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August 11
1909 - Arapahoe became the first American ship to use the S.O.S. distress signal.
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 - A formal peace treaty took hold in Indochina, ending more than seven years of fighting between France and the Communist Vietminh.
1956 - Abstract artist Jackson Pollock died in an automobile accident on Long Island, New York at age 44.
1960 - The African nation of Chad gained its independence from France.
1965 - Following the arrest of a young black motorist, the predominantly black neighborhood of Watts in Los Angeles erupted in riots that lasted six days and left 34 dead.
1991 - Shiite Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon released two Western captives: Edward Tracy, an American held nearly five years, and Jerome Leyraud, a Frenchman who'd been abducted by a rival group three days earlier.
1992 - The Mall of America, the largest shopping mall in the country, 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.)
1998 - British Petroleum (BP) purchased Amoco for $49 billion.
2000 - Pat Buchanan won the Reform Party's presidential nomination.
2002 - US Airways filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
2003 - NATO took command of the 5,000-strong peacekeeping force in Afghanistan.
2003 - Charles Taylor, president of Liberia, formally relinquished his office to Moses Blah and left for Nigeria.
2006 - The Transportation Security Administration banned all liquids, gels and aerosols from passenger cabins on airliners one day after a thwarted terrorist attack.
2009 - Eunice Kennedy Shriver, sister of President John F. Kennedy and founder of the Special Olympics, died at age 88.
2009 - Jeers and taunts drowned out Democratic lawmakers calling for a health care overhaul at town halls; during his own town hall in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, President Barack Obama assailed "wild misrepresentations" of his health care plan.
2012 - Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney announced his choice of Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin to be his running mate.
2014 - Academy Award winning actor and comedian Robin Williams died in Tiburon, California at age 63 as a result of suicide.
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 counter-protesters.)
Birthdays
22 - Savannah Chrisley (reality star)
26 - Alyson Stoner (actress)
27 - Tomi Lahren (TV host)
30 - Ursula Corbero (actress)
34 - Asher Roth (rapper)
34 - Jacqueline Fernandez (actress)
36 - Chris Hemsworth (actor)
39 - Merritt Wever (actress)
40 - Rob Kerkovich (actor)
43 - Will Friedle (actor)
46 - Nigel Harman (actor)
51 - Charlie Sexton (musician)
51 - Sophie Okonedo (actress)
51 - Ashley Jensen (actress)
51 - Anna Gunn (actress)
52 - Joe Rogan (actor/TV host)
54 - Duane Martin (actor)
54 - Embeth Davidtz (actress)
54 - Viola Davis (actress)
60 - Miguel A. Nunez Jr. (actor)
65 - Joe Jackson (singer)
66 - Hulk Hogan (professional wrestler)
69 - Steve Wozniak (co-founder of Apple Computer)
70 - Eric Carmen (singer)
73 - John Conlee (singer)
94 - Arlene Dahl (actress)
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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. The team is named after sponsor Indian Packing Company.
1929 - Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees becomes the first major league player to hit 500 career home runs.
1968 - Sixty-two year old Satchel Paige, needing 158 days on a major league payroll to qualify for a pension, is signed by the Atlanta Braves.
1971 - Harmon Kilebrew of the Minnesota Twins became the 10th player in major league history to hit 500 career home runs.
1980 - Reggie Jackson of the New York Yankees hits his 400th career home run.
1984 - American track and field star Carl Lewis won his fourth gold medal at the Los Angeles Olympic Games, equaling Jesse Owens' feat from 1936.
1984 - The Cincinnati Reds retired Johnny Bench's #5.
1984 - At the Los Angeles Olympic Games, American runner Mary Decker fell after colliding with South African-born British competitor Zola Budd in the 3,000 meter final; Budd finished seventh.
1991 - John Daly wins the PGA Championship.
1993 - Roger Clemens of the Boston Red Sox pitches his 2,000th strike out.
2012 - Usain Bolt of Jamaica anchored his country's 4x100 meter relay team to a world record time of 36.84 seconds to take the gold at the London Olympic Games.
2015 - For the first time in history, all 15 Major League Baseball home teams won their games on the same day.
2016 - American swimmer Michael Phelps wins the 200 meter individual medley at the Rio Summer Olympics and becomes the first to win four consecutive gold medals in one event.
1909 - Arapahoe became the first American ship to use the S.O.S. distress signal.
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 - A formal peace treaty took hold in Indochina, ending more than seven years of fighting between France and the Communist Vietminh.
1956 - Abstract artist Jackson Pollock died in an automobile accident on Long Island, New York at age 44.
1960 - The African nation of Chad gained its independence from France.
1965 - Following the arrest of a young black motorist, the predominantly black neighborhood of Watts in Los Angeles erupted in riots that lasted six days and left 34 dead.
1991 - Shiite Muslim kidnappers in Lebanon released two Western captives: Edward Tracy, an American held nearly five years, and Jerome Leyraud, a Frenchman who'd been abducted by a rival group three days earlier.
1992 - The Mall of America, the largest shopping mall in the country, 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.)
1998 - British Petroleum (BP) purchased Amoco for $49 billion.
2000 - Pat Buchanan won the Reform Party's presidential nomination.
2002 - US Airways filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
2003 - NATO took command of the 5,000-strong peacekeeping force in Afghanistan.
2003 - Charles Taylor, president of Liberia, formally relinquished his office to Moses Blah and left for Nigeria.
2006 - The Transportation Security Administration banned all liquids, gels and aerosols from passenger cabins on airliners one day after a thwarted terrorist attack.
2009 - Eunice Kennedy Shriver, sister of President John F. Kennedy and founder of the Special Olympics, died at age 88.
2009 - Jeers and taunts drowned out Democratic lawmakers calling for a health care overhaul at town halls; during his own town hall in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, President Barack Obama assailed "wild misrepresentations" of his health care plan.
2012 - Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney announced his choice of Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin to be his running mate.
2014 - Academy Award winning actor and comedian Robin Williams died in Tiburon, California at age 63 as a result of suicide.
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 counter-protesters.)
Birthdays
22 - Savannah Chrisley (reality star)
26 - Alyson Stoner (actress)
27 - Tomi Lahren (TV host)
30 - Ursula Corbero (actress)
34 - Asher Roth (rapper)
34 - Jacqueline Fernandez (actress)
36 - Chris Hemsworth (actor)
39 - Merritt Wever (actress)
40 - Rob Kerkovich (actor)
43 - Will Friedle (actor)
46 - Nigel Harman (actor)
51 - Charlie Sexton (musician)
51 - Sophie Okonedo (actress)
51 - Ashley Jensen (actress)
51 - Anna Gunn (actress)
52 - Joe Rogan (actor/TV host)
54 - Duane Martin (actor)
54 - Embeth Davidtz (actress)
54 - Viola Davis (actress)
60 - Miguel A. Nunez Jr. (actor)
65 - Joe Jackson (singer)
66 - Hulk Hogan (professional wrestler)
69 - Steve Wozniak (co-founder of Apple Computer)
70 - Eric Carmen (singer)
73 - John Conlee (singer)
94 - Arlene Dahl (actress)
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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. The team is named after sponsor Indian Packing Company.
1929 - Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees becomes the first major league player to hit 500 career home runs.
1968 - Sixty-two year old Satchel Paige, needing 158 days on a major league payroll to qualify for a pension, is signed by the Atlanta Braves.
1971 - Harmon Kilebrew of the Minnesota Twins became the 10th player in major league history to hit 500 career home runs.
1980 - Reggie Jackson of the New York Yankees hits his 400th career home run.
1984 - American track and field star Carl Lewis won his fourth gold medal at the Los Angeles Olympic Games, equaling Jesse Owens' feat from 1936.
1984 - The Cincinnati Reds retired Johnny Bench's #5.
1984 - At the Los Angeles Olympic Games, American runner Mary Decker fell after colliding with South African-born British competitor Zola Budd in the 3,000 meter final; Budd finished seventh.
1991 - John Daly wins the PGA Championship.
1993 - Roger Clemens of the Boston Red Sox pitches his 2,000th strike out.
2012 - Usain Bolt of Jamaica anchored his country's 4x100 meter relay team to a world record time of 36.84 seconds to take the gold at the London Olympic Games.
2015 - For the first time in history, all 15 Major League Baseball home teams won their games on the same day.
2016 - American swimmer Michael Phelps wins the 200 meter individual medley at the Rio Summer Olympics and becomes the first to win four consecutive gold medals in one event.