8_11 Events in History.

390 Historic Events for August 11

1909 Gaston Gilbert Litaize, composer Birth
1909 Warren Bardsley (136 and 130) 1st to get twin tons in a Test Event
1909 Liner "Arapahoe" is 1st ship to use SOS distress call Event
1909 SOS 1st used by an American ship, Arapahoe, off Cape Hatteras, NC Event
1910 Denis Moloney, NZ cricket all-rounder (1937 England tour) Birth
1911 Ronald Batty, bookseller Birth
1911 Thanom Kittikachorn, general/premier Thailand (1958..73) Birth
1911 Prem Bhatia, journalist Birth
1911 Henry Kulky, Hastings-on-Hudson NY, actor (Otto-Life of Riley) Birth
1911 Benny Lee, entertainer Birth

1911 Alphonse de Waelhens, Flemish philosopher (Psychosis) Birth
1912 Jean Parker, Butte Mont, actress (Beyond Tomorrow, Little Women) Birth
1913 Angus Wilson, England, writer (Mulberry Bush-1955) Birth
1914 France declares war on Austria-Hungary Event
1914 Jews are expelled from Mitchenick Poland Event
1914 John Wray patents animation Event
1914 Mitchenick Poland, expels Jews Event
1915 Kunio Toda, composer Birth
1917 Dik Browne, cartoonist (Hi and Lois, Hagar the Horrible) Birth
1918 Battle of Amiens ends in WW I, Allieds beat Germans Event
1919 Andrew Carnegie, US steel industrialist/philanthropist, dies at 83 Death
1919 Weimar Republic begins in Germany Event
1919 Green Bay Packers football club founded Event
1920 Derry Jeffares, Honorary Prof of English Studies (Stirling U) Birth
1920 1st peace of Riga-Soviet Union recognizes Independence of Latvia Event