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Gravdigr · 08-11-2016, 11:16 AM

August 11

3114 BC – The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Mayans, begins.

1858 – The Eiger in the Bernese Alps is ascended for the first time by Charles Barrington accompanied by Christian Almer and Peter Bohren.

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.

1934 – The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island.

1942 – 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 and Wi-Fi.

1968 – The last steam hauled train runs on British Rail.

1972 – Vietnam War: The last United States ground combat unit leaves South Vietnam.

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 National Public Radio.

2003 – NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.

2006 – The oil tanker M/T Solar 1 sinks off the coast of Guimaras and Negros Islands in the Philippines, causing the country's worst oil spill.

2015 – For the first time in Major League Baseball history, all 15 home teams won their game. Prior to this happening, the record was 12 which was reached over a century ago in 1914.

Births

1794 – James B. Longacre; 1897 – Enid Blyton; 1920 – Mike Douglas; 1921 – Alex Haley (Roots); 1925 – Arlene Dahl; 1926 – Claus von Bülow; 1933 – Jerry Falwell; 1943 – Jim Kale

(The Guess Who), Pervez Musharraf, Denis Payton♪ ♫; 1946 – John Conlee♪ ♫, Marilyn vos Savant; 1949 – Eric Carmen♪ ♫; 1950 – Erik Brann

(Iron Butterfly); 1950 – Steve Wozniak

; 1952 – Bob Mothersbaugh

(Devo); 1953 – Hulk Hogan; 1954 – Bryan Bassett

(Wild Cherry, Foghat, and Molly Hatchet), Joe Jackson♪ ♫; 1957 – Richie Ramone

; 1965 – Embeth Davidtz, Viola Davis, Duane Martin, Shinji Mikami (created video game Resident Evil); 1967 – Joe Rogan; 1968 – Anna Gunn (Breaking Bad); 1978 – Chris Kelly♪ ♫(Kris Kross); 1983 – Chris Hemsworth

Deaths

1596 – Hamnet Shakespeare (Bill's boy); 1919 – Andrew Carnegie; 1937 – Edith Wharton; 1954 – Santo Trafficante, Sr. (mob boss); 1956 – Jackson Pollock

; 1984 – Alfred A. Knopf, Sr.; 1988 – Anne Ramsey (Throw Momma from the Train); 1991 – J. D. McDuffie

; 1994 – Peter Cushing; 1995 – Phil Harris♪ ♫ (the singer, not the captain of the Cornelia Marie); 1996 – Mel Taylor

(The Ventures); 2006 – Mike Douglas; 2009 – Eunice Kennedy Shriver; 2011 – Jani Lane

(Warrant); 2012 – Michael Dokes

; 2014 – Robin Williams

08-11-2016, 11:16 AM	#203
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	August 11 3114 BC – The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Mayans, begins. 1858 – The Eiger in the Bernese Alps is ascended for the first time by Charles Barrington accompanied by Christian Almer and Peter Bohren. 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. 1934 – The first civilian prisoners arrive at the Federal prison on Alcatraz Island. 1942 – 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 and Wi-Fi. 1968 – The last steam hauled train runs on British Rail. 1972 – Vietnam War: The last United States ground combat unit leaves South Vietnam. 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 National Public Radio. 2003 – NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history. 2006 – The oil tanker M/T Solar 1 sinks off the coast of Guimaras and Negros Islands in the Philippines, causing the country's worst oil spill. 2015 – For the first time in Major League Baseball history, all 15 home teams won their game. Prior to this happening, the record was 12 which was reached over a century ago in 1914. Births 1794 – James B. Longacre; 1897 – Enid Blyton; 1920 – Mike Douglas; 1921 – Alex Haley (Roots); 1925 – Arlene Dahl; 1926 – Claus von Bülow; 1933 – Jerry Falwell; 1943 – Jim Kale(The Guess Who), Pervez Musharraf, Denis Payton♪ ♫; 1946 – John Conlee♪ ♫, Marilyn vos Savant; 1949 – Eric Carmen♪ ♫; 1950 – Erik Brann(Iron Butterfly); 1950 – Steve Wozniak; 1952 – Bob Mothersbaugh(Devo); 1953 – Hulk Hogan; 1954 – Bryan Bassett(Wild Cherry, Foghat, and Molly Hatchet), Joe Jackson♪ ♫; 1957 – Richie Ramone; 1965 – Embeth Davidtz, Viola Davis, Duane Martin, Shinji Mikami (created video game Resident Evil); 1967 – Joe Rogan; 1968 – Anna Gunn (Breaking Bad); 1978 – Chris Kelly♪ ♫(Kris Kross); 1983 – Chris Hemsworth Deaths 1596 – Hamnet Shakespeare (Bill's boy); 1919 – Andrew Carnegie; 1937 – Edith Wharton; 1954 – Santo Trafficante, Sr. (mob boss); 1956 – Jackson Pollock; 1984 – Alfred A. Knopf, Sr.; 1988 – Anne Ramsey (Throw Momma from the Train); 1991 – J. D. McDuffie; 1994 – Peter Cushing; 1995 – Phil Harris♪ ♫ (the singer, not the captain of the Cornelia Marie); 1996 – Mel Taylor(The Ventures); 2006 – Mike Douglas; 2009 – Eunice Kennedy Shriver; 2011 – Jani Lane(Warrant); 2012 – Michael Dokes; 2014 – Robin Williams __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.