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