August 11th, 2024

Born on August 11th, 2024

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 later received critical acclaim and 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 (city hall pictured), 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, 1975

The Timorese Democratic Union launches a coup in Portuguese Timor, starting the East Timorese civil war.

August 11th, 1991

Nickelodeon's 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.

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

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

25

Gregoria Mariska Tunjung

Badminton player

*August 11th, 1999, Wonogiri

37

Greysia Polii

Indonesian badminton player

*August 11th, 1987, Jakarta

44

Joy Mogensen

Danish politician

*August 11th, 1980, Toronto

66

Jah Wobble

British bass guitarist and music producer (born 1958)

*August 11th, 1958, Stepney

76

Laila Dåvøy

Norwegian politician

*August 11th, 1948, Bergen

36

Kwesta

South African rapper

*August 11th, 1988, Katlehong

75

David Rubenstein

American businessman

*August 11th, 1949, Baltimore

32

Heuss l'Enfoiré

French rapper

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

43

Fiona Sit

Hong Kong singer and actress

*August 11th, 1981, British Hong Kong

31

Alyson Stoner

American actor, singer and dancer

*August 11th, 1993, Toledo

27

Elena Kitić

Serbian pop singer

*August 11th, 1997, Hanover

59

Viola Davis

American actress and producer (born 1965)

*August 11th, 1965, St. Matthews

41

Chris Hemsworth

Australian actor (born 1983)

*August 11th, 1983, Melbourne

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

30

Anton Cooper

New Zealand cyclist

*August 11th, 1994, Woodend

37

Paul Boche

German actor and model

*August 11th, 1987, Eisenach

48

Ben Gibbard

American singer, songwriter and guitarist

*August 11th, 1976, Bremerton

74

Steve Wozniak

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

*August 11th, 1950, San Jose

77

Frieda Lawrence

German writer

*August 11th, 1879, Metz †August 11th, 1956, Taos

74

Eric Carmen

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

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

56

Sophie Okonedo

British actress

*August 11th, 1968, London

67

David Henry Hwang

American playwright

*August 11th, 1957, Los Angeles

80

Ian McDiarmid

Scottish actor and stage director

*August 11th, 1944, Carnoustie

79

Dominique Perben

French politician

*August 11th, 1945, 6th arrondissement of Lyon

29

Tierra Whack

American rapper

*August 11th, 1995, Philadelphia

53

Lara Grice

American actress

*August 11th, 1971, New Orleans

72

Rodolfo Graziani

Italian general (1882-1955)

*August 11th, 1882, Filettino †January 11th, 1955, Rome

81

Dieter Schubert

East German rower

*August 11th, 1943, Copitz

51

Luis Lacalle Pou

42nd President of Uruguay

*August 11th, 1973, Montevideo

44

Sébastien Squillaci

French association football player

*August 11th, 1980, Toulon

57

Massimiliano Allegri

Italian association football player and manager

*August 11th, 1967, Livorno

30

Joseph Barbato

French footballer

*August 11th, 1994, Bastia

71

Hulk Hogan

American professional wrestler, actor and television personality

*August 11th, 1953, Augusta

59

Embeth Davidtz

American actress

*August 11th, 1965, Lafayette

54

Gianluca Pessotto

Italian association football player

*August 11th, 1970, Latisana

79

Pervez Musharraf

President of Pakistan from 2001 to 2008

*August 11th, 1943, Delhi †February 5th, 2023, American Hospital Dubai

83

Patricio Guzmán

Chilean film director

*August 11th, 1941, Santiago

20

Jan Palach

Czech student who killed himself by self-immolation in protest (1948–1969)

*August 11th, 1948, Londýnská †January 19th, 1969, Prague

50

Marie-France Dubreuil

Figure skater

*August 11th, 1974, Montreal

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