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Notable anniversaries in history for today: August 11
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Arlene Dahl in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; actress/TV panelist (Ambush).
- 90th: 1934 - First federal prisoners arrive at Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay, California.
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Lina Polito in Naples, Italy; actress (Love and Anarchy).
- 70th: 1954 - Formal peace takes place, ending 7+ years of fighting in Indochina between French and Communist Vietminh.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Hamish; rocker (The Pasedenas - "Riding on the Train").
- 60th: 1964 - Race riot in Paterson, New Jersey, USA.
- 50th: 1974 - Head-on collision between two buses kills 21 (Ankara, Turkey).
- 50th: 1974 - Lee Trevino wins PGA championship.
- 40th: 1984 - United States President Ronald Reagan, during a voice check for a radio broadcast remarks "My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today that I've signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes".
- 40th: 1984 - Carl Lewis duplicates Jesse Owens' 1936 feat, wins four Olympic track golds.
- 40th: 1984 - Cincinnati Reds retire Johnny Bench's number 5 uniform.
- 30th: 1994 - The Columbus Iselin, a ship conducting oil spill research, runs aground in the Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary off the Florida Keys and leaks fuel.
- 25th: 1999 - A total solar eclipse is seen in Europe and Asia.
- 25th: 1999 - An F-2 tornado rips through downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, killing one person and injuring over 100.
- 15th: 2009 - Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the sister of President John F Kennedy and founder of the Special Olympics, dies at age 88 in Massachusetts, USA.
- 15th: 2009 - (to August 13) The Perseid meteor showers peak at 200 observations per hour.
- 5th: 2019 - At least 114 people, including 57 in Kerala, 30 in Karnataka and 27 in Maharashtra, are reported to have died in monsoon-related floods in India. At least 227 die across India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
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