August 11
1860 - The nation's first successful silver mill began operation near Virginia City, Nevada.
1909 - The Arapahoe became the first American ship to use the S.O.S. distress signal.
1919 - Germany's Weimar Constitution was signed by President Friedrich Ebert.
1934 - The first inmates arrived at the federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay.
1949 - President Harry S. Truman nominated Gen. Omar N. Bradley to become the first chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
1952 - King Hussein of Jordan ascended the throne after his father had been declared mentally unfit.
1954 - More than seven years of fighting in Indochina formally ended with the cessation of French control.
1960 - Chad gained its independence from France.
1965 - Rioting and looting that claimed 34 lives broke out in the predominantly Black Watts section of Los Angeles.
1992 - The Mall of America, the nation's largest shopping-entertainment center, opened in Bloomington, Minnesota.
1993 - President Bill Clinton named Army Gen. John Shalikashvili to be the new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, succeeding the retiring Gen. Colin Powell.
1997 - President Bill Clinton made the first use of the historic line-item veto, rejecting three items in spending and tax bills. (However, the U.S. Supreme Court later struck down the veto as unconstitutional.)
2003 - Charles Taylor, president of Liberia, formally relinquished his office to Moses Blah and left for Nigeria.
2014 - Academy Award-winning actor and comedian Robin Williams died at age 63 in Tiburon, California by suicide.
2016 - The Obama administration said it had decided marijuana would remain on the list of most dangerous drugs, rebuffing growing support across the country for broad legalization, but said it would allow more research into its medical uses.
2017 - President Donald Trump unleashed fresh threats against North Korea, warning Kim Jong Un that he “will regret it fast” if he takes any action against U.S. territories or allies.
2017 - A federal judge ordered Charlottesville, Virginia, to allow a weekend rally of white nationalists and other extremists to take place at its originally-planned location downtown. (Violence erupted at the rally, and a woman was killed when a man plowed his car into a group of counterprotesters.)
2020 - Democrat Joe Biden named California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate; Harris was the first Black woman on a major party’s presidential ticket.
2021 - California’s largest single wildfire in recorded history continued to grow after destroying more than 1,000 buildings, nearly half of them homes, in the northern Sierra Nevada.
Birthdays
25 - Savannah Chrisley (reality star)
29 - Alyson Stoner (actress)
30 - Tomi Lahren (TV host)
33 - Ursula Corbero (actress)
37 - Jacqueline Fernandez (actress)
39 - Chris Hemsworth (actor)
42 - Merritt Wever (actor)
43 - Rob Kerkovich (actor)
46 - Ben Gabbard (singer)
46 - Will Friedle (actor)
49 - Nigel Harman (actor)
54 - Sophie Okonedo (actress)
54 - Ashley Jensen (actress)
54 - Anna Gunn (actress)
55 - Joe Rogan (actor/TV-radio host)
57 - Duane Martin (actor)
57 - Viola Davis (actress)
57 - Embeth Davidtz (actress)
63 - Miguel A. Nunez Jr. (actor)
68 - Joe Jackson (singer)
69 - Hulk Hogan (professional wrestler)
72 - Steve Wozniak (co-founder Apple Computer)
73 - Eric Carmen (singer)
76 - John Conlee (singr)
78 - Ian McDiarmid (actor)
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Today in Sports History - August 11
1919 - The Green Bay Packers football club is founded by George Calhoun and Curly Lambeau -- named after sponsor Indian Packing Company.
1929 - Babe Ruth hit his 500th career home run.
1951 - The first major league baseball game to be televised in color was broadcast. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the Boston Braves 8-1.
1971 - Harmon Kilebrew (Minnesota Twins) got his 500th and 501st home runs of his major league baseball career. At the time he was the 10th player to reach 500.
1984 - Carl Lewis won his fourth gold medal in the 1984 Summer Olympics, equaling Jesse Owens' 1936 record.
1984 - The Cincinnati Reds retired Johnny Bench's #5.
2015 - or the first time in history all 15 Major League Baseball home teams won their games.
1860 - The nation's first successful silver mill began operation near Virginia City, Nevada.
1909 - The Arapahoe became the first American ship to use the S.O.S. distress signal.
1919 - Germany's Weimar Constitution was signed by President Friedrich Ebert.
1934 - The first inmates arrived at the federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay.
1949 - President Harry S. Truman nominated Gen. Omar N. Bradley to become the first chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
1952 - King Hussein of Jordan ascended the throne after his father had been declared mentally unfit.
1954 - More than seven years of fighting in Indochina formally ended with the cessation of French control.
1960 - Chad gained its independence from France.
1965 - Rioting and looting that claimed 34 lives broke out in the predominantly Black Watts section of Los Angeles.
1992 - The Mall of America, the nation's largest shopping-entertainment center, opened in Bloomington, Minnesota.
1993 - President Bill Clinton named Army Gen. John Shalikashvili to be the new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, succeeding the retiring Gen. Colin Powell.
1997 - President Bill Clinton made the first use of the historic line-item veto, rejecting three items in spending and tax bills. (However, the U.S. Supreme Court later struck down the veto as unconstitutional.)
2003 - Charles Taylor, president of Liberia, formally relinquished his office to Moses Blah and left for Nigeria.
2014 - Academy Award-winning actor and comedian Robin Williams died at age 63 in Tiburon, California by suicide.
2016 - The Obama administration said it had decided marijuana would remain on the list of most dangerous drugs, rebuffing growing support across the country for broad legalization, but said it would allow more research into its medical uses.
2017 - President Donald Trump unleashed fresh threats against North Korea, warning Kim Jong Un that he “will regret it fast” if he takes any action against U.S. territories or allies.
2017 - A federal judge ordered Charlottesville, Virginia, to allow a weekend rally of white nationalists and other extremists to take place at its originally-planned location downtown. (Violence erupted at the rally, and a woman was killed when a man plowed his car into a group of counterprotesters.)
2020 - Democrat Joe Biden named California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate; Harris was the first Black woman on a major party’s presidential ticket.
2021 - California’s largest single wildfire in recorded history continued to grow after destroying more than 1,000 buildings, nearly half of them homes, in the northern Sierra Nevada.
Birthdays
25 - Savannah Chrisley (reality star)
29 - Alyson Stoner (actress)
30 - Tomi Lahren (TV host)
33 - Ursula Corbero (actress)
37 - Jacqueline Fernandez (actress)
39 - Chris Hemsworth (actor)
42 - Merritt Wever (actor)
43 - Rob Kerkovich (actor)
46 - Ben Gabbard (singer)
46 - Will Friedle (actor)
49 - Nigel Harman (actor)
54 - Sophie Okonedo (actress)
54 - Ashley Jensen (actress)
54 - Anna Gunn (actress)
55 - Joe Rogan (actor/TV-radio host)
57 - Duane Martin (actor)
57 - Viola Davis (actress)
57 - Embeth Davidtz (actress)
63 - Miguel A. Nunez Jr. (actor)
68 - Joe Jackson (singer)
69 - Hulk Hogan (professional wrestler)
72 - Steve Wozniak (co-founder Apple Computer)
73 - Eric Carmen (singer)
76 - John Conlee (singr)
78 - Ian McDiarmid (actor)
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Today in Sports History - August 11
1919 - The Green Bay Packers football club is founded by George Calhoun and Curly Lambeau -- named after sponsor Indian Packing Company.
1929 - Babe Ruth hit his 500th career home run.
1951 - The first major league baseball game to be televised in color was broadcast. The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the Boston Braves 8-1.
1971 - Harmon Kilebrew (Minnesota Twins) got his 500th and 501st home runs of his major league baseball career. At the time he was the 10th player to reach 500.
1984 - Carl Lewis won his fourth gold medal in the 1984 Summer Olympics, equaling Jesse Owens' 1936 record.
1984 - The Cincinnati Reds retired Johnny Bench's #5.
2015 - or the first time in history all 15 Major League Baseball home teams won their games.
