August 11th, 1945

Born on August 11th, 1945

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What happened on August 11th, 1945?

August 11th, 1945

Poles in Kraków engage in a pogrom against Jews in the city, killing one and wounding five.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraków

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraków

What else 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, 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, 1991

Nickelodeon's first line of “Nicktoons” (Doug, Rugrats & Ren & Stimpy) premiere on the channel.

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.

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

Born on August 11th, 1945

78

Dominique Perben

French politician

*August 11th, 1945, 6th arrondissement of Lyon

78

Moisés Suárez

Mexican actor and comedian

*August 11th, 1945, Ciudad Mante

78

Gilles Taillon

Canadian politician

*August 11th, 1945, Saint-Jérôme

78

David Horovitch

British actor

*August 11th, 1945, London

62

Rudolf Nafziger

German footballer (1945-2008)

*August 11th, 1945, Gauting †July 13th, 2008, Gauting

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

74

David Rubenstein

American businessman

*August 11th, 1949, Baltimore

75

Laila Dåvøy

Norwegian politician

*August 11th, 1948, Bergen

79

Ian McDiarmid

Scottish actor and stage director

*August 11th, 1944, Carnoustie

43

Joy Mogensen

Danish politician

*August 11th, 1980, Toronto

65

Jah Wobble

English bassist, recording artist, songwriter

*August 11th, 1958, Stepney

74

Eric Carmen

American singer-songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist (1949–2024)

*August 11th, 1949, Cleveland †March 10th, 2024, Lyndhurst

73

Steve Wozniak

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

*August 11th, 1950, San Jose

36

Greysia Polii

Indonesian badminton player

*August 11th, 1987, Jakarta

58

Viola Davis

American actress and producer (born 1965)

*August 11th, 1965, St. Matthews

24

Gregoria Mariska Tunjung

Badminton player

*August 11th, 1999, Wonogiri

96

Rosemarie Müller-Streisand

German church historian and theologian

*August 11th, 1923, Berlin †June 26th, 2020, Berlin

90

Jean Parker

American actress

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

79

Pervez Musharraf

President of Pakistan from 2001 to 2008

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

31

Heuss l'Enfoiré

French rapper

*August 11th, 1992, Villeneuve-la-Garenne

66

David Henry Hwang

American playwright

*August 11th, 1957, Los Angeles

80

Dieter Schubert

East German rower

*August 11th, 1943, Copitz

77

Éric de Montgolfier

French lawyer

*August 11th, 1946, 6th arrondissement of Lyon

82

Patricio Guzmán

Chilean film director

*August 11th, 1941, Santiago

77

John Conlee

American country music singer

*August 11th, 1946, Versailles

55

Sophie Okonedo

British actress

*August 11th, 1968, London

Same year
Born in 1945

78

Vernon Wells

Australian actor

*December 31st, 1945, Rushworth

78

Franz Beckenbauer

German footballer (1945–2024)

*September 11th, 1945, Richard-Wagner-Straße 19 (München) †January 7th, 2024, Salzburg

75

Gerd Müller

German footballer (1945–2021)

*November 3rd, 1945, Nördlingen †August 15th, 2021, Wolfratshausen

79

Thilo Sarrazin

German economist and politician

*February 12th, 1945, Gera

72

Christine Kaufmann

German actress and businesswoman (1945-2017)

*January 11th, 1945, Lengdorf †March 28th, 2017, Munich

79

Victoria Bond

American composer

*May 6th, 1945, Los Angeles

78

Lasse Berghagen

Swedish singer, musician, songwriter, writer and television presenter

*May 13th, 1945, Enskede-Årsta-Vantör city district †October 19th, 2023, Stockholms Sankt Johannes

78

Andreas Schmidt-Schaller

German actor

*October 30th, 1945, Arnstadt

79

Rodrigo Duterte

President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022

*March 28th, 1945, Maasin

78

Helen Mirren

English actor (born 1945)

*July 26th, 1945, Hammersmith

78

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

President of Brazil (2003–2010, 2023–present)

*October 27th, 1945, Caetés

36

Bob Marley

Jamaican reggae musician (1945–1981)

*February 6th, 1945, Gullegem †May 11th, 1981, Jackson Memorial Hospital

78

Manfred Clauss

German historian of classical antiquity

*August 16th, 1945, Cologne

79

Aung San Suu Kyi

Former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy

*June 19th, 1945, Yangon

79

Radovan Karadžić

Bosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist and poet convicted of genocide

*June 19th, 1945, Petnjica

78

John Lithgow

American actor

*October 19th, 1945, Rochester

78

Ingrid Matthäus-Maier

German politician

*September 9th, 1945, Werlte

76

Peter Patzak

Austrian film director and Screenwriter (1945-2021)

*January 2nd, 1945, Vienna †March 11th, 2021, Krems

71

Claus Ryskjær

Danish actor (1945-2016)

*June 26th, 1945, Frederiksberg †December 12th, 2016

72

Barkley L. Hendricks

African American painter

*April 16th, 1945, Nicetown-Tioga †April 18th, 2017, New London

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