August 11
People born on this day are Leo.
- 1972
Vietnam War: The last United States ground combat unit leaves South Vietnam.
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At the 1520 Sedgwick Avenue apartment building in The Bronx, New York, DJ Kool Herc hosts a house party widely considered to mark the birthplace of hip-hop culture and music. DJ Kool Herc demonstrates a new technique of beat juggling and Coke La Rock performs a new style of vocal performance called rapping.
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East Timor: Governor Mário Lemos Pires of Portuguese Timor abandons the capital Dili, following a coup by the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and Fretilin.
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Two Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134s collide over the Ukrainian city of Dniprodzerzhynsk and crash, killing all 178 aboard both airliners.
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A bomb explodes on Pan Am Flight 830, en route from Tokyo, Japan to Honolulu, Hawaii, killing one passenger and injuring 15 others.
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Nickelodeon's first line of "Nicktoons" (Doug, Rugrats and Ren & Stimpy) premiere on the channel.
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The Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota opens. At the time, it is the largest shopping mall in the United States.
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The Russell Hill subway accident in Toronto kills three and injures 30, due to a combination of human error and a safety system design flaw.
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The killing of Tassos Isaac by Turkish nationalists of the Grey Wolves in the United Nations Buffer Zone in Cyprus.
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NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.
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The oil tanker MT Solar 1 sinks off the coast of Guimaras and Negros Islands in the Philippines, causing the country's worst oil spill.
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Luna 25 launches from the Vostochny Cosmodrome.
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2002Marvin Harrison Jr., American football player
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2001Moyuka Uchijima, Japanese tennis player
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1999Gregoria Mariska Tunjung, Indonesian badminton player
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1999Changbin, South Korean rapper
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1995Brad Binder, South African motorcycle racer
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1994Storm Sanders, Australian tennis player
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1994Anton Cooper, New Zealand cross-country cyclist
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1994Song I-han, South Korean singer
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1993Alyson Stoner, American actor, singer, and dancer
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1992Tomi Lahren, American conservative political commentator
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1991Cristian Tello, Spanish footballer
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1988Patty Mills, Australian basketball player
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