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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.
Contents
1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances
5 External links
Events 3114 BC - On this date in the proleptic Gregorian calendar begins our current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar .
586 BC - The First Temple (originally built by King Solomon ) is destroyed by the Babylonians in Jerusalem .
480 BC - Spartan hoplites under Leonidas I , along with Thespians under Demophilus , fought to the last man in the Battle of Thermopylae , losing to a large Persian invasion force led by Xerxes I .
480 BC - Greco-Persian Wars : Battle of Artemisium - The Persians achieve a naval victory over the Greeks in an engagement fought near Artemisium , a promontory on the north coast of Euboea . The Greek fleet holds its own against the Persians in three days of fighting but withdraws southward when news comes of the defeat at Thermopylae .
70 - The Second Temple is destroyed by the Roman army in Jerusalem .
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
1786 - Captain Francis Light established the British colony of Penang in Malaysia
1858 - First ascent of the Eiger .
1898 - Spanish-American War : American troops enter the city of Mayagüez , Puerto Rico .
1918 - World War I - Battle of Amiens ends
1919 - Constitution of Weimar Republic adopted
1920 - The Latvia -Bolshevist Russia peace treaty, which relinquished Russia's authority and pretenses to Latvia, is signed.
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
1951 - René Pleven becomes Prime Minister of France
1952 - Hussein proclaimed king of Jordan
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" .
1968 - The last steam passenger train service ran in Britain. A British Rail steam locomotive made the 314-mile journey from Liverpool to Carlisle and returned to Liverpool before being dispatched to the Wrecking yard .
1970 - A trademark application by the Van Brode Milling Company for the word Spork was published by the USPTO .
1972 - Vietnam War : The last United States ground combat unit depart South Vietnam
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 .
1992 - The Mall of America , the biggest shopping mall in the country, opened in Bloomington, Minnesota.
1995 - Russell Hill subway accident kills three people in Toronto, Ontario , Canada .
1999 - A total solar eclipse visible from Europe and Asia.
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. 1919 )
1837 - Marie François Sadi Carnot , French statesman (d. 1894 )
1858 - Christiaan Eijkman , Dutch physician, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1930 )
1863 - Gaston Doumergue , President of the French Third Republic (d. 1937 )
1870 - Tom Richardson , English cricketer (d. 1912 )
1870 - Walter Bowman , Canadian soccer player (d. ?)
1872 - Shidehara Kijuro , Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1951 )
1892 - Eiji Yoshikawa , Japanese novelist (d. 1962 )
1892 - Hugh MacDiarmid , Scottish poet (d. 1978 )
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. 1985 )
1905 - Erwin Chargaff , Austrian biochemist (d. 2002 )
1907 - Ted a'Beckett , Australian cricketer (d. 1989 )
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 , American parapsychologist (d. 1999 )
1919 - Ginette Neveu , French violinist (d. 1949 )
1920 - Chuck Rayner , American ice hockey player (d. 2002 )
1921 - Alex Haley , American historian (d. 1992 )
1925 - Mike Douglas , American entertainer (d. 2006 )
1925 - Floyd Curry , National Hockey League player (d. 2006 )
1926 - Aaron Klug , Lithuanian-born chemist, Nobel Prize Laureate
1928 - Arlene Dahl , American actress
1932 - Fernando Arrabal , Spanish writer
1932 - Israel Asper , Canadian tax lawyer (d. 2003 )
1933 - Jerry Falwell , American preacher
1936 - Andre Dubus , American short-story writer (d. 1999 )
1938 - Branko Stanovnik , Slovenian chemist
1939 - Ronnie Dawson , American rockabilly performer (d. 2003 )
1943 - Abigail Folger , American coffee heiress and Manson murder victim (d. 1969 )
1943 - Pervez Musharraf , Pakistani general, 12th President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
1944 - Ian McDiarmid , Scottish actor
1944 - Fred Smith , American entrepreneur
1946 - Marilyn vos Savant , American newspaper columnist
1946 - John Conlee , American country music singer
1948 - Jan Palach , Czechoslovakian student protester
1949 - Eric Carmen , American musician
1950 - Gennidy Nikonov , Russian weapons inventor
1950 - Steve Wozniak , American computer pioneer
1953 - Hulk Hogan , American wrestler
1954 - Joe Jackson , English singer
1954 - Juan Maria Solare , Argentine composer
1955 - Sylvia Hermon , British politician
1956 - Pierre-Louis Lions , French mathematician
1957 - Richie Ramone , American musician (The Ramones )
1957 - Ian Stuart Donaldson , British singer (Skrewdriver )
1960 - Gustavo Cerati , Argentinian musician (Soda Stereo )
1964 - Jim Lee , Korean-born comic book artist
1965 - Marc Bergevin , professional ice hockey player
1966 - Nigel Martyn , English footballer
1966 - Embeth Davidtz , American actress
1967 - Joe Rogan , American television host
1967 - Enrique Bunbury , Spanish singer
1968 - Lorenzo Bernardi , Italian volleyball player
1968 - Charlie Sexton , American musician
1968 - Alan Kelly , England-born Irish footballer
1968 - Veda Hille , Canadian singer
1969 - Jonah Matranga , American singer
1970 - Andy Bell , English musician (Oasis )
1971 - Tommy Mooney , English football player
1972 - Jonathon Prandi , American model
1974 - Audrey Mestre , French diver
1974 - Will Friedle , American actor
1974 - Hadiqa Kiyani , Pakistani pop star
1976 - Ben Gibbard , American musician (Death Cab for Cutie , The Postal Service )
1976 - Ľubomir Visnovsky , Slovak ice hockey player
1976 - Bubba Crosby , American baseball player
1978 - Jermain Taylor , American boxer
1978 - Amber Brkich , reality show contestant
1980 - Lee Suggs , American football player
1981 - Sandi Thom , Scotish born singer
1981 - Fiona Sit , Hong Kong singer and actress
1984 - Melky Cabrera , American baseball player
1984 - Katie Rees , ex. Miss Nevada USA
1993 - Alyson Stoner , American actress
Deaths 480 BC - Leonidas , King of Sparta
353 - Magnentius , Roman usurper
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 )
1456 - John Hunyadi , regent of Hungary (b. 1387 )
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 )
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, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1899 )
1974 - Jan Tschichold , German typographer (b. 1902 )
1980 - Paul Robert , French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1910 )
1982 - Tom Drake , American actor (b. 1918 )
1984 - Alfred A. Knopf , American publisher (b. 1892 )
1984 - Paul Felix Schmidt , Estonian–German chess player (b. 1916 )
1988 - Anne Ramsey , American actress (b. 1929 )
1991 - J.D. McDuffie , NASCAR driver (b. 1939 )
1994 - Peter Cushing , British actor (b. 1913 )
1995 - Phil Harris , American singer, songwriter, and comedian (b. 1904 )
1996 - Rafael Kubelík , Czech-born conductor and composer (b. 1914 )
2000 - Jean Papineau-Couture , Canadian composer (b. 1916 )
2002 - Galen Rowell , photographer and climber (b. 1940 )
2003 - Armand Borel , Swiss mathematician (b. 1923 )
2003 - Herb Brooks , American ice hockey coach (b. 1937 )
2005 - James Booth , English actor (b. 1927 )
2006 - Mike Douglas , American singer and talk show host (b. 1925 )
Holidays and observances Liturgical feasts
Roman Catholicism
Translation of St. Callistus , pope, martyr [Reims]
Feast of the Crown of Thorns [Paris]
Saint Hippolytus , martyr [Paris]
Saint Equitius , abbot
Gaugericus (Géry), bishop of Cambrai , confessor (sometimes martyr) [Cambrai, Liège, Magdeburg, Paderborn, Winchester]
Saint Taurinus , bishop of Evreux , confessor [northern France, England]
Saints Tiburtius and Chromatius , martyrs [common]
~? Saint Susanna , virgin, martyr in 295 [common]
Saint Clare of Assisi , virgin
Saint Gilberte
Saint Philomena
Saint Radegundis , virgin (sometimes also queen) [Salzburg]
Saint Rusticola , abbess at Arles, virgin [Arles]
Saint Attracta
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