The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island. Date: August 11, 1934 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 11 📅 Events on this day in 1934 📅 On This Day (Today)
Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil receive a patent for a Frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication system that later became the basis for modern technologies in wireless telephones, two-way radio communications, and Wi-Fi. Date: August 11, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 11 📅 Events on this day in 1942…
Poles in Kraków engage in a pogrom against Jews in the city, killing one and wounding five. Date: August 11, 1945 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 11 📅 Events on this day in 1945 📅 On This Day (Today)
Hussein bin Talal is proclaimed King of Jordan. Date: August 11, 1952 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 11 📅 Events on this day in 1952 📅 On This Day (Today)
Sheremetyevo International Airport, the second-largest airport in Russia, opens. Date: August 11, 1959 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 11 📅 Events on this day in 1959 📅 On This Day (Today)
Chad declares independence from France. Date: August 11, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 11 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today)
The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli. Date: August 11, 1961 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 11 📅 Events on this day in 1961 📅 On This Day (Today)
Vostok 3 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev becomes the first person to float in microgravity. Date: August 11, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 11 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today)
Race riots (the Watts Riots) begin in the Watts area of Los Angeles, California. Date: August 11, 1965 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 11 📅 Events on this day in 1965 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Apollo 11 astronauts are released from a three-week quarantine following their liftoff from the Moon. Date: August 11, 1969 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 11 📅 Events on this day in 1969 📅 On This Day (Today)