August 11th, 1943

Born on August 11th, 1943

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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, 1943

79

Pervez Musharraf

Leader of Pakistan from 1999 to 2008

*August 11th, 1943, Delhi †February 5th, 2023, American Hospital Dubai

25

Abigail Folger

Heiress, Volunteer

*August 11th, 1943, San Francisco †August 9th, 1969, Benedict Canyon

80

Kenny Gamble

American songwriter

*August 11th, 1943, Philadelphia

74

Axel Th. Simon

German politician

*August 11th, 1943, Bitburg †April 25th, 2018

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

74

David Rubenstein

American businessman

*August 11th, 1949, Baltimore

79

Ian McDiarmid

Scottish actor and stage director

*August 11th, 1944, Carnoustie

74

Eric Carmen

American recording artist; singer, songwriter and musician

*August 11th, 1949, Cleveland

73

Steve Wozniak

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

*August 11th, 1950, San Jose

30

Alyson Stoner

American actor, singer and dancer

*August 11th, 1993, Toledo

82

Patricio Guzmán

Chilean film director

*August 11th, 1941, Santiago

58

Viola Davis

American actress

*August 11th, 1965, St. Matthews

66

David Henry Hwang

American playwright

*August 11th, 1957, Los Angeles

90

Jean Parker

American actress

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

47

Ben Gibbard

American singer, songwriter and guitarist

*August 11th, 1976, Bremerton

72

Alain Siritzky

French film producer

*August 11th, 1942, New York City †October 11th, 2014, 10th arrondissement of Paris

62

Sunil Shetty

Indian actor and film producer

*August 11th, 1961, Mangaluru

81

Dieter Kemper

German cyclist (1937-2018)

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

91

Peter Eisenman

American architect

*August 11th, 1932, Newark

55

Sophie Okonedo

British actress

*August 11th, 1968, London

26

Elena Kitić

Serbian pop singer

*August 11th, 1997, Hanover

70

Hulk Hogan

American professional wrestler, actor and television personality

*August 11th, 1953, Augusta

40

Chris Hemsworth

Australian actor (born 1983)

*August 11th, 1983, Melbourne

91

Keiko Kishi

Actress, writer

*August 11th, 1932, Yokohama

77

John Conlee

Born 1946; American country music singer

*August 11th, 1946, Versailles

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Born in 1943

80

Rolf Edling

Swedish fencer

*November 30th, 1943, Mumbai

58

George Harrison

British musician and lead guitarist of the Beatles (1943–2001)

*February 25th, 1943, Liverpool †November 29th, 2001, Los Angeles

80

John Nettles

British actor and writer

*October 11th, 1943, St Austell

80

Christopher Walken

American actor

*March 31st, 1943, Astoria

80

Torstein Hagen

Norwegian businessman

*January 1st, 1943, Norway

80

Valerie Perrine

American actress

*September 3rd, 1943, Galveston

80

Robert De Niro

American actor (born 1943)

*August 17th, 1943, Greenwich Village

79

Mary Woronov

American actress and author

*December 8th, 1943, Palm Beach

80

Michael Morpurgo

British children's writer

*October 5th, 1943, St Albans

73

Laura Biagiotti

Italian fashion designer

*August 4th, 1943, Rome †May 26th, 2017, Rome

80

Jerry Bruckheimer

American film and television producer

*September 21st, 1943, Detroit

80

Lech Wałęsa

Statesman, pro-democracy activist, and former president of Poland

*September 29th, 1943, Popowo

79

John Kerry

American politician and diplomat (born 1943)

*December 11th, 1943, Aurora

80

Malcolm McDowell

British actor (born 1943)

*June 13th, 1943, Horsforth

80

John Leeson

English actor

*March 16th, 1943, Leicester

80

John Major

Former prime minister of the United Kingdom (born 1943)

*March 29th, 1943, London

80

Holland Taylor

American actress

*January 14th, 1943, Philadelphia

73

Eni Faleomavaega

American Samoan politician (1943–2017)

*August 15th, 1943, American Samoa †February 22nd, 2017, Provo

73

Piet Keizer

Dutch footballer (1943–2017)

*June 14th, 1943, Amsterdam †February 10th, 2017, Amsterdam

74

Bernd Fischerauer

Austrian director, screenwriter and author

*March 11th, 1943, Graz †May 14th, 2017, Munich

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Public holidays on August 11th

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Born on August 11th, 1943
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1943 is a normal year and no leap year.

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