, American pornographic actress
- 1974Marie-France Dubreuil, Canadian figure skater
- 1975Davey von Bohlen, American guitarist and vocalist (The Promise Ring, Maritime)
- 1976Ľubomír Višňovský, Slovak ice hockey player
- 1976Ben Gibbard, American guitarist and singer-songwriter (Death Cab for Cutie, The Postal Service)
- 1976Bubba Crosby, American baseball player
- 1976Erick Lindgren, American poker player
- 1976Iván Córdoba, Colombian footballer
- 1976Will Friedle, American actor
- 1977Dênio, Brazilian footballer
- 1977Gemma Hayes, Irish singer
- 1978Amber Mariano, American reality television personality
- 1978Jermain Taylor, American boxer
- 1978Spyros Gogolos, Greek footballer
- 1979Aggeliki Daliani, Greek actress
- 1980Daniel Lloyd, British cyclist
- 1980Lee Suggs, American football player
- 1981Fiona Sit, Hong Kong singer and actress
- 1981Sandi Thom, Scottish singer
- 1982Alan Halsall, British actor
- 1983Chris Hemsworth, Australian actor
- 1984Katie Rees, American beauty pageant contestant
- 1984Lucas di Grassi, Brazilian racing driver
- 1984Melky Cabrera, Dominican baseball player
- 1985Asher Roth, American rapper
- 1985J-Boog, American singer (B2K)
- 1986Kaori Fukuhara, Japanese voice actress
- 1986Pablo Sandoval, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1986Richard Keogh, Irish footballer
- 1987Dany N'Guessan, French footballer
- 1987Drew Storen, American baseball player
- 1993Alyson Stoner, American actress, model, singer and dancer
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Who Died On August 11?
- 353Magnentius, Roman usurper (b. 303)
- 449Archbishop Flavian of Constantinople (birth year unknown)
- 897Wilfred the Hairy, Count of Barcelona (birth year unknown)
- 1204King Guttorm of Norway (b. 1199)
- 1253Clare of Assisi, Italian follower of Francis of Assisi (b. 1194)
- 1259Möngke Khan, Great Khan of the Mongol Empire (b. c. 1208)
- 1456János Hunyadi, regent of Hungary (b. 1387)
- 1464Nicholas of Cusa, German philosopher and mathematician (b. 1401)
- 1494Hans Memling, Flemish painter (b. c. 1430)
- 1519Johann Tetzel, German opponent of the Reformation (b. 1465)
- 1563Bartolomé de Escobedo, Spanish composer (b. c. 1500)
- 1578Pedro Nunes, Portuguese mathematician (b. 1502)
- 1596Hamnet Shakespeare, son of William Shakespeare (b. 1585)
- 1614Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (b. 1552)
- 1656Ottavio Piccolomini, Austrian-Italian field marshal (b. 1599)
- 1774Tiphaigne de la Roche, French writer (b. 1722)
- 1813Henry James Pye, English poet (b. 1745)
- 1851Lorenz Oken, German naturalist (b. 1779)
- 1854Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist (b. 1798)
- 1868Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian composer (b. 1815)
- 1886Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet (b. 1843)
- 1890John Henry Newman, English Catholic cardinal (b. 1801)
- 1892Enrico Betti, Italian mathematician (b. 1813)
- 1903Eugenio Maria de Hostos, Puerto Rican educator and nationalist (b. 1839)
- 1908Khudiram Bose, Indian freedom fighter (b. 1889)
- 1919Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-born American industrialist and philanthropist (b. 1835)
- 1936Blas Infante, Spanish writer and politician (b. 1885)
- 1937Edith Wharton, American novelist and designer (b. 1862)
- 1939Jean Bugatti, Italian automobile designer (b. 1909)
- 1953Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver (b. 1892)
- 1954Santo Trafficante, Sr., Sicilian-born American mobster (b. 1886)
- 1956Jackson Pollock, American artist (b. 1912)
- 1961Antanas Škėma, Lithuanian writer, actor and director (b. 1910)
- 1965Bill Woodfull, Australian cricketer (b. 1897)
- 1969Miriam Licette, English operatic soprano (b. 1885)
- 1972Max Theiler, South African virologist, Nobel Laureate (b. 1899)
- 1974Jan Tschichold, German typographer (b. 1902)
- 1974Vicente Emilio Sojo, Venezuelan musicologist and composer (b. 1887)
- 1975Rachel Katznelson-Shazar, Belarusian-born Israeli Zionist political figure, wife of Zalman Shazar (b. 1885)
- 1980Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1910)
- 1982Tom Drake, American actor (b. 1918)
- 1984Alfred A. Knopf, Sr., American publisher (b. 1892)
- 1984Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian–born German chess player (b. 1916)
- 1986János Drapál, Hungarian motorcycle road racer (b. 1948)
- 1988Anne Ramsey, American actress (b. 1929)
- 1991J. D. McDuffie, American NASCAR driver (b. 1938)
- 1994Peter Cushing, British actor (b. 1913)
- 1995Phil Harris, American singer and comedian (b. 1904)
- 1996Baba Vanga, Macedonian-born Bulgarian prophet, mystic, clairvoyant and herbalist (b. 1911)
- 1996Mel Taylor, American drummer (The Ventures) (b. 1933)
- 1996Rafael Kubelík, Czech conductor and composer (b. 1914)
- 1996Tassos Isaac, Greek Cypriot murdered while demonstrating in the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus (b. 1972)
- 2000Jean Papineau-Couture, Canadian composer (b. 1916)
- 2001Percy Stallard, English cyclist (b. 1909)
- 2002Galen Rowell, American photographer and mountain climber (b. 1940)
- 2003Armand Borel, Swiss mathematician (b. 1923)
- 2003Herb Brooks, American ice hockey coach (b. 1937)
- 2005James Booth, English actor (b. 1927)
- 2006Mike Douglas, American singer and talk show host (b. 1925)
- 2009Eunice Kennedy Shriver, American founder of the Special Olympics, sister of John F. Kennedy (b. 1921)
- 2010Markus Liebherr, German-born Swiss owner of Southampton Football Club (b. 1948)
- 2011Jani Lane, American musician, songwriter (b. 1964)
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