Birthdates Which Occur on August 11:
1600 Paul Hallman composer
1613 Cristoph Kaldenbach composer
1720 Martin Gerbert composer
1744 Johann Gottlieb Schwencke composer
1748 Joseph Schuster composer
1778 Friedrich Ludwig Jahn founder of turnverein (gymnastics) movement
1799 Joachim de Barrande French paleontologist/geologist
1805 Pieter J Elout van Soeterwoude Dutch judge/member of parliament
1807 David R Atchison pres of USA on March 3rd 1849
1811 Judah P Benjamin US lawyer/minister of Confederacy navy [or Aug 6]
1823 Charlotte Mary Yonge England, writer (Heir of Redclyffe)
1828 Edward Saloman Gov (Union), died in 1909
1832 Thomas Ogden Osbord Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
1833 Robert Green Ingersoll NY, author/politician/agnostic (Att Gen-R-Ill)
1836 Cato M Guldberg Norwegian mathematician
1837 Sadi Carnot engineer, French president (1887-94); assassinated
1858 Christian Eykman bacteriologist (avitaminos, Nobel 1929)
1860 Alfred Coville French historian (Lesson ‚tats de Normandie)
1862 Carrie Jacobs Bond Janesville Wisc, songwriter (I Love You Truly)
1863 Arpad Szendy composer
1867 Hobart Bosworth Marietta OH, actor (Woman of Affairs, Big Parade)
and Joseph Weber comedian (Weber & Fields)
1873 John Rosamond Johnson Fla, co-composer (Lift Every Voice & Sing)
1880 Frederick Jerome Work composer
1882 Rodolfo Graziani Italian marschal/viceroy of Ethiopia
1890 Erich Wichman Dutch fascist painter/sculptor
1891 Helen Broderick US, com‚dienne/actress/singer (Swing Time)
1892 Hugh MacDiarmid Scotland, writer (Scots Unbound)
and Wladyslaw Anders Polish general
1894 Wilhelm Grosz composer
1897 Louise Bogan Maine, writer (Sleeping Fury)
19-- Joe Rogan Boston, actor (Ted-Newsradio)
1900 Alexander Mosolov Kiev Russia, composer (Zavod) [NS]
and Charles William Paddock Texas, 100m runner (Olympic-2 gold-1920)
1902 Christian Castries French general (Dien Bien Phu)
and Lloyd Nolan SF Calif, actor (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Peyton Place)
1906 Harry Elstrím Danish/Belgian sculptor (Great Passion, Black Christ)
1909 Gaston Gilbert Litaize composer
1911 Alphonse de Waelhens Flemish philosopher (Psychosis)
and Henry Kulky Hastings-on-Hudson NY, actor (Otto-Life of Riley)
and Thanom Kittikachorn general/premier Thailand (1958..73)
1912 Jean Parker Montana, actress (Beyond Tomorrow, Little Women)
1913 Angus Wilson England, writer (Mulberry Bush-1955)
1915 Kunio Toda composer
1920 William Masselos Niagara Falls NY, pianist/prof (Juilliard 1976)
1921 Alex Haley US, writer (Autobiography of Malcolm X, Roots)
1924 Arlene Dahl Minneapolis Minnesota, actress/TV panelist (Ambush)
1925 Carl Rowan gun-toting newspaper columnist (Wash Post)
and Mike Douglas Chicago Ill, talk show host (Mike Douglas Show)
and Robert Linn composer
1926 Bernard Ashley English fashion designer (Laura Ashley)
and Claus Von Bulow accused of murdering his wife
1927 Len Rempt-Halmmans de Jongh Dutch 2nd Chamber member (VVD)
and Pentti Vihtori Finland, writer/poet (Yksin„iset [Solitude])
and Raymond Leppard London England, conductor (St Louis Symphony Orch)
1929 Alun Hoddinott Bargoed Wales, composer (Floriture)
and Cora de Man-Canne Meyer mezzo-soprano (Figaro, Carmen)
1930 Heinz Werner Zimmermann composer
and William A O'Neal (Gov-D-Ct)
1932 Fernando Arrabal Spanish song/romance writer (Baal Babilonia)
and Wilson "Papa" Godett Cura‡aos worker's union leader/boxer
1933 Jerry Falwell US, TV evangelist (Moral Majority)
and Justin Connolly composer
1937 Allegra Kens US actress(?)
and Anna Massey actress (De Sade, Doll's House)
and Taki Theodoracopoulos Greek/British journalist/multi-millionaire
1938 Rainer Boesch composer
1939 Attila Bozay composer
1940 Kip King Chicago Ill, actor (Charlie & Company)
1941 Elizabeth Holtzman Bkln DA (D-Rep-NY, Watergate Committee)
and Patricio Guzman
1942 Mike Huggs rock drummer (Manfred Mann) [or 3/11/40]
1943 Denis Payton rocker (Dave Clarke 5-Glad All Over)
and James Kale rocker (Guess Who)
and Kenny Gamble US songwriter (Me & Mrs Jones)
and Krzysztof Meyer composer
1946 John Conlee Versailles Ky, country singer (Common Man)
and Marilyn Vos Savant St Louis Mo, writer/world's highest IQ (Guinness)
1947 Catherine Collard French pianist (Schumann/Brahms)
and Jeff Hanna singer/guitarist (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) [or Jul 10]
and Sergey Kovalneko USSR, basketball (Olympic-bronze-1968)
1948 Don Boyd director (Goldeneye, 21, East of Elephant Rock)
1949 Eric Carmen Cleveland Ohio, rocker (All by Myself)
and Ian Charleson Edinburgh Scotland, actor (Jamie-Master of the Game)
and Tim Hutchinson (Rep-R-Arkansas)
1950 Erik Braunn Boston Mass, rock guitarist (Iron Butterfly)
and Steve Wozniak co-founder (Apple Computers)
1951 Donald DeCicco Brockton Mass, fictional id of Beldar in Coneheads
1952 Ann Michelle England, actress (Virigin Witch, Mistress Pamela)
1953 Hulk Hogan [Terry Bollea], Ga, WWF heavyweight champion (1984-89)
and Sanford Jensen South Haven Mich, actor (Foley Square)
1954 Joe Jackson English singer/pianist/composer (The Harder they Come)
and Lina Polito Naples Italy, actress (Love & Anarchy)
1955 Norio Honaga wrestler (NJPW)
1957 Richie Ramone [Richie Beau], rock drummer (Ramones-Pet Semtary)
1958 Cordelia Gonzalez San Juan PR, actor (La Gran Fiesta)
1959 Linda Rhys Vaughn Grossmont Ca, playmate (Apr, 1982)
1960 Leora "Sam" Jones Mt Olive NC, US team handball player (Olympic-92)
1964 Hamish rocker (The Pasedenas-Riding on the Train)
1968 Charlie Sexton rocker (Arc Angels)
1969 Eddie Garcia LA, actor/musician (Guys Next Door-I Was Made For You)
and Wilfried Elzinga soccer player (FC Twente)
1971 Julie Anne Clark Tucson Az, playmate (Mar, 1991)
1975 Chris Kelly [Mack Daddy], Teaneck NJ, rapper (Kris Kross-Warm it Up)
1976 Will Friedle Australia
Deaths Which Occured August 11:
1171 Louis I Earl of Wage/Rieneck, dies
1180 Guillaume de/Willem van Sens Fren master builder (Canterbury), dies
1183 Christian I archbishop of Mainz, dies
1259 M”ngke Mongols great-khan/grandson of Ghengis Khan, dies
1394 Jan III mister of Polanen, dies
1456 J nos Hunyadi Hungarian general strategist, dies at about 49
1464 Nicholas van Cusa philosopher/bishop of Brixen, dies
1490 French van Brederode leader of Hoeksen, dies at about 25
1494 Hans Memling [John Memlinc], Flemish painter (Passietaferelen), dies
1519 Johann Tetzel German(?) monk, dies at about 79
1522 Martin Siebenbrger mayor of Vienna, beheaded
1578 Pedro Nunes [Nonius], Port mathematician/astronomer (nonius), dies
1589 Maarten Schenck van Nideggen lt col (80 year war), dies at about 49
1729 Nicola Francesco Haym composer, dies at 51
1757 Jose Pradas Gallen composer, dies at 67
1794 Jakob Friedrich Kleinknecht composer, dies at 72
1820 Janos Lavotta composer, dies at 56
1844 Jernej Kopitar filmologist/censor (Slavic Grammatica), dies at 63
1852 Nicolaas Plomp Dutch architect (Strugle), dies at 70
1868 Halfdan Kierulf composer, dies at 52
Thaddeus Stevens architect of Radical Reconstruction, dies at 76
1872 Lowell Mason composer, dies at 80
1890 John Henry Newman English cardinal, dies at 89
1901 Francesco Crispi Italian minister of War/premier, dies at about 82
1919 Andrew Carnegie US, industrialist/philanthropist, dies
1935 William Watson British poet (Purple East), dies
1937 Bakr Sidqi general/dictator of Iraq, dies
Edith N Wharton[-Jones] US author (House of Mirth), dies at 75
1942 Richard Heinrich Stein composer, dies at 60
1949 Karl Weigl composer, dies at 68
1951 Ebbe Hamerik composer, dies at 52
1952 Riccardo Martin composer, dies at 77
1953 Ludwig Strauss German/Israeli writer (Heimliche Gegenwart), dies
1956 Jackson Pollock abstract artist, dies in auto accident (East Hampton)
1968 Lucien Cerfaux Belgian biblical scholar, dies
1972 Max Theiler S African/Eng/US microbiologist (vaccin-Nobel 1951), dies
1973 Peggy Castle actress (Lily Merrill-Lawman), dies of cirrhosis at 46
1974 Vicente Emilio Sojo composer, dies at 86
1975 Anthony C McAuliffe US gen/commandant 101st div (Nuts!), dies at 77
Howard Wendell actor (Black Dakotas), dies at 81
1982 Tom Drake actor (Green Years, Warkill), dies of lung cancer at 63
1984 Alfred A Knopf US publisher, dies at 91
Percy Mayfield US singer (Hit the Road Jack), dies at 63
1987 Clara Peller commercial spokesperson (Wendy's), dies at 86
1988 Anne Ramsey actress (Throw Mama From Train), dies of cancer at 59
Jean-Pierre Ponnele opera director (Carmina Burana), dies at 56
Pauline Lafont daughter of Bernadette, dies in hiking accident at 25
1989 John Meillon actor (Wild Duck, Crocodile Dundee), dies
1991 Jef Contryn Flemish pioneer puppet theatre, dies at 89
1994 Peter Cushing horror film actor (Asylum, Star Wars), dies at 81
Holidays Which Occur August 11:
Central African Republic, Chad Independence Day (1960)
Jordan Coronation Day/Accession of King Hussein
Religious Observances on August 11:
RC Filumena, not existent martyr to Rome
RC Gaugericus, saint to Atrecht-Member of the Kingdom
RC Rufinus, bishop of Assisi[?]
295 RC Commemoration of SS Tiburtius & Susanna, martyrs
1253 Ang, old RC, RC Memorial of St Clare, virgin, Abbess at Assisi
1890 dia natalis Cardinal John Henry Newman (1801-90)
Things to Remember for August 11:
FLOWERS-gladiolus & poppy GEMS-sardonyx & peridot
Sandwich-National Catfish-Month
1 ?? [Hawaii] Aukake
4 Days Dog Days
11 Days ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: Leo
3 Days Perseid meteor shower, radiant in Cassiopeia
9 Days Kappa Cygnid meteor shower, radiant in Cygnus
1999 Total eclipse visible over Central Europe & Asia
Highlights in History Which Occur August 11:
117 Hadrianus hears of death of emperor Trajanus of Antioch
1253 Clara van Assisi leads rules of life in order of Clarissen
1304 Sea battle of Zierikzee
1492 Rodrigo de Borja becomes Pope Alexander VI
1522 Uprising of adel/burger˜ in Austria fails
1597 Germany throws out English sales people
1611 Emperor Rudolf forces out king of Bohemia
1674 1st Battle of at Seneffe (Louis II Cond‚ vs Willem III)
1695 English & Dutch fleet capture Dunkerk
1718 Battle at Cape Passaro: English fleet destroys Spanish
1772 Explosive eruption blows 4,000' off Papandayan Java, kills 3,000
1780 Barbados hurricane begins
1835 George B Airy begins 46-year reign as England's Astronomer Royal
1860 Nation's 1st successful silver mill (Virginia City, Nev)
1863 Cambodia becomes French protectorate
1866 World's 1st roller rink opens (Newport RI)
1877 Asaph Hall discovers Mars's moon Deimos
1885 $100,000 raised in US for pedestal for Statue of Liberty
and Oakland A's Dave Kingman becomes 21st to hit 400 HR
1888 California Theatre closed (now a Pac Tel Phone Store)
1896 Harvey Hubbell patents electric lamp
1904 German-ltalian General Von Trotha defeats Herero in SW Africa
1907 Italian auto racer Prince Borghese wins "Peking to Paris"
and St Louis Card Ed Karger pitches perfect game vs Braves, 4-0 in 7 inn
1909 SOS 1st used by an American ship, Arapahoe, off Cape Hatteras, NC
1914 France declares war on Austria-Hungary
and Jews are expelled from Mitchenick Poland
and Mitchenick Poland, expels Jews
1915 M Wolf discovers asteroid #809 Lundia
1918 Battle of Amiens ends in WW I, Allieds beat Germans
1919 Green Bay Packers football club founded
and Weimar Republic begins in Germany
1920 1st peace of Riga-Soviet Union recognizes Independence of Latvia
1923 Dutch Premier de Geer resigns
1924 US presidential candidates make 1st film for bio-scoop news
1926 Cleve Indian Tris Speaker hits his 700th double
1928 Georges Ronsse becomes world champion cyclists
and K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1097 Vicia
1929 Babe Ruth becomes 1st to hit 500 homers
and Persia & Iraq sign friendship treaty
and Russian-Chinese border fights
1933 Temp reaches 136øF (57.8øC) at San Luis Potos¡, Mex (world record)
1934 1st federal prisoners arrive at Alcatraz in SF Bay
1935 Nazi mass demonstration against German Jews
1936 Chaing Kai-shek's troops conquers Kanton
1939 Sergei Rachmaninovs last appearance in Europe
1940 38 German aircrafts shot down above England
and German air raid on British harbors Portland/Weymouth
1942 - Sept 30] SS begins exterminating 3,500 Jews in Zelov Lodz Poland
and 999 Jews are taken from Mechelen transit camp in Belgium
and British aircraft carrier Eagle torpedoed & sinks
and Lt-gen Montgomery makes landing on Gibraltar
1943 Red Army recaptures Tchukujev, at Kharkov
and Richard Strauss' 2nd Horn Concert, premieres
and US amphibians land at Brolo on north coast of Sicily
1944 British premier Winston Churchill arrives in Italy
and French 5th Armour division recaptures S‚es
and Klaus Barbie, Gestapo head of Lyon France leaves for Auschwitz
and US air raid on Palembang
1945 Allies refuse Japan's surrender offer to retain Emperor Hirohito
1948 Summer Olympics opens in London
1949 1st Naples-Capri swim, 17 miles (27 km) (Giovanni Gambi)
and Gaston Eyskens forms Belgiangovt
1950 Boston Brave Vern Bickford no-hits Bkln Dodger, 7-0
and King Boudouin I takes oath as royal prince of Belgium
1951 1st color baseball game (Braves vs Dodgers) telecast (WCBS-NYC)
and NY Giants (NFL) beat Ottawa Roughriders (CFL) 38-6 in Ottawa
and NY Giants lose & 13« games behind Bkln Dodgers, later win pennant
1952 Hussein Ibn Talal I, proclaimed King of Jordan
1953 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #2097
1954 BC Lions plays its 1st CF game, they lose to Montreal Alouettes, 22-0
and Formal peace takes place, ending 7+ yrs of fighting in Indochina
between French & Communist Vietminh
1955 Indonesia govt of Harahap forms
1956 1st flight 4-motor Cessna 620
and Elvis Presley releases "Don't Be Cruel"
1957 Paul Hindemith' opera "Harmonie der Welt," premieres in Munich
1960 Chad declares Independence from France
1961 Warren Spahn records victory #300, beats Cubs 2-1
1962 Andrian G Nikolayev, becomes 3rd Russian in space aboard Vostok 3
and Beach Boys release "Surfin' Safari"
and Bolotnikov runs world record 10km (28:18.2)
1963 Kingston Trio are mystery guest on "What's My Line?"
1964 Beatles' "A Hard Days Night" opens in NYC
and Race riot in Paterson NJ
1965 6 day insurrection starts in Watts section of Los Angeles
and Beatles movie "Help" opens in NYC
and Watts riots begin in Southeast LA, lasts 6 days
1966 Last Beatle concert tour of US begins
1967 Al Downing becomes 12th to strike-out side on 9 pitches
1968 Beatles launch "Apple Records" label
1969 L Chernykh disc asteroid #1832 Mrkos, #1833 Shmakova & #1975 Pikelner
and Pitts Steelers beat NY Giants 17-13 in Montreal (NFL expo)
1970 Jim Bunning becomes 2nd (Cy Young) to win 100 games in both leagues
and Tony Perez becomes 1st to hit a HR in red seats at Riverfront
1971 Construction begins on Louisiana Superdome
and Harmon Killebrew hits HRs #500 & 501
1972 "Cheech & Chong Day" in San Antonio Texas
1974 Coup in East-Timor under UDT
and Head-on collision between two buses kills 21 (Ankara, Turkey)
and Lee Trevino wins PGA championship
1975 Expos' Jose Mangual struck out 5 times in a game
and US vetoes proposed admission of North & South Vietnam to UN
1976 Keith Moon, drummer for Who, collapses & is hospitalized in Miami
and Race riot in Cape Town, South Africa; 17 die
1978 Funeral of Pope Paul VI
and H-E Schuster discovers asteroid #3266
and Legionnaire's disease bacteria isolated in Atlanta
1979 28øF in Embarrass Minnesota
1980 Angola revises its constitution
and Mohammed Ali Radjai appointed premier of Iran
and Reggie Jackson hits his 400th homer
1982 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1984 101,799 fans at soccer match Brazili‰-France
and Carl Lewis duplicates Jesse Owens' 1936 feat, wins 4 Olym track golds
and Cincinnati Reds retire Johnny Bench's #5 uniform
and During a radio voice test Pres Reagan joked he "signed legislation
and Mannenkoor Maranatha in Netherlands established
and USSR performs (underground) nuclear test
that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in 5 minutes"
1985 Challenger flies to Kennedy Space Center via Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz
and Hubert Green wins PGA championship
and Rudolf Povarnitsin of USSR sets new high jump world record (7'10"12)
1986 Bob Tway wins PGA championship
1987 France & Great-Britain send minesweepers to Persian Gulf
1988 Gary Carter (NY Mets) became 59th player to hit 300 career HR
and Meir Kahane renounced US citizenship to stay in Israeli Parliament
1989 "Nightmare on Elm Street 5: Dream Child" premieres
and Voyager 2 discovers 2 partial rings of Neptune
1990 Egypt & Morocco troops land in Saudi Arabia to prevent Iraqi invasion
and NY Yankee Kevin Maas is fastest to get 13 HRs (110 at bats)
1991 400,000 demonstrate for democracy in Madagascar, 31 killed
and John Daly, rookie golfer wins PGA title
and Shite Moslems release US hostage Edward Tracy
and Space shuttle STS 43 (Atlantis 9) lands
1993 NY Islander Brian Mullen, 31, suffers a mild stroke
and Pope John Paul II visits Mexico
and Red Sox Roger Clemens pitches 2,000th strike out (Danny Tartabul-NY)
1994 Joao B "Nino" Vieira elected pres of Guinee-Bissau
1999 Total solar eclipse in India-North -France (2m23s)
1772 Explosive eruption blows 4,000 feet off the summit of Papandayan,
Java, killing more than 3,000.
1974 Head-on collision between two buses killed 21. (Ankara, Turkey)
1999 Total eclipse of the sun in the UK
Your Special Reminders for August 11:
1944 102øF highest temperature for this date in NYC
and 1962 56øF lowest temperature for this date in NYC
and 223rd day of year with 142 days left (Numerology = 1)
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