August 11
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August 11 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 141 days remaining after August 11 until the end of the year.
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[change] Births
- 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, leading figure of the Meiji restoration (d. 1877)
- 1858 – Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch doctor, won the 1929 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering vitamins (d. 1930
- 1870 – Tom Richardson, English cricketer (d. 1912).
- 1892 – Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese novelist (d. 1962)
- 1897 – Enid Blyton, British writer (d. 1968)
- 1897 – Louise Bogan, American poet (d. 1970)
- 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, American historian, novelist (d. 1992)
- 1925 – Mike Douglas, American entertainer (d. 2006)
- 1932 – Fernando Arrabal, Spanish playwright, novelist
- 1933 – Jerry Falwell, Christian preacher and politician (d. 2007)
- 1943 – Abigail Folger, American Coffee 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, designer of the AN-94 assault rifle
- 1950 – Steve Wozniak, personal computer pioneer
- 1953 – Hulk Hogan (Terry Gene Bollea), American professional wrestler
- 1954 – Joe Jackson, British singer
- 1954 – Juan Maria Solare, Argentine music composer and pianist
- 1955 – Sylvia Hermon, UK politician
- 1957 – Richie Ramone, American musician, drummer with The Ramones
- 1965 – Viola Davis, American actress
- 1967 – Joe Rogan, comedian, television host
- 1969 – Ashley Jensen, British actress
- 1970 – Gianluca Pessotto, Italian footballer
- 1972 – Jonathon Prandi, American male model
- 1974 – Audrey Mestre, French freediver (d. 2002)
- 1980 – Lee Suggs, American football player
- 1981 – Sandi Thom, Scottish singer
- 1986 – Kaori Fukihara, Japanese voice actress
- 1993 – Alyson Stoner, American actress
[change] Deaths
- 480 BC – Leonidas, king of Sparta
- 1253 – Saint Clare of Assisi, patron saint of television (b. 1193)
- 1813 – Henry James Pye, English poet (b. 1745)
- 1890 – John Henry Cardinal Newman, English Cardinal (b. 1801)
- 1919 – Andrew Carnegie, industrialist, philanthropist (b. 1835)
- 1937 – Edith Wharton, American author (b. 1862)
- 1939 – Jean Bugatti, Automobile designer (b. 1909)
- 1953 – Tazio Nuvolari, Italian racecar driver (b. 1892)
- 1956 – Jackson Pollock, American artist (b. 1912)
- 1984 – Alfred A. Knopf, American publisher (b. 1892)
- 1996 – Rafael Kubelik, conductor and composer (b. 1914)
- 2003 – Diana Mitford, widow of British Fascist leader Oswald Mosley (b. 1910)
- 2003 – Herb Brooks, ice hockey coach (b. 1937)
- 2006 – Mike Douglas, American entertainer (b. 1925)
- 2008 – Fred Sinowatz, Austrian politician (b. 1929)
- 2009 – Eunice Kennedy Shriver, founder of the Special Olympics, and sister of John F. Kennedy (b. 1921)
[change] Events
- 355 – Claudius Silvanus proclaims himself Roman Emperor.
- 1919 – The Constitution of Germany's Weimar Republic is adopted.
- 1929 – Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs, at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.
- 1934 – The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal Prison at Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay.
- 1952 – Hussein of Jordan is proclaimed king.
- 1960 – Chad declares independence from France.
- 1999 – A total Solar Eclipse is seen over much of Europe.
- 2003 – A heatwave in Paris, France kills an estimated 144 people, with temperatures reaching 44 degrees Celsius.
[change] Observances
- Independence Day in Chad
