August 11th, 1971

Born on August 11th, 1971

Age in days, weeks and months
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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, 1971

52

Lara Grice

American actress

*August 11th, 1971, New Orleans

52

Gábor Csőre

Hungarian actor

*August 11th, 1971, Budapest

52

Alejandra Barros

Mexican actress

*August 11th, 1971, Mexico City

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

74

David Rubenstein

American businessman

*August 11th, 1949, Baltimore

47

Ben Gibbard

American singer, songwriter and guitarist

*August 11th, 1976, Bremerton

58

Viola Davis

American actress

*August 11th, 1965, St. Matthews

51

Roger Fan

American actor

*August 11th, 1972, Baltimore

55

Sophie Okonedo

British actress

*August 11th, 1968, London

73

Steve Wozniak

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

*August 11th, 1950, San Jose

55

Charlie Sexton

American guitarist

*August 11th, 1968, San Antonio

30

Alyson Stoner

American actor, singer and dancer

*August 11th, 1993, Toledo

40

Chris Hemsworth

Australian actor (born 1983)

*August 11th, 1983, Melbourne

62

Sunil Shetty

Indian actor and film producer

*August 11th, 1961, Mangaluru

66

David Henry Hwang

American playwright

*August 11th, 1957, Los Angeles

79

Ian McDiarmid

Scottish actor and stage director

*August 11th, 1944, Carnoustie

26

Elena Kitić

Serbian pop singer

*August 11th, 1997, Hanover

47

Will Friedle

American actor

*August 11th, 1976, Hartford

43

Allison Baver

Short-track speed skater

*August 11th, 1980, Reading

54

David Escamilla Imparato

Spanish journalist and writer

*August 11th, 1969, Barcelona

90

Jean Parker

American actress

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

55

Gray O'Brien

British actor

*August 11th, 1968, Glasgow

56

Joe Rogan

American broadcaster (born 1967)

*August 11th, 1967, Newark

48

Roger Craig Smith

American actor

*August 11th, 1975, Orange County

Same year
Born in 1971

52

Kali Rocha

American actress

*December 5th, 1971, Memphis

52

Christina Cox

Canadian actress

*July 31st, 1971, Toronto

52

Billy Bush

American radio and television host

*October 13th, 1971, Los Angeles

52

Anna Netrebko

Russian-born Austrian operatic soprano

*September 18th, 1971, Krasnodar

52

Stephan Groth

Danish-Norwegian singer

*August 10th, 1971, Odense

52

David Tennant

Scottish actor (born 1971)

*April 18th, 1971, Bathgate

52

Marco Rubio

American politician (born 1971)

*May 28th, 1971, Miami

52

Christina Applegate

American actress (born 1971)

*November 25th, 1971, Hollywood

52

Helge Sten

Norwegian musician

*January 26th, 1971, Røros Municipality

52

Charlotte Gainsbourg

British-French actress and singer

*July 21st, 1971, Marylebone

52

Kimberly Williams-Paisley

American actor and film director

*September 14th, 1971, Rye

52

John 5

American guitarist

*July 31st, 1971, Grosse Pointe

52

Elon Musk

Business magnate and investor

*June 28th, 1971, Pretoria

52

Arno Kompatscher

Italian politician

*March 19th, 1971, Völs am Schlern

52

Julianne Nicholson

American actress

*July 1st, 1971, Medford

51

Justin Trudeau

Prime Minister of Canada since 2015

*December 25th, 1971, Ottawa

52

Charmaine Craig

American actress

*August 31st, 1971, United States of America

52

Ewan McGregor

Scottish-American actor

*March 31st, 1971, Perth

52

Sandra Oh

Canadian-American actress

*July 20th, 1971, Ottawa

52

Jeroen van Dijk

Badminton player

*August 26th, 1971, Rotterdam

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Born on August 11th, 1971
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1971 is a normal year and no leap year.

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