August 11th, 1954

Born on August 11th, 1954

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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, 1991

Nickelodeon’s very 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.

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.

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

Born on August 11th, 1954

69

Joe Jackson

English musician

*August 11th, 1954, Burton upon Trent

68

Roland Reber

German director and writer

*August 11th, 1954, Ludwigshafen †September 11th, 2022, Unterdießen

69

Tarmo Rüütli

Estonian footballer

*August 11th, 1954, Viljandi

69

Bryan Bassett

American guitarist

*August 11th, 1954, Pittsburgh

66

Yashpal Sharma

Indian cricket player.

*August 11th, 1954, Ludhiana †July 13th, 2021, New Delhi

58

Vance Heafner

Professional golfer

*August 11th, 1954, Charlotte †September 26th, 2012

69

Michael G. Moye

American screenwriter

*August 11th, 1954, New Haven

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

74

David Rubenstein

American businessman

*August 11th, 1949, Baltimore

65

Jah Wobble

English bassist, recording artist, songwriter

*August 11th, 1958, Stepney

75

Laila Dåvøy

Norwegian politician

*August 11th, 1948, Bergen

66

David Henry Hwang

American playwright

*August 11th, 1957, Los Angeles

73

Steve Wozniak

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

*August 11th, 1950, San Jose

58

Viola Davis

American actress and producer (born 1965)

*August 11th, 1965, St. Matthews

74

Eric Carmen

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

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

36

Greysia Polii

Indonesian badminton player

*August 11th, 1987, Jakarta

70

Hulk Hogan

American professional wrestler, actor and television personality

*August 11th, 1953, Augusta

43

Joy Mogensen

Danish politician

*August 11th, 1980, Toronto

24

Gregoria Mariska Tunjung

Badminton player

*August 11th, 1999, Wonogiri

31

Heuss l'Enfoiré

French rapper

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

79

Ian McDiarmid

Scottish actor and stage director

*August 11th, 1944, Carnoustie

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

55

Sophie Okonedo

British actress

*August 11th, 1968, London

40

Chris Hemsworth

Australian actor (born 1983)

*August 11th, 1983, Melbourne

47

Ben Gibbard

American singer, songwriter and guitarist

*August 11th, 1976, Bremerton

30

Alyson Stoner

American actor, singer and dancer

*August 11th, 1993, Toledo

26

Elena Kitić

Serbian pop singer

*August 11th, 1997, Hanover

Same year
Born in 1954

69

François Hollande

President of France from 2012 to 2017

*August 12th, 1954, Rouen

69

Angela Merkel

Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021

*July 17th, 1954, Eimsbüttel

69

Lim Swee Say

Former Singaporean politician

*July 13th, 1954, Singapore

70

Rudolf Simek

Austrian philologist and Germanist

*February 21st, 1954, Eisenstadt

70

Recep Tayyip Erdoğan

President of the Republic of Turkey since 2014

*February 26th, 1954, Kasımpaşa

69

Lorraine Bracco

American actress

*October 2nd, 1954, Brooklyn

67

Shinzō Abe

Prime Minister of Japan from 2006–2007 and 2012–2020 (1954-2022)

*September 21st, 1954, Shinjuku †July 8th, 2022, Nara Medical University Hospital

70

Jackie Chan

Hong Kong actor and martial artist (born 1954)

*April 7th, 1954, Victoria Peak

58

Hugo Chávez

President of Venezuela, 1999–2002 and 2002–2013

*July 28th, 1954, Sabaneta †March 5th, 2013, Hospital Militar de Caracas

69

Uli Stielike

German association football player and manager

*November 15th, 1954, Ketsch

69

Karl-Heinz Körbel

German association football player and manager

*December 1st, 1954, Dossenheim

69

Sven-Erik Bucht

Swedish politician

*December 28th, 1954, Karungi

70

Eckhardt Rehberg

German politician

*April 3rd, 1954, Ribnitz-Damgarten

69

Emir Kusturica

Bosnian film director, actor and musician

*November 24th, 1954, Sarajevo

69

Caroline Cossey

English model and actress

*August 31st, 1954, Brooke

69

Kathy Kinney

American actress

*November 3rd, 1954, Stevens Point

69

Petra Uhlig

East German handball player

*July 22nd, 1954, Penig

69

Alexander Lukashenko

President of Belarus since 1994

*August 30th, 1954, Kopyś

70

Isabelle McEwen

Canadian film director

*January 6th, 1954, Montreal

69

Renate Franz

German journalist and sport historian

*November 18th, 1954, Solingen

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