Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio….
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11 August 1929
Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio….
11 August 1952
Hussein bin Talal is proclaimed King of Jordan. Hussein bin Talal was the King of Jordan from 1952 until his death in 1999, making him…
11 August 1934
The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island. Alcatraz Island, often simply referred to as “Alcatraz,” is a small island located…
11 August 1315
The Great Famine of Europe becomes so dire that even the king of England has difficulties buying bread for himself and his entourage
11 August 2006
The oil tanker MT Solar 1 sinks off the coast of Guimaras and Negros Islands in the Philippines, causing the country’s worst oil spill.
11 August 1984
“We begin bombing in five minutes”: United States President Ronald Reagan, while running for re-election, jokes while preparing to make his weekly Saturday address on…
11 August 1952
Hussein bin Talal is proclaimed King of Jordan. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hussein_of_Jordan’]
11 August 1972
The last United States ground combat unit leaves South Vietnam (Vietnam War). SAIGON, South Vietnam, Aug. 11—The last American ground?combat unit in Viet nam was…
11 August 1804
Francis II becomes the first Emperor of Austria. Francis II, the last Holy Roman emperor of Austria. He supported the conservative political system of Metternich…