Historical events on August 11
AUGUST 11, 106
The region of Dacia, comprising parts of modern Romania, became a province of the Roman Empire.
Year 106 (CVI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the
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AUGUST 11, 1977
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration initiated an investigation into the alleged vulnerability of the Ford Pinto to fuel leakage and fire in a rear-end collision.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is an agency of the U.S. federal government, part of the Department of Transportation, focused on
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AUGUST 11, 2012
At least 306 people were killed and 3,000 others injured in a pair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran.
The 2012 East Azerbaijan earthquakes – also known as the Ahar earthquakes – occurred on 11 August 2012, at 16:53 Iran Standard
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AUGUST 11, 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.
The Reconquista or the fall of al-Andalus was a series of military and cultural campaigns that European Christian kingdoms waged against the
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AUGUST 11, 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.
Kenneth M. Levine is an American video game developer. He is the creative director and co-founder of Ghost Story Games. He led
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AUGUST 11, 1952
King Talal of Jordan was forced to abdicate due to mental illness and was succeeded by his eldest son Hussein .
Talal bin Abdullah was King of Jordan from the assassination of his father, King Abdullah I, on 20 July 1951 until his
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AUGUST 11, 1999
The Salt Lake City Tornado hit downtown Salt Lake City, damaging 120 homes and injuring over 100 people.
The 1999 Salt Lake City tornado was a rare tornado that struck downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, on August 11,
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AUGUST 11, 1979
Two Aeroflot passenger jets collided in mid-air near Dniprodzerzhynsk in the Ukrainian SSR, killing all 178 people on both aircraft.
PJSC Aeroflot – Russian Airlines, commonly known as Aeroflot, is the flag carrier and the largest airline of Russia. Aeroflot is headquartered in
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AUGUST 11, 1975
The Timorese Democratic Union launches a coup in Portuguese Timor, starting the East Timorese civil war.
The Timorese Democratic Union is a conservative political party in Timor-Leste. It was the first party to be established in the country
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AUGUST 11, 1492
The first papal conclave to be held in the Sistine Chapel elected Roderic Borja as Pope Alexander VI to succeed Innocent VIII.
The 1492 papal conclave was convened after the death of Pope Innocent VIII. It was the first papal conclave to be held in the Sistine Chapel.
AUGUST 11, 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.
Francis Light was a British Royal Navy officer and explorer best known for founding the colony of Penang and its capital city
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AUGUST 11, 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.
Clive Campbell, better known by his stage name DJ Kool Herc, is a Jamaican-American DJ who is credited with being the founder
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AUGUST 11, 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.
Kraków, officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the
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