August 11

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Holidays & Observances Mountain Day, Flag Day (Pakistan), Independence Day (Chad) Events 2013 Teen Choice Awards Famous birthdays Chris Hemsworth, Tomi Lahren, Stefan William, Jacqueline Fernandez, Joe Rogan

August 11 is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 142 days remaining until the end of the year. This date is slightly more likely to fall on a Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday (58 in 400 years each) than on Sunday or Monday (57), and slightly less likely to occur on a Wednesday or Friday (56).

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Events

3114 BC – The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Maya, begins.

2492 BC – Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation.

106 – The south-western part of Dacia (modern Romania) becomes a Roman province: Roman Dacia.

355 – Claudius Silvanus, accused of treason, proclaims himself Roman Emperor against Constantius II.

490 – Battle of Adda: The Goths under Theodoric the Great and his ally Alaric II defeat the forces of Odoacer on the Adda River, near Milan.

1332 – Wars of Scottish Independence: Battle of Dupplin Moor: Scots under Domhnall II, Earl of Mar are routed by Edward Balliol.

1473 – The Battle of Otlukbeli: Mehmed the Conqueror of the Ottoman Empire decisively defeats Uzun Hassan of Aq Qoyunlu.

1675 – Franco-Dutch War: Forces of the Holy Roman Empire defeat the French in the Battle of Konzer Brücke.

1786 – Captain Francis Light establishes the British colony of Penang in Malaysia.

1804 – Francis II assumes the title of first Emperor of Austria.

1812 – Peninsular War: French troops engage British-Portuguese forces in the Battle of Majadahonda.

1813 – In Colombia, Juan del Corral declares the independence of Antioquia.

1858 – The Eiger in the Bernese Alps is ascended for the first time by Charles Barrington accompanied by Christian Almer and Peter Bohren.

1898 – Spanish–American War: American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.

1918 – World War I: The Battle of Amiens ends.

1919 – The constitution of the Weimar Republic is adopted.

1920 – The Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty, which relinquished Russia's authority and pretenses to Latvia, is signed, ending the Latvian War of Independence.

1929 – Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.

1934 – The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island.

1942 – Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil receive a patent for a Frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication system that later became the basis for modern technologies in wireless telephones and Wi-Fi.

1945 – Poles in Kraków engage in a pogrom against Jews in the city, killing one and wounding five.

1947 – Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founding father of Pakistan, gives a speech to the Constituent Assembly, the contents and meaning of which remain contentious today.

1949 – United Nations Security Council Resolution 72 and 73 are adopted on Palestinian question.

1952 – Hussein bin Talal is proclaimed King of Jordan.

1959 – Sheremetyevo International Airport, the second-largest airport in Russia, opens.

1960 – Chad declares independence.

1961 – The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

1962 – Vostok 3 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev becomes the first person to float in microgravity.

1965 – Race riots (the Watts Riots) begin in the Watts area of Los Angeles, California.

1968 – The last steam hauled train runs on British Rail

1972 – Vietnam War: The last United States ground combat unit leaves South Vietnam.

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.

1979 – Two Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134s collide over the Ukrainian city of Dniprodzerzhynsk and crash, killing all 178 aboard both airliners.

1982 – A bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 830, en route from Tokyo, Japan to Honolulu, Hawaii, killing one passenger and injuring 15 others.

1984 – "We begin bombing in five minutes": United States President Ronald Reagan, while running for re-election, jokes while preparing to make his weekly Saturday address on National Public Radio.

2003 – NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.

2003 – Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.

2006 – The oil tanker M/T Solar 1 sinks off the coast of Guimaras and Negros Islands in the Philippines, causing the country's worst oil spill.

2009 – Shizuoka earthquake of magnitude 6.4 in Japan occurs.

2012 – At least 306 people are killed and 3,000 others injured in a pair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran.

Births

1086 – Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 1125)

1384 – Yolande of Aragon (d. 1442)

1467 – Mary of York (d. 1482)

1472 – Nikolaus von Schönberg, Catholic cardinal (d. 1537)

1648 – Jeremiah Shepard, American minister (d. 1720)

1673 – Richard Mead, English physician and astrologer (d. 1754)

1718 – Frederick Haldimand, Swiss-English general and politician, 22nd Governor of Quebec (d. 1791)

1722 – Richard Brocklesby, English physician (d. 1797)

1748 – Joseph Schuster, German composer (d. 1812)

1778 – Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, Prussian gymnast, educator, and politician (d. 1852)

1794 – James B. Longacre, American engraver (d. 1869)

1807 – David Rice Atchison, American general, lawyer, and politician (d. 1886)

1808 – William W. Chapman, American lawyer and politician (d. 1892)

1833 – Robert G. Ingersoll, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (d. 1899)

1833 – Kido Takayoshi, Japanese samurai and politician (d. 1877)

1836 – Warren Brown, American historian and politician (d. 1919)

1837 – Marie François Sadi Carnot, French engineer and politician, 4th President of the French Republic (d. 1894)

1855 – John Hodges, Australian cricketer (d. 1933)

1858 – Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1930)

1860 – Ottó Bláthy, Hungarian engineer and chess player (d. 1939)

1869 – Hale Holden, American businessman (d. 1940)

1870 – Tom Richardson, English cricketer (d. 1912)

1874 – Princess Louise Charlotte of Saxe-Altenburg (d. 1953)

1877 – Adolph M. Christianson, American lawyer and judge (d. 1954)

1878 – Oliver W. F. Lodge, English poet and author (d. 1955)

1881 – Aleksander Aberg, Estonian wrestler (d. 1920)

1884 – Hermann Wlach, Austrian-Swiss actor (d. 1962)

1885 – Stephen Butterworth, English physicist and engineer (d. 1958)

1891 – Stancho Belkovski, Bulgarian architect and educator (d. 1962)

1891 – Edgar Zilsel, Austrian historian and philosopher of science, linked to the Vienna Circle (d. 1944)

1892 – Hugh MacDiarmid, Scottish poet and linguist (d. 1978)

1892 – Eiji Yoshikawa, Japanese author (d. 1962)

1897 – Enid Blyton, English author, poet, and educator (d. 1968)

1897 – Louise Bogan, American poet and critic (d. 1970)

1898 – Peter Mohr Dam, Faroese educator and politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (d. 1968)

1900 – Philip Phillips, American archaeologist and scholar (d. 1994)

1902 – Alfredo Binda, Italian cyclist (d. 1986)

1902 – Lloyd Nolan, American actor (d. 1985)

1905 – Erwin Chargaff, Austrian-American biochemist and academic (d. 2002)

1905 – Ernst Jaakson, Estonian diplomat (d. 1998)

1907 – Ted a'Beckett, Australian cricketer and lawyer (d. 1989)

1908 – Don Freeman, American author and illustrator (d. 1978)

1908 – Torgny T:son Segerstedt, Swedish sociologist and philosopher (d. 1999)

1909 – Yūji Koseki, Japanese composer (d. 1989)

1909 – Uku Masing, Estonian philosopher and theologian (d. 1985)

1911 – Thanom Kittikachorn, Thai field marshal and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Thailand (d. 2004)

1912 – Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, German astronomer and academic (d. 1954)

1912 – Raphael Blau, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1996)

1913 – Paul Dupuis, Canadian actor (d. 1976)

1913 – Bob Scheffing, American baseball player and manager (d. 1985)

1913 – Angus Wilson, English author and academic (d. 1991)

1915 – Morris Weiss, American author and illustrator (d. 2014)

1916 – Johnny Claes, English-Belgian race car driver and trumpet player (d. 1956)

1919 – Luis Olmo, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and manager

1920 – Mike Douglas, American singer and talk show host (d. 2006)

1920 – Chuck Rayner, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2002)

1921 – Alex Haley, American historian and author (d. 1992)

1922 – John "Mule" Miles, American baseball player (d. 2013)

1923 – Stan Chambers, American journalist and actor (d. 2015)

1925 – Floyd Curry, Canadian ice hockey player and manager (d. 2006)

1925 – Arlene Dahl, American actress, businesswoman and writer

1926 – Aaron Klug, Lithuanian-English chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate

1927 – Raymond Leppard, English harpsichord player and conductor

1927 – Stuart Rosenberg, American director and producer (d. 2007)

1932 – Fernando Arrabal, Spanish actor, director, and playwright

1932 – Izzy Asper, Canadian lawyer, businessman, and politician, founded Canwest (d. 2003)

1932 – Geoffrey Cass, English businessman

1932 – Peter Eisenman, American architect, designed the City of Culture of Galicia

1932 – John Gorrie, English director and screenwriter

1933 – Jerry Falwell, American minister and television host (d. 2007)

1933 – Jerzy Grotowski, Polish director and producer (d. 1999)

1933 – Tamás Vásáry, Hungarian pianist and conductor

1934 – Bob Hepple, South African lawyer and academic (d. 2015)

1936 – Andre Dubus, American short story writer, essayist, and memoirist (d. 1999)

1936 – Bill Monbouquette, American baseball player and coach (d. 2015)

1936 – Jonathan Spence, English-American historian and academic

1937 – Anna Massey, English actress (d. 2011)

1937 – Patrick Joseph McGovern, American businessman, founded International Data Group (d. 2014)

1939 – Ronnie Dawson, American singer and guitarist (d. 2003)

1940 – Glenys Page, New Zealand cricketer (d. 2012)

1940 – Lennie Pond, American race car driver

1941 – Alla Kushnir, Russian–Israeli chess player (d. 2013)

1942 – Mike Hugg, English drummer and keyboard player

1943 – Jim Kale, Canadian bass player

1943 – Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani general and politician, 10th President of Pakistan

1943 – Denis Payton, English saxophonist (d. 2006)

1944 – Martin Linton, Swedish-English journalist and politician

1944 – Frederick W. Smith, American businessman, founded FedEx

1944 – Ian McDiarmid, Scottish actor

1946 – John Conlee, American singer-songwriter

1946 – Marilyn vos Savant, American journalist and author

1947 – Theo de Jong, Dutch footballer, coach, and manager

1947 – Georgios Karatzaferis, Greek journalist and politician

1948 – Don Boyd, Scottish director, producer, and screenwriter

1949 – Eric Carmen, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1949 – Tim Hutchinson, American lawyer and politician

1949 – Ian Charleson, Scottish-English actor and singer (d. 1990)

1950 – Erik Brann, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2003)

1950 – Gennadiy Nikonov, Russian engineer, designed the AN-94 rifle (d. 2003)

1950 – Steve Wozniak, American computer scientist and programmer, co-founded Apple Inc.

1952 – Reid Blackburn, American photographer (d. 1980)

1952 – Bob Mothersbaugh, American singer, guitarist, and producer

1953 – Hulk Hogan, American wrestler

1953 – Wijda Mazereeuw, Dutch swimmer

1954 – Bryan Bassett, American guitarist

1954 – Vance Heafner, American golfer and coach (d. 2012)

1954 – Joe Jackson, English singer-songwriter

1954 – M. V. Narasimha Rao, Indian cricketer and coach

1954 – Tarmo Rüütli, Estonian footballer, coach, and manager

1954 – Yashpal Sharma, Indian cricketer and umpire

1955 – Marc Bureau, Canadian politician, 16th Mayor of Gatineau

1955 – Sylvia Hermon, Northern Irish academic and politician

1956 – Pierre-Louis Lions, French mathematician and academic

1957 – Ian Stuart Donaldson, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1993)

1957 – Richie Ramone, American drummer and songwriter

1958 – Steven Pokere, New Zealand rugby player

1958 – Jah Wobble, English singer-songwriter and bass player

1959 – Gustavo Cerati, Argentinian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2014)

1959 – Yoshiaki Murakami, Japanese businessman

1959 – Taraki Sivaram, Sri Lankan journalist and author (d. 2005)

1959 – Richard Scudamore, English businessman

1959 – László Szlávics, Jr., Hungarian sculptor

1961 – David Brooks, American journalist and author

1961 – Craig Ehlo, American basketball player and coach

1961 – Sunil Shetty, Indian actor and producer

1961 – Jukka Tapanimäki, Finnish game programmer (d. 2000)

1962 – Brian Azzarello, American author

1962 – Charles Cecil, English video game designer and co-founded Revolution Software

1962 – John Micklethwait, English journalist and author

1962 – Rob Minkoff, American director and producer

1963 – Hiromi Makihara, Japanese baseball player

1964 – Jim Lee, South Korean-American author and illustrator

1964 – Miguel A. Núñez, Jr., American actor, producer, and screenwriter

1964 – Grant Waite, New Zealand golfer

1965 – Marc Bergevin, Canadian ice hockey player and manager

1965 – Embeth Davidtz, American actress

1965 – Viola Davis, American actress

1966 – Nigel Martyn, English footballer and coach

1966 – Juan María Solare, Argentinian pianist and composer

1967 – Enrique Bunbury, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist

1967 – Joe Rogan, American actor, comedian, and television host

1967 – Petter Wettre, Norwegian saxophonist and composer

1968 – Sophie Okonedo, British actress

1968 – Charlie Sexton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1969 – Ashley Jensen, Scottish actress

1969 – Toomas Kivisild, Estonian geneticist and academic

1970 – Dirk Hannemann, German footballer and manager

1970 – Teresa Pavlinek, Canadian actress, producer, and screenwriter

1971 – Alejandra Barros, Mexican actress and screenwriter

1971 – Tommy Mooney, English footballer

1973 – Kristin Armstrong, American cyclist

1973 – Kiatisuk Senamuang, Thailand footballer, coach, and manager

1974 – Marie-France Dubreuil, Canadian figure skater

1974 – Audrey Mestre, French biologist and diver (d. 2002)

1975 – Chris Cummings, Canadian singer-songwriter

1976 – Iván Córdoba, Colombian footballer and manager

1976 – Bubba Crosby, American baseball player

1976 – Will Friedle, American actor and screenwriter

1976 – Ben Gibbard, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1976 – Ľubomír Višňovský, Slovak ice hockey player

1977 – Gemma Hayes, Irish singer-songwriter

1977 – Dênio Martins, Brazilian footballer

1978 – Spyros Gogolos, Greek footballer

1979 – Walter Ayoví, Ecuadorian footballer

1980 – Daniel Lloyd, English cyclist and sportscaster

1980 – Lee Suggs, American football player

1981 – Daniel Poohl, Swedish journalist

1981 – Sandi Thom, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist

1983 – Pavel 183, Russian painter (d. 2013)

1983 – Chris Hemsworth, Australian actor

1983 – Luke Lewis, Australian rugby league player

1984 – Melky Cabrera, Dominican baseball player

1984 – Lucas di Grassi, Brazilian race car driver

1986 – Mokhtar Benmoussa, Algerian footballer

1986 – Kaori Fukuhara, Japanese voice actress

1986 – Richard Keogh, English-Irish footballer

1986 – Colby Rasmus, American baseball player

1986 – Pablo Sandoval, Venezuelan baseball player

1987 – Dany N'Guessan, French footballer

1987 – Drew Storen, American baseball player

1988 – Rabeh Al-Hussaini, Filipino basketball player

1988 – Patty Mills, Australian basketball player

1988 – Mustafa Pektemek, Turkish footballer

1989 – Junior Heffernan, Irish cyclist and triathlete (d. 2013)

1989 – Sebastian Huke, German footballer

1990 – Lenka Juríková, Slovak tennis player

1991 – Cristian Tello, Spanish footballer

1991 – Milica Pavlovic, Serbian pop-folk singer

1993 – Gita Gutawa, Indonesian singer-songwriter and actress

1993 – Sean McGinty, English-Irish footballer

1994 – Storm Sanders, Australian tennis player

1994 – Anton Cooper, New Zealand cross-country cyclist

1994 – Joseph Barbato, French footballer

Deaths

480 BC – Leonidas I, Agiad King of Sparta

223 – Jia Xu, Chinese politician (b. 147)

353 – Magnentius, Roman usurper (b. 303)

449 – Archbishop Flavian of Constantinople

1204 – Guttorm of Norway (b. 1199)

1253 – Clare of Assisi, Italian follower of Francis of Assisi (b. 1194)

1259 – Möngke Khan, Mongolian emperor (b. 1208)

1332 – Domhnall II, Earl of Mar

1332 – Robert II Keith, Marischal of Scotland

1332 – Thomas Randolph, 2nd Earl of Moray

1332 – Murdoch III, Earl of Menteith

1332 – Robert Bruce, Lord of Liddesdale

1456 – John Hunyadi, Hungarian general and politician (b. 1387)

1464 – Nicholas of Cusa, German cardinal and mystic (b. 1401)

1465 – Kettil Karlsson, regent of Sweden and Bishop of Linköping (b. 1433)

1486 – William Waynflete, English Lord Chancellor and bishop of Winchester (b. c. 1398)

1494 – Hans Memling, German-Belgian painter (b. 1430)

1519 – Johann Tetzel, German preacher (b. 1465)

1556 – John Bell, English bishop

1563 – Bartolomé de Escobedo, Spanish composer and educator (b. 1500)

1578 – Pedro Nunes, Portuguese mathematician and academic (b. 1502)

1614 – Lavinia Fontana, Italian painter (b. 1552)

1656 – Ottavio Piccolomini, Austrian-Italian field marshal (b. 1599)

1725 – Prince Vittorio Amedeo Theodore of Savoy (b. 1723)

1774 – Charles-François Tiphaigne de la Roche, French physician and author (b. 1722)

1813 – Henry James Pye, English poet and politician (b. 1745)

1851 – Lorenz Oken, German botanist, biologist, and ornithologist (b. 1779)

1854 – Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist and academic (b. 1798)

1868 – Halfdan Kjerulf, Norwegian pianist and composer (b. 1815)

1886 – Lydia Koidula, Estonian poet and playwright (b. 1843)

1890 – John Henry Newman, English cardinal and theologian (b. 1801)

1892 – Enrico Betti, Italian mathematician and academic (b. 1813)

1903 – Eugenio María de Hostos, Puerto Rican-American sociologist, philosopher, and lawyer (b. 1839)

1908 – Khudiram Bose, Indian activist (b. 1889)

1919 – Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Carnegie Steel Company and Carnegie Hall (b. 1835)

1921 – Mary Sumner, English philanthropist, founded the Mothers' Union (b. 1828)

1936 – Blas Infante, Spanish historian and politician (b. 1885)

1937 – Edith Wharton, American novelist and short story writer (b. 1862)

1939 – Jean Bugatti, German-Italian engineer (b. 1909)

1939 – Siegfried Flesch, Austrian fencer (b. 1872)

1945 – Stefan Jaracz, Polish actor and theater producer (b. 1883)

1953 – Tazio Nuvolari, Italian race car driver and motorcycle racer (b. 1892)

1956 – Jackson Pollock, American painter (b. 1912)

1961 – Antanas Škėma, Lithuanian-American author, playwright, actor, and director (b. 1910)

1963 – Otto Wahle, Austrian-American swimmer and coach (b. 1879)

1965 – Bill Woodfull, Australian cricketer and educator (b. 1897)

1969 – Miriam Licette, English soprano and educator (b. 1885)

1972 – Max Theiler, South African-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)

1974 – Vicente Emilio Sojo, Venezuelan conductor and composer (b. 1887)

1977 – Frederic Calland Williams, British co-inventor of the Williams-Kilborn tube, used for memory in early computer systems (b. 1911)

1979 – J. G. Farrell, English author (b. 1935)

1980 – Paul Robert, French lexicographer and publisher (b. 1910)

1982 – Tom Drake, American actor and singer (b. 1918)

1984 – Alfred A. Knopf, Sr., American publisher, founded Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (b. 1892)

1984 – Paul Felix Schmidt, Estonian–American chemist and chess player (b. 1916)

1986 – János Drapál, Hungarian motorcycle racer (b. 1948)

1988 – Anne Ramsey, American actress (b. 1929)

1991 – J. D. McDuffie, American race car driver (b. 1938)

1994 – Peter Cushing, English actor (b. 1913)

1995 – Phil Harris, American singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1904)

1996 – Tassos Isaac, Cypriot activist (b. 1972)

1996 – Rafael Kubelík, Czech conductor and composer (b. 1914)

1996 – Ambrosio Padilla, Filipino basketball player and politician (b. 1910)

2000 – Jean Papineau-Couture, Canadian composer and academic (b. 1916)

2001 – Percy Stallard, English cyclist and coach (b. 1909)

2002 – Galen Rowell, American photographer and mountaineer (b. 1940)

2003 – Armand Borel, Swiss-American mathematician and academic (b. 1923)

2003 – Herb Brooks, American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1937)

2004 – K. Arulanandan, Ceylon-American engineer and academic (b. 1925)

2005 – James Booth, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1927)

2006 – Mike Douglas, American singer and talk show host (b. 1920)

2008 – George Furth, American actor and playwright (b. 1932)

2008 – Dursun Karataş, founding leader of the Revolutionary People's Liberation Party–Front (DHKP-C) in Turkey (b. 1952)

2009 – Eunice Kennedy Shriver, American activist, founded the Special Olympics (b. 1921)

2011 – Jani Lane, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1964)

2012 – Red Bastien, American wrestler, trainer, and promoter (b. 1931)

2012 – Michael Dokes, American boxer (b. 1958)

2012 – Von Freeman, American saxophonist (b. 1923)

2012 – Lucy Gallardo, Argentinian-Mexican actress and screenwriter (b. 1929)

2012 – Heidi Holland, South African journalist and author (b. 1947)

2012 – Bhadriraju Krishnamurti, Indian linguist and academic (b. 1928)

2012 – Bill Rafferty, American comedian and television host (b. 1944)

2013 – Raymond Delisle, French cyclist (b. 1943)

2013 – Zafar Futehally, Indian ornithologist and author (b. 1919)

2013 – David Howard, English ballet dancer and educator (b. 1937)

2014 – Vladimir Beara, Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1928)

2014 – Vol Dooley, American police officer (b. 1927)

2014 – Raymond Gravel, Canadian priest and politician (b. 1952)

2014 – Kika Szaszkiewiczowa, Polish author and blogger (b. 1917)

2014 – Robin Williams, American actor and producer (b. 1951)

2015 – Serge Collot, French viola player and educator (b. 1923)

2015 – Eddie Cusic, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1926)

2015 – Harald Nielsen, Danish footballer and manager (b. 1941)

2015 – Richard Oriani, Salvadoran-American metallurgist and engineer (b. 1920)

Holidays and observances

Christian Feast Day:

Athracht

Clare of Assisi

Fiacre

Gaugericus

John Henry Newman (Church of England)

Philomena

Susanna

Taurinus of Évreux

Tiburtius and Chromatius

August 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Flag Day (Pakistan)

Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Chad from France in 1960.

Mountain Day (Japan)

References

August 11 Wikipedia

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