| 991 |
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Danes under Olaf Tryggvason kill Ealdorman Brihtnoth and defeat the Saxons at Maldon. |
| 1492 |
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Rodrigo Borgia is elected to the papacy as Pope Alexander VI. |
| 1792 |
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A revolutionary commune is formed in Paris, France. |
| 1856 |
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A band of rampaging settlers in California kill four Yokut Indians. The settlers had heard unproven rumors of Yokut atrocities. |
| 1862 |
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President Abraham Lincoln appoints Union General Henry Halleck to the position of general in chief of the Union Army. |
| 1904 |
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German General Lothar von Trotha defeats the Hereros tribe near Waterberg, South Africa. |
| 1906 |
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In France, Eugene Lauste receives the first patent for a talking film. |
| 1908 |
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Britain's King Edward VII meets with Kaiser Wilhelm II to protest the growth of the German navy. |
| 1912 |
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Moroccan Sultan Mulai Hafid abdicates his throne in the face of internal dissent. |
| 1916 |
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The Russia army takes Stanislau, Poland, from the Germans. |
| 1929 |
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Babe Ruth hits his 500th major league home run against the Cleveland Indians. |
| 1941 |
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Soviet bombers raid Berlin but cause little damage. |
| 1942 |
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The German submarine U-73 attacks a Malta-bound British convoy and sinks HMS Eagle, one of the world's first aircraft carriers. |
| 1944 |
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German troops abandon Florence, Italy, as Allied troops close in on the historic city. |
| 1965 |
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A small clash between the California Highway Patrol and two black youths sets off six days of rioting in the Watts area of Los Angeles. |
| 1972 |
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The last U.S. ground forces withdraw from Vietnam. |
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Born on August 11 |
| 1833 |
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Robert G. Ingersoll, advocate of scientific realism and humanistic philosophy. |
| 1862 |
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Carrie James Bond, songwriter who wrote "I Love You Truly" and "A Perfect Day." |
| 1861 |
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James Bryan Herrick, physician who first described sickle-cell anemia. |
| 1892 |
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Hugh MacDiarmid, poet and founder of the Scottish Nationalist Party. |
| 1921 |
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Alex Haley, genealogist and author of Roots. |
| 1933 |
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Jerry Falwell, founder of the conservative political lobbying organization, the Moral Majority. |
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