August 11th, 1979

Born on August 11th, 1979

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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, 1979

44

Walter Ayoví

Ecuadorian footballer

*August 11th, 1979, Esmeraldas Canton

44

Nicolas Seube

French footballer

*August 11th, 1979, Toulouse

44

Nemanja Vučićević

Serbian association football player

*August 11th, 1979, Belgrade

44

Marion Talayrach

French rugby union player

*August 11th, 1979, Perpignan

44

Aggeliki Daliani

Greek actress

*August 11th, 1979, Athens

44

Jarppi Leppälä

Finnish stunt performer

*August 11th, 1979, Seinäjoki

44

Drew Nelson

Canadian actor

*August 11th, 1979, Etobicoke

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

43

Joy Mogensen

Danish politician

*August 11th, 1980, Toronto

36

Greysia Polii

Indonesian badminton player

*August 11th, 1987, Jakarta

74

David Rubenstein

American businessman

*August 11th, 1949, Baltimore

24

Gregoria Mariska Tunjung

Badminton player

*August 11th, 1999, Wonogiri

40

Chris Hemsworth

Australian actor (born 1983)

*August 11th, 1983, Melbourne

65

Jah Wobble

English bassist, recording artist, songwriter

*August 11th, 1958, Stepney

47

Ben Gibbard

American singer, songwriter and guitarist

*August 11th, 1976, Bremerton

31

Heuss l'Enfoiré

French rapper

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

58

Viola Davis

American actress and producer (born 1965)

*August 11th, 1965, St. Matthews

43

Sébastien Squillaci

French association football player

*August 11th, 1980, Toulon

75

Laila Dåvøy

Norwegian politician

*August 11th, 1948, Bergen

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

55

Sophie Okonedo

British actress

*August 11th, 1968, London

90

Jean Parker

American actress

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

50

Luis Lacalle Pou

42nd President of Uruguay

*August 11th, 1973, Montevideo

96

Rosemarie Müller-Streisand

German church historian and theologian

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

52

Lara Grice

American actress

*August 11th, 1971, New Orleans

66

David Henry Hwang

American playwright

*August 11th, 1957, Los Angeles

Same year
Born in 1979

45

Gao Ling

Chinese badminton player

*March 14th, 1979, Wuhan

45

Yang Wei

Chinese badminton player

*January 13th, 1979, Guangdong

44

Tine Baun

Danish badminton player

*July 21st, 1979, Hørsholm

44

Deborah Secco

Brazilian actress

*November 26th, 1979, Rio de Janeiro

45

Johan Harstad

Norwegian author

*February 10th, 1979, Stavanger Municipality

44

Saralee Thungthongkam

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1979, Bangkok

44

Anders Kristiansen

Badminton player

*September 7th, 1979, Frederikssund Municipality

44

Nikhil Kanetkar

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1979, Pune

44

Guf

Russian rapper

*September 23rd, 1979, Ivanteyevskaya Street

44

Ghayath Almadhoun

Swedish poet

*July 19th, 1979, Damascus

45

Dan Tangnes

Norwegian ice hockey player (1979-)

*March 8th, 1979, Oslo

44

Patricia Aulitzky

Austrian actress

*July 7th, 1979, Salzburg

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

44

Chen Hong

Badminton player

*November 28th, 1979, Changting County

45

Ingo Kindervater

Badminton player

*January 1st, 1979, Burgwedel

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

44

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

44

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

44

Chris Pratt

American actor (born 1979)

*June 21st, 1979, Virginia

45

Lise Risom Olsen

Norwegian actress

*March 1st, 1979, Fredrikstad Municipality

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No: With 365 days 1979 is a normal year and no leap year.

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