11 August(Historical events of 11 August)
1908 - Revolutionary Khudiram Bose was hanged.
1908 - Indian freedom fighter Khudiram Bose died.
1914 - France declares invasion of Austria and Hungary.
1914 - Jews were evicted from Poland.
1918 - World War I: The Battle of Amiens was over.
1929 - Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to complete 500 home runs in his career at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.
1942 - Actress Hedy Lamarr and musician George Anthill were granted a patent for the frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication system. Which later became the basis of modern technologies in wireless telephones and Wi-Fi.
1948 - Summer Olympics begin in London.
1952 - Hussein bin Talal was proclaimed King of Jordan.
1959 - Sheremetyevo International Airport, the second largest airport in Russia, was opened.
1960 - Chad declares independence.
1961 - Former Portuguese territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli were merged in India to form the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
1962 - Vokok 3 debuted at the Biconur Cosmodrome and astronaut Andrian Nikolayev became the first person to swim in microgravity.
1979 - Two Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134s and 178 airliners were killed on both airliners that collided in Dniprodzinsk.
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 - Underground nuclear tests were conducted by the then Soviet Russia.
1985 - Ronald Reagan becomes US President.
2003 - NATO takes command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major campaign outside Europe in its 54-year history.
2003 - Jemaah Islamiyah
1908 - Revolutionary Khudiram Bose was hanged.
1908 - Indian freedom fighter Khudiram Bose died.
1914 - France declares invasion of Austria and Hungary.
1914 - Jews were evicted from Poland.
1918 - World War I: The Battle of Amiens was over.
1929 - Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to complete 500 home runs in his career at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.
1942 - Actress Hedy Lamarr and musician George Anthill were granted a patent for the frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication system. Which later became the basis of modern technologies in wireless telephones and Wi-Fi.
1948 - Summer Olympics begin in London.
1952 - Hussein bin Talal was proclaimed King of Jordan.
1959 - Sheremetyevo International Airport, the second largest airport in Russia, was opened.
1960 - Chad declares independence.
1961 - Former Portuguese territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli were merged in India to form the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
1962 - Vokok 3 debuted at the Biconur Cosmodrome and astronaut Andrian Nikolayev became the first person to swim in microgravity.
1979 - Two Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134s and 178 airliners were killed on both airliners that collided in Dniprodzinsk.
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 - Underground nuclear tests were conducted by the then Soviet Russia.
1985 - Ronald Reagan becomes US President.
2003 - NATO takes command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major campaign outside Europe in its 54-year history.
2003 - Jemaah Islamiyah
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