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What happened in history on this day: August 11?
On August 11 in ...
- 1860 - America's first successful silver mill (Virginia City, Nevada).
- 1864 - S.B. Colby-Francis E. Spinner begins term as US Treasurer.
- 1866 - World's first roller rink opens (Newport, Rhode Island).
- 1868 - The Louisiana Lottery Company (a criminal syndicate from New York) is authorized by the state and granted an exclusive 25-year charter.
- 1909 - Morse code distress signal "SOS" first used by an American ship, Arapahoe, off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
- 1934 - First federal prisoners arrive at Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay, California.
- 1935 - In Briggsdale, Colorado, USA a meteorite falls harmlessly to the ground.
- 1938 - German commercial plane flies non-stop 25 hours from Berlin to New York.
- 1945 - Allies refuse Japan's surrender offer to retain Emperor Hirohito.
- 1964 - Race riot in Paterson, New Jersey, USA.
- 1965 - Six-day insurrection starts in Watts section of Los Angeles, California.
- 1975 - US vetoes proposed admission of North and South Vietnam to United Nations.
- 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".
- 1987 - Economist Alan Greenspan takes office as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board.
- 1988 - Meir Kahane renounces US citizenship to stay in Israeli Parliament.
- 1991 - Shite Muslims release US hostage Edward Tracy.
- 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.
- 1999 - An F-2 tornado rips through downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, killing one person and injuring over 100.
- 2007 - A likely meteor shower is reported over Sonora, California.
- 2011 - (to August 12) In Chicago, Illinois, Heritage Auctions conducts its Signature US Coins and Platinum Auctions. Some highlights:
- 1855-S Indian Head gold $3, PR-64 Cameo NGC: US$1,322,500;
- 1893-S Morgan dollar, MS-67: $546,250.
Births on August 11
- 1794 - Birth of James Barton Longacre in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA; engraver at US Mint for 25 years, designer of US Flying Eagle cent and Indian Head cent, portrait painter.
- 1833 - Birth of Robert Green Ingersoll in New York City, New York, USA; author/politician/agnostic (Attorney General-Republican-Illinois).
- 1862 - Birth of Carrie Jacobs Bond in Janesville, Wisconsin, USA; songwriter ("I Love You Truly").
- 1897 - Birth of Louise Bogan in Maine, USA; writer (Sleeping Fury).
- 1902 - Birth of Lloyd Nolan in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Peyton Place).
- 1911 - Birth of Henry Kulky in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, USA; actor (Otto - Life of Riley).
- 1912 - Birth of Jean Parker in Montana, USA; actress (Beyond Tomorrow, Little Women).
- 1920 - Birth of William Masselos in Niagara Falls, New York, USA; pianist/professor (Juiliard 1976).
- 1924 - Birth of Arlene Dahl in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; actress/TV panelist (Ambush).
- 1925 - Birth of Mike Douglas in Chicago, Illinois, USA; talk show host (Mike Douglas Show).
- 1940 - Birth of Kip King in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Charlie and Company).
- 1941 - Birth of Elizabeth Holtzman in Brooklyn, New York, USA; district attorney (Democrat-Representative-New York, Watergate Committee).
- 1946 - Birth of Marilyn Vos Savant in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA; writer/world's highest IQ (Guinness Book of Records).
- 1949 - Birth of Eric Carmen in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; rocker ("All by Myself").
- 1950 - Birth of Steve Gary Wozniak; cofounder of Apple Computer.
- 1953 - Birth of Hulk Hogan [Terry Bollea] in Georgia, USA; WWF heavyweight champion (1984-89).
- 1953 - Birth of Sanford Jensen in South Haven, Michigan, USA; actor (Foley Square).
- 1969 - Birth of Eddie Garcia in Louisiana, USA; actor/musician (Guys Next Door - "I Was Made For You").
Deaths on August 11
- 1868 - Thaddeus Stevens, architect of Radical Reconstruction in US South, dies at age 76.
- 1987 - Death of Clara Peller at age 86; American actress ("Where's the Beef") (born 1902).
- 2009 - Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the sister of President John F Kennedy and founder of the Special Olympics, dies at age 88 in Massachusetts, USA.
- 2010 - Dan Rostenkowski, Illinois Democratic Representative (1958-94), dies at age 82.
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