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Historical Events
on August 11th
- Lead Story
- Federal prisoners land on Alcatraz,1934
- American Revolution
- Sir Frederick Haldimand born,1718
- Automotive
- "American Graffiti" released,1973
- Civil War
- Early abandons Winchester, Virginia,1864
- Cold War
- Reagan jokes about "outlawing" the Soviet Union,1984
- Crime
- Carol Bundy confesses her connection to the "Sunset Slayer",1980
- Disaster
- Hurricane submerges Louisiana resort,1856
- General Interest
- Hussein succeeds to Jordanian throne,1952
- Watts Riot begins,1965
- Jonesboro schoolyard shooters guilty,1998
- Hollywood
- American Graffiti opens,1973
- Literary
- Alex Haley's birthday,1921
- Music
- Hip Hop is born at a birthday party in the Bronx,1973
- Old West
- Meriwether Lewis is shot in the leg,1806
- Presidential
- Reagan jokes about bombing Russia,1984
- Sports
- Major leaguers walk off the job,1994
- Vietnam War
- U.S. pilots cleared to bomb Hanoi-Haiphong area,1967
- South Vietnamese troops assume responsibility for guarding border,1970
- Last U.S. ground combat unit departs South Vietnam,1972
- World War I
- Weimar Constitution adopted in Germany ,1919
- World War II
- Germans begin to evacuate Sicily,1943
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