WillDekkard
08-11-2010, 04:37 AM
Hear are some notable events that happened on
This Date in History - August 11th
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* 3114 BC The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Mayans, begins.
* 2492 BC Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation.
* 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.
* 355 Claudius Silvanus, accused of treason, proclaims himself Roman Emperor against Constantius II.
* 1755 Charles Lawrence gives expulsion orders to remove the Acadians from Nova Scotia beginning the Great Upheaval.
* 1786 Captain Francis Light establishes the British colony of Penang in Malaysia
* 1804 Francis II assumes the title of first Emperor of Austria.
* 1858 First ascent of the Eiger.
* 1898 Spanish-American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagόez, 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.
* 1929 The Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic begins its annual tradition, which is now the oldest and largest African American parade in the United States.
* 1934 First civilian prisoners arrive at Federal prison on Alcatraz Island.
* 1942 Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil receive a patent for a frequency hopping, spread spectrum communication system that later became the basis for modern technologies in wireless telephones and Wi-Fi.
* 1952 Hussein proclaimed king of Jordan.
* 1960 Chad declares independence.
* 1965 Race riots (the Watts riots) begin in Watts area of Los Angeles, California.
* 1972 Vietnam War: the last United States ground combat unit departs South Vietnam.
* 1975 East Timor: Governor Mαrio Lemos Pires of Portuguese Timor abandons the capital Dili, following a coup by the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and Fretilin.
* 1982 A bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 830, en route from Tokyo to Honolulu, killing one teenager and injuring 15 passengers.
* 1988 Al-Qaeda is formed.
* 1999 The Salt Lake City Tornado tears through the downtown district of the city, killing one.
* 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.
* 2003 A heat wave in Paris results in temperatures rising to 112°F (44° C), leaving about 144 people dead.
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This Date in History - August 11th
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* 3114 BC The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Mayans, begins.
* 2492 BC Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation.
* 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.
* 355 Claudius Silvanus, accused of treason, proclaims himself Roman Emperor against Constantius II.
* 1755 Charles Lawrence gives expulsion orders to remove the Acadians from Nova Scotia beginning the Great Upheaval.
* 1786 Captain Francis Light establishes the British colony of Penang in Malaysia
* 1804 Francis II assumes the title of first Emperor of Austria.
* 1858 First ascent of the Eiger.
* 1898 Spanish-American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagόez, 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.
* 1929 The Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic begins its annual tradition, which is now the oldest and largest African American parade in the United States.
* 1934 First civilian prisoners arrive at Federal prison on Alcatraz Island.
* 1942 Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil receive a patent for a frequency hopping, spread spectrum communication system that later became the basis for modern technologies in wireless telephones and Wi-Fi.
* 1952 Hussein proclaimed king of Jordan.
* 1960 Chad declares independence.
* 1965 Race riots (the Watts riots) begin in Watts area of Los Angeles, California.
* 1972 Vietnam War: the last United States ground combat unit departs South Vietnam.
* 1975 East Timor: Governor Mαrio Lemos Pires of Portuguese Timor abandons the capital Dili, following a coup by the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and Fretilin.
* 1982 A bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 830, en route from Tokyo to Honolulu, killing one teenager and injuring 15 passengers.
* 1988 Al-Qaeda is formed.
* 1999 The Salt Lake City Tornado tears through the downtown district of the city, killing one.
* 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.
* 2003 A heat wave in Paris results in temperatures rising to 112°F (44° C), leaving about 144 people dead.
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