August 11th, 1980

Born on August 11th, 1980

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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, 1980

43

Joy Mogensen

Danish politician

*August 11th, 1980, Toronto

43

Sébastien Squillaci

French association football player

*August 11th, 1980, Toulon

43

Allison Baver

Short-track speed skater

*August 11th, 1980, Reading

43

Justin Jedlica

American businessman known for extensive cosmetic surgery

*August 11th, 1980, Poughkeepsie

43

Monika Pyrek

Polish athletics competitor

*August 11th, 1980, Gdynia

43

Lee Suggs

Player of American football

*August 11th, 1980, Roanoke

43

Jason Williams

Canadian ice hockey player

*August 11th, 1980, London

43

Daniel Lloyd

English racing cyclist

*August 11th, 1980, Christchurch

43

Hanna Malmberg

Swedish actress

*August 11th, 1980, Arboga

43

Jorge Eugenio Rodríguez Álvarez

Spanish footballer

*August 11th, 1980, Cee

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Who's birthday is on August 11th?

36

Greysia Polii

Indonesian badminton player

*August 11th, 1987, Jakarta

74

David Rubenstein

American businessman

*August 11th, 1949, Baltimore

40

Chris Hemsworth

Australian actor (born 1983)

*August 11th, 1983, Melbourne

24

Gregoria Mariska Tunjung

Badminton player

*August 11th, 1999, Wonogiri

31

Heuss l'Enfoiré

French rapper

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

65

Jah Wobble

English bassist, recording artist, songwriter

*August 11th, 1958, Stepney

47

Ben Gibbard

American singer, songwriter and guitarist

*August 11th, 1976, Bremerton

58

Viola Davis

American actress and producer (born 1965)

*August 11th, 1965, St. Matthews

75

Laila Dåvøy

Norwegian politician

*August 11th, 1948, Bergen

36

Paul Boche

German actor and model

*August 11th, 1987, Eisenach

30

Alyson Stoner

American actor, singer and dancer

*August 11th, 1993, Toledo

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

96

Rosemarie Müller-Streisand

German church historian and theologian

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

50

Luis Lacalle Pou

42nd President of Uruguay

*August 11th, 1973, Montevideo

74

Eric Carmen

American recording artist; singer, songwriter and musician

*August 11th, 1949, Cleveland

66

David Henry Hwang

American playwright

*August 11th, 1957, Los Angeles

52

Lara Grice

American actress

*August 11th, 1971, New Orleans

73

Steve Wozniak

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

*August 11th, 1950, San Jose

Same year
Born in 1980

43

Kristen Bell

American actress (born 1980)

*July 18th, 1980, Huntington Woods

44

Cai Yun

Chinese badminton player

*January 19th, 1980, Suzhou

43

Jeph Jacques

Comic author and illustrator (1980-)

*June 17th, 1980, Rockville

44

Volker Bruch

German actor

*March 9th, 1980, Munich

43

Julia Hummer

German actress and singer

*April 24th, 1980, Hagen

44

Henriett Koósz

Paralympic tennis and badminton player

*February 14th, 1980, Kőszeg

43

Dag Inge Ulstein

Norwegian politician

*December 4th, 1980, Sula

43

Petra Schmidt-Schaller

German actress

*August 28th, 1980, Magdeburg

43

Mathias Boe

Danish badminton player

*July 11th, 1980, Frederikssund

43

Sudheer Babu

Indian film actor and former professional badminton player

*May 11th, 1980, Vijayawada

38

Vibeke Skofterud

Norwegian cross country skier

*April 20th, 1980, Askim Municipality †July 29th, 2018, Hove

43

Maya Diab

Lebanese singer, entertainer, actress and television personality

*November 12th, 1980, Beirut

43

Mustafa Ceceli

Turkish singer

*November 2nd, 1980, Ankara

43

Matias Varela

Swedish actor

*November 1st, 1980, Stockholm

43

Roman Weidenfeller

German association football player

*August 6th, 1980, Diez

44

Dani Kind

Canadian actress

*January 10th, 1980, Toronto

43

Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani

Emir of Qatar

*June 3rd, 1980, Doha

44

Lee Kyung-won

South Korean badminton player

*January 21st, 1980, Changwon

43

Wolke Hegenbarth

Actress

*May 6th, 1980, Meerbusch

44

Kennevic Asuncion

Badminton player

*March 21st, 1980, Barbaza

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Yes: 1980 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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