August 11

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August 11 is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 142 days remaining.

1 Events
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Holidays and observances
5 External links

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Events

3114 BC - On this date in the proleptic Gregorian calendar begins 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.
355 - Claudius Silvanus, accused of treason, proclaims himself Roman Emperor against Constantius II.
1492 - Alexander VI is elected Pope.
1711 - The first race meeting was held at Ascot
1858 - First ascent of the Eiger.
1898 - American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico during the Spanish-American War.
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
1929 - Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.
1934 - Federal prison opened at Alcatraz Island
1943 - World War II - First Quebec Conference of Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, T. V. Soong and William Lyon Mackenzie King begins.
1951 - René Pleven becomes Prime Minister of France
1952 - Hussein proclaimed king of Jordan
1956 - Jackson Pollock dies in car crash East Hampton, NY
1960 - Chad declares independence
1965 - Race riots (the Watts riots) begin in Watts area of Los Angeles, California
1966 - John Lennon holds a press conference in Chicago apologizing for stating that the Beatles were "more popular than Jesus".
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
1981 - The IBM PC, an early personal computer, is introduced
1984 - United States President Ronald Reagan, during a voice check for a radio broadcast remarks "My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes".
1987 - Alan Greenspan becomes Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve.
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.

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Births

1667 - Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, last of the Medicis (d. 1743)
1673 - Richard Mead, English physician (d. 1754)
1718 - Sir Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-born British colonial governor (d. 1791)
1722 - Richard Brocklesby, English physician (d. 1797)
1794 - James Barton Longacre, American engraver (d. 1869)
1807 - David Rice Atchison, American politician (d. 1886)
1833 - Robert G. Ingersoll, American politician and soldier (d. 1899)
1833 - Kido Takayoshi, Japanese politician (d. 1877)
1836 - Warren Brown, American politician (d. TBA)
1837 - Marie François Sadi Carnot, French statesman (d. 1894)
1858 - Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and pathologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1930)
1863 - Gaston Doumergue, President of France (d. 1937)
1870 - Tom Richardson, English cricketer (d. 1912).
1872 - Shidehara Kijuro, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1951)
1892 - Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese novelist (d. 1962)
1897 - Louise Bogan, American poet (d. 1970)
1897 - Enid Blyton, English author (d. 1968)
1900 - Philip Phillips, American archaeologist (d. 1994)
1902 - Alfredo Binda, Italian cyclist (d. 1986)
1902 - Lloyd Nolan, American actor (d. 1982)
1905 - Erwin Chargaff, Austrian biochemist (d. 2002)
1912 - Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, German astronomer (d. 1954)
1912 - Thanom Kittikachorn, Prime Minister of Thailand (d. 2004)
1913 - Angus Wilson, British novelist (d. 1991)
1914 - José Silva, author of Silva Method and the Silva UltraMind ESP System (d. 1999)
1919 - Ginette Neveu, French violinist (d. 1949)
1921 - Alex Haley, American historian and novelist (d. 1992)
1925 - Mike Douglas, American entertainer and talk show host
1926 - Aaron Klug, Lithuanian-born chemist, Nobel Prize laureate
1928 - Arlene Dahl, American actress
1932 - Fernando Arrabal, Spanish writer
1933 - Jerry Falwell, American preacher and politician
1938 - Branko Stanovnik, Slovenian chemist
1943 - Abigail Folger, American heiress (d. 1969)
1943 - Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani general and leader
1944 - Ian McDiarmid, Scottish actor
1946 - Marilyn vos Savant, American newspaper columnist
1950 - Gennidy Nikonov, Russian weapons inventor
1950 - Steve Wozniak, American computer pioneer
1953 - Hulk Hogan, American professional wrestler
1954 - Joe Jackson, English singer
1954 - Juan Maria Solare, Argentine composer and pianist
1955 - Sylvia Hermon, British politician
1957 - Richie Ramone, American drummer (The Ramones)
1964 - Jim Lee, Korean-born comic book artist and publisher
1966 - Nigel Martyn, English footballer
1967 - Joe Rogan, American comedian and television host
1967 - Enrique Bunbury, Spanish singer and songwriter
1968 - Lorenzo Bernardi, Italian volleyball player
1970 - Andy Bell, English bass player (Oasis)
1972 - Jonathon Prandi, American model
1974 - Audrey Mestre, French diver
1976 - Ben Gibbard, American musician (Death Cab For Cutie, The Postal Service)
1976 - Ľubomir Visnovsky, Slovak ice hockey player
1980 - Lee Suggs, American football player
1987 - Sidney Crosby, Canadian NHL hockey player
1993 - Alyson Stoner, American child actress and dancer

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Deaths

480 BC - Leonidas, King of Sparta
449 - Flavian, patriarch of Constantinople
897 - Wilfred the Hairy, Count of Barcelona
1204 - King Guttorm of Norway (b. 1199)
1253 - Clare of Assisi, Italian follower of Francis of Assisi (b. 1194)
1464 - Nicholas of Cusa, German philosopher and mathematician (b. 1401)
1519 - Johann Tetzel, German opponent of the Reformation (b. 1465)
1563 - Bartolomé de Escobedo, Spanish composer
1578 - Pedro Nunes, Portuguese mathematician (b. 1502)
1614 - Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (b. 1552)
1656 - Prince Octavio Piccolomini, Duke of Amalfi, Austrian field marshal (b. 1599)
1676 - Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, German writer (b. 1621)
1774 - Tiphaigne de la Roche, French writer (b. 1722)
1813 - Henry James Pye, English poet (b. 1745)
1851 - Lorenz Oken, German naturalist (b. 1779)
1854 - Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist (b. 1798)
1890 - John Henry Cardinal Newman, English Catholic cardinal (b. 1801)
1892 - Enrico Betti, Italian mathematician (b. 1813)
1919 - Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-born industrialist and philanthropist (b. 1835)
1937 - Edith Wharton, American author (b. 1862)
1939 - Jean Bugatti, Italian automobile designer (b. 1909)
1953 - Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver (b. 1892)
1956 - Jackson Pollock, American artist (b. 1912)
1961 - Antanas Škėma, Lithuanian writer, stage actor and director (b. 1910)
1972 - Max Theiler, South African virologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1899)
1973 - Karl Ziegler, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1898)
1984 - Alfred A. Knopf, American publisher (b. 1892)
1988 - Anne Ramsey, American actress (b. 1929)
1994 - Peter Cushing, British actor (b. 1913)
1996 - Rafael Kubelik, Czech-born conductor and composer (b. 1914)
2003 - Armand Borel, Swiss mathematician (b. 1923)
2003 - Herb Brooks, American hockey coach (b. 1937)

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Holidays and observances

Brazil - Student´s Day, Lawyer´s Day, Foundation of the Law Studies in Brazil
Taiwan - Valentine's Day
Zimbabwe - Heroes Day
Roman Catholicism - the feasts of at least 5 saints:
- St. Tiburtius
- St. Chromatius
- St. Equitius
- St. Gery/Gaugericus
- St. Susanna