August 11th, 1973

Born on August 11th, 1973

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on August 11th, 1973?

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.

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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, 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, 1973

50

Luis Lacalle Pou

42nd President of Uruguay

*August 11th, 1973, Montevideo

50

Carolyn Murphy

American model

*August 11th, 1973, Panama City

50

Kiatisuk Senamuang

Thai footballer

*August 11th, 1973, Khon Kaen

50

Antônio Monteiro Dutra

Brazilian association football player

*August 11th, 1973, Duque Bacelar

50

Kristin Armstrong

American cyclist

*August 11th, 1973, Memphis

50

Vitaliy Kosovskyi

Ukrainian footballer (born 1973)

*August 11th, 1973, Ostroh

50

Nigel Harman

British actor

*August 11th, 1973, Purley

50

Frank Caeti

American stand-up comedian

*August 11th, 1973, Chicago

50

T-Bone

American rapper

*August 11th, 1973, San Francisco

50

Niky Wardley

English actress

*August 11th, 1973, Luton

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

74

David Rubenstein

American businessman

*August 11th, 1949, Baltimore

43

Joy Mogensen

Danish politician

*August 11th, 1980, Toronto

36

Greysia Polii

Indonesian badminton player

*August 11th, 1987, Jakarta

65

Jah Wobble

English bassist, recording artist, songwriter

*August 11th, 1958, Stepney

58

Viola Davis

American actress and producer (born 1965)

*August 11th, 1965, St. Matthews

47

Ben Gibbard

American singer, songwriter and guitarist

*August 11th, 1976, Bremerton

24

Gregoria Mariska Tunjung

Badminton player

*August 11th, 1999, Wonogiri

31

Heuss l'Enfoiré

French rapper

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

52

Lara Grice

American actress

*August 11th, 1971, New Orleans

75

Laila Dåvøy

Norwegian politician

*August 11th, 1948, Bergen

55

Sophie Okonedo

British actress

*August 11th, 1968, London

40

Chris Hemsworth

Australian actor (born 1983)

*August 11th, 1983, Melbourne

49

Marie-France Dubreuil

Figure skater

*August 11th, 1974, Montreal

30

Alyson Stoner

American actor, singer and dancer

*August 11th, 1993, Toledo

36

Paul Boche

German actor and model

*August 11th, 1987, Eisenach

26

Elena Kitić

Serbian pop singer

*August 11th, 1997, Hanover

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

74

Eric Carmen

American recording artist; singer, songwriter and musician

*August 11th, 1949, Cleveland

96

Rosemarie Müller-Streisand

German church historian and theologian

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

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Born in 1973

51

Marika Carlsson

Swedish comedian

*March 19th, 1973, Ethiopia

51

Lutz Bachmann

German political activist; founder of Pegida

*January 26th, 1973, Dresden

50

Simon Archer

Badminton player

*June 27th, 1973, Royal Leamington Spa

50

Sven Beuckert

German association football player and manager

*December 12th, 1973, Stollberg

50

S. Antonius Budi Ariantho

Badminton player

*October 3rd, 1973, Pekalongan

50

Maren Meinert

German association football player and manager

*August 5th, 1973, Duisburg

50

Stefanie von Pfetten

Actress

*November 25th, 1973, Vancouver

50

Eddie Cibrian

American actor

*June 16th, 1973, Burbank

50

Roar Uthaug

Norwegian film director

*August 25th, 1973, Lørenskog

50

Thomas Kufen

German politician

*August 5th, 1973, Essen

50

Andreas Bausewein

German politician

*May 5th, 1973, Erfurt

51

Qin Yiyuan

Badminton player

*February 14th, 1973, Guangxi

50

Dong Jiong

Badminton player

*August 20th, 1973, Beijing

50

Ben Falcone

American actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer

*August 25th, 1973, Carbondale

50

Ryan Giggs

Welsh association football player and coach (born 1973)

*November 29th, 1973, Cardiff

51

Peng Xingyong

Badminton player

*January 20th, 1973, Shandong

50

Eliza Nathanael

Indonesian badminton player

*May 27th, 1973, Surabaya

50

Kerry Godliman

English comedian and actor

*November 17th, 1973, Perivale

44

Demetri Betts

American singer

*April 26th, 1973, North Carolina †May 21st, 2017

50

Mike Beres

Canadian badminton player

*May 13th, 1973, Canada

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No: With 365 days 1973 is a normal year and no leap year.

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