TODAY’S HISTORY LESSON – AUG 11
3114 BC The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Mayans, begins
1492 Rodrigo Borgia is elected to the papacy as Pope Alexander VI.
1856 A band of rampaging settlers in California kill four Yokut Indians. The settlers had heard unproven rumors of Yokut atrocities.
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.
1919 Green Bay Packers football club founded
1934 The Rock… The first inmates arrived at the federal prison on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay.
1942 The German submarine U-73 attacks a Malta-bound British convoy and sinks HMS Eagle, one of the world’s first aircraft carriers.
1945 Allies refuse Japan’s offer to surrender on the condition that Emperor Hirohito retains his status
1952 King Hussein of Jordan ascended the throne after his father had been declared mentally unfit.
1954 Formal peace takes place, ending 7+ yrs of fighting in Indochina between French & Communist Vietminh
1960 Chad gains its independence from the French
1965 Following the arrest of a young black motorist, the predominately black neighborhood of Watts in Los Angeles erupted in riots that lasted six days and left 34 dead.
1975 US vetoes admission of North and South Vietnam to UN.
1988 Al Qaeda formed at a meeting in Peshawar, Pakistan.
1990 Troops from Egypt and Morocco arrive in Saudi Arabia as part of the international operation to prevent Iraq from invading.
1992 Mall of America Opens its Doors to Shoppers
2003 NATO assumes command of the international peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, its first major operation outside Europe.
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