1800s / 19th century history on the 11th of August
1897 : Enid Blyton, the English author, was born in Hampstead, London, England (died in 1968 aged 71). She is best known for selling 600 million books, which included Noddy, Famous Five, Secret Seven, the Five Find-Outers, and Malory Towers.
1900s / 20th century history on the 11th of August
1929 : Babe Ruth became the 1st baseball player to hit 500 home runs, with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.
1934 : The 1st civilian prisoners at Alcatraz, arrived at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island, in San Francisco Bay.
1950 : Steve Wozniak aka Woz, the American computer scientist was born in San Jose, California, USA. He is best known as the co-founder of Apple Inc., with Steve Jobs. official websites : woz,org | apple.com
1952 : Bob Mothersbaugh aka Bob 1, the American lead guitarist in Devo, was born in Akron, Ohio, USA. official website : ClubDevo.com
1953 : Hulk Hogan, the American wrestler, was born Terry Bollea, in Augusta, Georgia, USA. official website : HulkHogan.com
1954 : Joe Jackson, the English singer-songwriter and musician, was born David Jackson, in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England. official website : JoeJackson.com
1959 : Sheremetyevo International Airport, the 2nd largest airport in Russia, opened.
1960 ~ Chad declared independence.
1962 : Vostok 3 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev became the 1st person to float in microgravity.
1968 : The last steam hauled train ran on the British Rail.
1972 : The last United States ground combat unit left South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War.
1967 : Joe Rogan, the American podcast presenter was born in Newark, New Jersey, USA. official website : JoeRogan.com
1979 : Two Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134s collided over the Ukrainian city of Dniprodzerzhynsk and crashed, killing all 178 people aboard both airliners.
1982 : A bomb exploded on Pan Am Flight 830, en route from Tokyo to Honolulu, killing one teenager and injuring 15 passengers.
1983 : Chris Hemsworth (AM) the Australian actor was born in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
1984 : “We begin bombing in five minutes” President Ronald Reagan, while running for re-election, joked while preparing to make his weekly Saturday address on National Public Radio.
2000s / 21st century history on the 11th of August
2014 : Robin Williams, the American actor and comedian died from asphyxia due to hanging, aged 63 (born in 1951).
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