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File:Hedy Lamarr in The Conspirators.jpg|Hedy Lamarr |
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File:Penang City Hall.jpg|[[City Hall, Penang|Penang City Hall]] |
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{{*mp}} [[480 BC]] – [[Sparta]]n [[hoplite]]s under [[Leonidas I]], along with [[Thespiae|Thespians]] under [[Demophilus (Thespiae)|Demophilus]], fought to the last man in the '''[[Battle of Thermopylae]]''', losing to a large [[Persian Empire|Persian]] invasion force led by [[Xerxes I of Persia|Xerxes I]].<!--Need to verify date |
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{{*mp}} [[1786]] – [[Francis Light|Captain Francis Light]] founded the [[British Empire|British]] colony of '''[[Penang]]''', renaming it Prince of Wales Island in honour of the [[George IV of the United Kingdom|heir to the British throne]].<!--Tagged with {{refimprove}} |
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{{*mp}} [[1919]] – The '''[[Weimar Republic]]''' adopted [[Weimar Constitution|its constitution]]<!-Not bolded, tagged with {{or}}-> to establish a [[liberal democracy]] in [[Germany]].<!--Tagged with {{refimprove}} |
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| [[32nd century BC|3114 BC]] – The [[Epoch (reference date)|epoch]] of the '''[[Mesoamerican Long Count calendar]]''', a non-repeating, [[vigesimal]] calendar used by the [[Maya civilization]] and several other [[Mesoamerica]]n cultures, occurred. |
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| [[25th century BC|2492 BC]] – According to legend, Armenian [[culture hero]] '''[[Hayk]]''' slew the giant king [[Belus (Assyrian)|Bel]] with a shot from a [[longbow]] near [[Lake Van]] (in modern Turkey). |
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| [[1919]] – The '''[[Weimar Republic]]''' adopted [[Weimar Constitution|its constitution]] to establish a [[liberal democracy]] in Germany. |
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| [[1942]] – Actress '''[[Hedy Lamarr]]''' and composer '''[[George Antheil]]''' received a patent for their "Secret Communications System", an early technique of [[frequency-hopping spread spectrum]] that later became the basis for many forms of today's [[wireless]] communication systems. |
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| [[1962]] – '''[[Vostok 3]]''' launched from the [[Baikonur Cosmodrome]] and cosmonaut [[Andriyan Nikolayev]] became the first person to float in [[Micro-g environment|microgravity]]. |
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| [[1965]] – Violent '''[[Watts riots|race riots]]''' began in [[Watts, Los Angeles|Watts, Los Angeles, California]], lasting for six days and leaving 34 people dead and 1,032 others injured. |
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| [[1988]] – [[Osama bin Laden]], [[Abdullah Azzam]] and several senior leaders of the [[Egyptian Islamic Jihad]] formed what is now known as '''[[Al-Qaeda]]''' to continue [[jihad]] elsewhere around the world after the [[Soviet war in Afghanistan]] ended. |
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|'''[[Nicola Zagame]]'''<!--Australian water polo player--> |b|1990 |
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* [[AD 106|106]] – The region of '''[[Roman Dacia|Dacia]]''', comprising parts of modern Romania, became a [[Roman province|province of the Roman Empire]]. |
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* [[1309]] – ''[[Reconquista]]'': [[Crown of Aragon|Aragonese]] forces led by [[James II of Aragon|King James II]] landed on the coast of [[Almería]], beginning '''[[Siege of Almería (1309)|an ultimately unsuccessful siege]]''' of the city, then held by the [[Emirate of Granada]]. |
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* [[1786]] – [[Francis Light]] founded '''[[George Town, Penang|George Town]]'''<!-- ''(city hall pictured)''-->, the first British settlement in Southeast Asia and the present-day capital of the Malaysian state of [[Penang]]<!-- lots of CN tags -->. |
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* [[1952]] – King [[Talal of Jordan]] was forced to abdicate due to mental illness and was succeeded by his eldest son '''[[Hussein of Jordan|Hussein]]''' <!-- ''(pictured)'' -->. |
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* [[1977]] – The U.S. [[National Highway Traffic Safety Administration]] initiated an investigation into the alleged vulnerability of the '''[[Ford Pinto]]'''<!-- ''(example pictured)''--> to fuel leakage and fire in a rear-end collision. |
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* [[1979]] – Two [[Aeroflot]] passenger jets '''[[1979 Dniprodzerzhynsk mid-air collision|collided in mid-air]]''' near [[Kamianske|Dniprodzerzhynsk]] in the [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic|Ukrainian SSR]], killing all 178 people on both aircraft. |
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* [[1999]] – The '''[[1999 Salt Lake City tornado|Salt Lake City Tornado]]''' hit downtown [[Salt Lake City]], damaging 120 homes and injuring over 100 people. |
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* [[1999]] – [[Ken Levine (game developer)|Ken Levine]]'s '''''[[System Shock 2|System {{nowrap|Shock 2}}]]''''' was released to mediocre sales, but was critically acclaimed and highly influenced subsequent [[first-person shooter]] game design. |
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* [[2012]] – At least 306 people were killed and 3,000 others injured in '''[[2012 East Azerbaijan earthquakes|a pair of earthquakes]]''' near [[Tabriz]], Iran. |
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* Born/died this day: | '''[[John Hunyadi]]'''<!--Hungarian military leader--> |d|1456| '''[[Hamnet Shakespeare]]'''<!--son of William Shakespeare--> |bur|1596| '''[[William W. Chapman]]'''<!--American politician--> |b|1808| '''[[Kaname Harada]]'''<!--Japanese fighter pilot-->|b|1916| '''[[Tom Kilburn]]'''<!--British electrical engineer--> |b|1921| '''[[Aaron Klug]]'''<!--Lithuanian-English scientist--> |b|1926| '''[[Chanchal Kumar Majumdar]]'''<!--Indian physicist--> |b|1938| '''[[Steve Wozniak]]'''<!--American engineer--> |b|1950| '''[[Wanda Wesołowska]]'''<!--Polish zoologist--> |b|1950| '''[[Reid Blackburn]]'''<!--American photographer--> |b|1952| '''[[Pablo Sandoval]]'''<!--Venezuelan baseball player--> |b|1986| '''[[Jacqueline Fernandez]]'''<!--Sri Lankan actress--> |b|1985 '''[[Clare Nott]]'''<!--Australian wheelchair basketball athlete--> |b|1986 |
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{{*mp}} [[1999]] – The '''[[Salt Lake City Tornado]]''' hits downtown [[Salt Lake City]], damaging 120 homes and injuring over 100 people. |
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{{*mp}} [[1987]] – '''[[Alan Greenspan]]''' became [[Chairman of the Federal Reserve|Chairman]] of the [[Federal Reserve|U.S. Federal Reserve]]. |
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'''[[August 11]]''': [[Independence Day]] in '''[[Chad]]''' ([[1960]]) |
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{{*mp}} [[3114 BC]] – The [[Epoch (reference date)|epoch]] of the '''[[Mesoamerican Long Count calendar]]''', a non-repeating, [[vigesimal]] calendar used by the [[Maya civilization]] and several other [[Mesoamerica]]n cultures, occurred. |
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{{*mp}} [[1492]] – '''[[Papal conclave, 1492|The first papal conclave]]''' held in the [[Sistine Chapel]] elected <!--Pls don't put 'Cardinal' here. This was before 1630.[[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]]--->Roderic Borja as [[Pope Alexander VI]]<!--not bolded, tagged with {{refimprove}}--> to succeed [[Pope Innocent VIII]]. |
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{{*mp}} [[1828]] – William Corder was hanged at [[Bury St Edmunds]], [[England]] for '''[[Red Barn Murder|murdering Maria Marten at the Red Barn]]'''. |
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{{*mp}} [[1952]] – [[List of kings of Jordan|King]] [[Talal of Jordan]] abdicated due to health reasons and was succeeded by his eldest son '''[[Hussein of Jordan|Hussein]]''' ''(pictured)''. |
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{{*mp}} [[1965]] – Violent [[race riot]]ing '''[[Watts Riots|began]]''' in the [[Watts, Los Angeles, California|Watts district]] of [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], lasting for six days and left 34 people dead and 1,032 others injured. |
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{{*mp}} [[1988]] – [[Osama bin Laden]], [[Abdullah Azzam]] and several senior leaders of the [[Egyptian Islamic Jihad]] formed what is now known as '''[[Al-Qaeda]]''' to continue [[jihad]] elsewhere around the world after the [[Soviet war in Afghanistan]] ended. |
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'''[[August 11]]''': [[List of national independence days|Independence Day]] in '''[[Chad]]''' ([[1960]]) |
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* [[1492]] – '''[[1492 papal conclave|The first papal conclave]]''' to be held in the [[Sistine Chapel]] elected <!--Pls don't put 'Cardinal' here. This was before 1630.-->Roderic Borja as [[Pope Alexander VI|Pope Alexander VI]] to succeed [[Pope Innocent VIII|Innocent VIII]]. |
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* [[1929]] – The first '''[[Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic]]''', the oldest and largest [[African Americans|African-American]] parade in the United States, was held in Chicago. |
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* [[1945]] – Amid rumors of kidnappings of children by Jews in [[Kraków]], a crowd of Poles took part in '''[[Kraków pogrom|a pogrom]]''', resulting in at least one death. |
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* [[1973]] – At a party<!-- in the recreation room of [[1520 Sedgwick Avenue|a New York City apartment building]]--> in New York City, Jamaican musician '''[[DJ Kool Herc]]''' ''(pictured)'' began [[rapping]] during an extended [[break (music)|break]], laying the foundation for [[hip hop music]]. |
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Latest revision as of 16:23, 2 September 2023
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| 3114 BC – The epoch of the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, a non-repeating, vigesimal calendar used by the Maya civilization and several other Mesoamerican cultures, occurred. | refimprove section |
| 2492 BC – According to legend, Armenian culture hero Hayk slew the giant king Bel with a shot from a longbow near Lake Van (in modern Turkey). | disputed date; legendary event |
| 1919 – The Weimar Republic adopted its constitution to establish a liberal democracy in Germany. | Republic: refimprove sections; Constitution: refimprove section |
| 1942 – Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil received a patent for their "Secret Communications System", an early technique of frequency-hopping spread spectrum that later became the basis for many forms of today's wireless communication systems. | Antheil: unreferenced section |
| 1962 – Vostok 3 launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut Andriyan Nikolayev became the first person to float in microgravity. | refimprove section |
| 1965 – Violent race riots began in Watts, Los Angeles, California, lasting for six days and leaving 34 people dead and 1,032 others injured. | refimprove section, expansion |
| 1988 – Osama bin Laden, Abdullah Azzam and several senior leaders of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad formed what is now known as Al-Qaeda to continue jihad elsewhere around the world after the Soviet war in Afghanistan ended. | outdated, expansion |
| Nicola Zagame |b|1990 | Needs update for career 2013-2016 |
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- 106 – The region of Dacia, comprising parts of modern Romania, became a province of the Roman Empire.
- 1309 – Reconquista: Aragonese forces led by King James II landed on the coast of Almería, beginning an ultimately unsuccessful siege of the city, then held by the Emirate of Granada.
- 1786 – Francis Light founded George Town, the first British settlement in Southeast Asia and the present-day capital of the Malaysian state of Penang.
- 1952 – King Talal of Jordan was forced to abdicate due to mental illness and was succeeded by his eldest son Hussein .
- 1977 – The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration initiated an investigation into the alleged vulnerability of the Ford Pinto to fuel leakage and fire in a rear-end collision.
- 1979 – Two Aeroflot passenger jets collided in mid-air near Dniprodzerzhynsk in the Ukrainian SSR, killing all 178 people on both aircraft.
- 1999 – The Salt Lake City Tornado hit downtown Salt Lake City, damaging 120 homes and injuring over 100 people.
- 1999 – Ken Levine's System Shock 2 was released to mediocre sales, but was critically acclaimed and highly influenced subsequent first-person shooter game design.
- 2012 – At least 306 people were killed and 3,000 others injured in a pair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran.
- Born/died this day: | John Hunyadi |d|1456| Hamnet Shakespeare |bur|1596| William W. Chapman |b|1808| Kaname Harada|b|1916| Tom Kilburn |b|1921| Aaron Klug |b|1926| Chanchal Kumar Majumdar |b|1938| Steve Wozniak |b|1950| Wanda Wesołowska |b|1950| Reid Blackburn |b|1952| Pablo Sandoval |b|1986| Jacqueline Fernandez |b|1985 Clare Nott |b|1986
August 11: Independence Day in Chad (1960)
DJ Kool Herc
- 1492 – The first papal conclave to be held in the Sistine Chapel elected Roderic Borja as Pope Alexander VI to succeed Innocent VIII.
- 1929 – The first Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic, the oldest and largest African-American parade in the United States, was held in Chicago.
- 1945 – Amid rumors of kidnappings of children by Jews in Kraków, a crowd of Poles took part in a pogrom, resulting in at least one death.
- 1973 – At a party in New York City, Jamaican musician DJ Kool Herc (pictured) began rapping during an extended break, laying the foundation for hip hop music.
- Guttorm of Norway (d. 1204)
- James B. Longacre (b. 1794)
- Enid Blyton (b. 1897)
- Ian McDiarmid (b. 1944)