August 11th, 1915

Born on August 11th, 1915

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What happened on August 11th?

August 11th, 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.

August 11th, 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.

August 11th, 1952

King Talal of Jordan was forced to abdicate due to mental illness and was succeeded by his eldest son Hussein .

August 11th, 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.

August 11th, 1929

The first Bud Billiken Parade and Picnic, the oldest and largest African-American parade in the United States, was held in Chicago.

August 11th, 1786

Francis Light founded George Town, the first British settlement in Southeast Asia and the present-day capital of the Malaysian state of Penang.

August 11th, 1492

The first papal conclave to be held in the Sistine Chapel elected Roderic Borja as Pope Alexander VI to succeed Innocent VIII.

August 11th, 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.

August 11th, 2023

Luna 25 launches from the Vostochny Cosmodrome.

August 11th, 2006

The oil tanker MT Solar 1 sinks off the coast of Guimaras and Negros Islands in the Philippines, causing the country's worst oil spill.

August 11th, 2003

Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.

August 11th, 1992

The Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota opens. At the time the largest shopping mall in the United States.

August 11th, 1982

A bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 830, en route from Tokyo, Japan to Honolulu, Hawaii, killing one passenger and injuring 15 others.

August 11th, 1975

East Timor: Governor Mário 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.

August 11th, 1972

Vietnam War: The last United States ground combat unit leaves South Vietnam.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 11th

Born on August 11th, 1915

90

Jean Parker

American actress

*August 11th, 1915, Deer Lodge †November 30th, 2005, Woodland Hills

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 11th?

74

David Rubenstein

American businessman

*August 11th, 1949, Baltimore

73

Steve Wozniak

American computer pioneer, inventor, computer engineer and programmer; co-founder of Apple Inc.

*August 11th, 1950, San Jose

79

Ian McDiarmid

Scottish actor and stage director

*August 11th, 1944, Carnoustie

58

Viola Davis

American actress

*August 11th, 1965, St. Matthews

75

Peggy Thorpe-Bates

British actress (1914-1989)

*August 11th, 1914, London †December 26th, 1989, Stratford-upon-Avon

47

Ben Gibbard

American singer, songwriter and guitarist

*August 11th, 1976, Bremerton

30

Alyson Stoner

American actor, singer and dancer

*August 11th, 1993, Toledo

66

David Henry Hwang

American playwright

*August 11th, 1957, Los Angeles

91

Peter Eisenman

American architect

*August 11th, 1932, Newark

26

Elena Kitić

Serbian pop singer

*August 11th, 1997, Hanover

62

Sunil Shetty

Indian actor and film producer

*August 11th, 1961, Mangaluru

91

Keiko Kishi

Actress, writer

*August 11th, 1932, Yokohama

40

Chris Hemsworth

Australian actor (born 1983)

*August 11th, 1983, Melbourne

55

Sophie Okonedo

British actress

*August 11th, 1968, London

91

Philippe Agostini

French screenwriter, cinematographer, film director and photographer

*August 11th, 1910, 10th arrondissement of Paris †October 20th, 2001, 4th arrondissement of Paris

92

Aaron Klug

British chemist and biophysicist

*August 11th, 1926, Želva †November 20th, 2018, Cambridge

92

Thanom Kittikachorn

Prime Minister of Thailand from 1958 and 1963 to 1973

*August 11th, 1911, Tak †June 16th, 2004, Bangkok

74

Eric Carmen

American recording artist; singer, songwriter and musician

*August 11th, 1949, Cleveland

82

Patricio Guzmán

Chilean film director

*August 11th, 1941, Santiago

81

Dieter Kemper

German cyclist (1937-2018)

*August 11th, 1937, Dortmund †October 11th, 2018, Pankow

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Born in 1915

96

Harry Morgan

American actor (1915–2011)

*April 10th, 1915, Detroit †December 7th, 2011, Los Angeles

98

Eli Wallach

American actor (1915–2014)

*December 7th, 1915, Brooklyn †June 24th, 2014, New York City

47

Édith Piaf

French singer (1915–1963)

*December 19th, 1915, Paris †October 10th, 1963, Grasse

82

Frank Sinatra

American singer and actor (1915–1998)

*December 12th, 1915, Hoboken †May 14th, 1998, Los Angeles

89

Wee Kim Wee

4th President of Singapore (1915–2005)

*November 4th, 1915, Straits Settlements †May 2nd, 2005, Siglap

91

Augusto Pinochet

Dictator of Chile from 1973 to 1990

*November 25th, 1915, Valparaíso †December 10th, 2006, Santiago

80

Jo Van Fleet

American actress (1915-1996)

*December 29th, 1915, Oakland †June 10th, 1996, Queens

95

Norman Wisdom

English actor, comedian and singer-songwriter

*February 4th, 1915, London †October 4th, 2010, Isle of Man

85

Jacques Chaban-Delmas

82nd Prime Minister of France

*March 7th, 1915, 13th arrondissement of Paris †November 10th, 2000, 7th arrondissement of Paris

67

Ingrid Bergman

Swedish actress (1915–1982)

*August 29th, 1915, Hedvig Eleonora parish †August 29th, 1982, London

44

Billie Holiday

American jazz singer (1915–1959)

*April 7th, 1915, Philadelphia †July 17th, 1959, New York City

90

Barnard Hughes

American actor (1915–2006)

*July 16th, 1915, Westchester County †July 11th, 2006, New York City

101

Meg Mundy

British-born American actress (1915-2016)

*January 4th, 1915, London †January 12th, 2016, United States of America

86

Anthony Quinn

Mexican and American actor (1915–2001)

*April 21st, 1915, Chihuahua City †June 3rd, 2001, Boston

67

Fernando Lamas

Argentine-born actor

*January 9th, 1915, Buenos Aires †October 8th, 1982, Los Angeles

81

Lars Ahlin

Swedish author and aesthetiian

*April 4th, 1915, Sundsvall †March 11th, 1997, Stockholm

99

Charles Hard Townes

20th-century American physicist

*July 28th, 1915, Greenville †January 27th, 2015, Oakland

101

Ren Xinmin

Chinese scientist

*December 5th, 1915, Ningguo †February 12th, 2017, Beijing

86

Fred Hoyle

British astronomer

*June 24th, 1915, Bingley †August 20th, 2001, Bournemouth

89

Saul Bellow

Canadian-American writer

*June 10th, 1915, Lachine †April 5th, 2005, Brookline

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Public holidays on August 11th

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1915 is a normal year and no leap year.

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