Today is Sunday, August eleventh, the 224th day of the yr 2024. There are 142 days left within the yr.
Today in history:
On August 11, 1934, the primary federal prisoners arrived on Alcatraz Island, a former military prison in San Francisco Bay. Over the subsequent three many years, the island housed greater than 1,500 inmates, including gangsters Al Capone and James “Whitey” Bulger, before it was closed in 1963.
Also on this date:
In 1919, President Friedrich Ebert signed the Weimar Constitution.
In 1949, President Harry S. Truman appointed General Omar N. Bradley as the primary Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
In 1952, Hussein bin Talal was named King of Jordan, starting a reign that lasted almost 47 years.
In 1956, abstract painter Jackson Pollock died on the age of 44 in a automotive accident on Long Island, New York.
In 1965, riots within the Watts district of Los Angeles claimed 34 lives and lasted six days.
In 1972, the last US ground troops left South Vietnam and returned to the United States.
In 1973, at a house party within the Bronx, DJ Kool Herc, then 18, began extending the musical breaks of the records he was playing and talking over the beat, marking the (unofficial) birth of hip hop music.
In 1992, the Mall of America, the biggest shopping and entertainment center within the country, opened in Bloomington, Minnesota.
In 1997, President Bill Clinton made his first use of his historic line-item veto, vetoing three items in spending and tax bills. (The U.S. Supreme Court later ruled the veto unconstitutional.)
In 2012, earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran, killed greater than 300 people and injured greater than 3,000.
In 2014, Oscar-winning actor and comedian Robin Williams died on the age of 63 in Tiburon, California.
Today's birthdays:
- Magazine columnist Marilyn Vos Savant is 78.
- Country singer John Conlee is 78.
- Computer scientist and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is 74.
- Wrestler and actor Hulk Hogan is 71.
- The musician Joe Jackson is 70.
- Playwright David Henry Hwang is 67.
- Journalist/commentator David Brooks is 63.
- Actress Viola Davis is 59.
- The actress Embeth Davidtz is 59 years old.
- Actor and presenter Joe Rogan is 57.
- Actress Anna Gunn is 56.
- Actress Sophie Okonedo (oh-koh-NAY'-doh) is 56.
- Rock guitarist Charlie Sexton is 56.
- Hip-hop artist Ali Shaheed Muhammad (A Tribe Called Quest) is 54.
- Actor Will Friedle is 48.
- Rock singer Ben Gibbard is 48.
- Actor Merritt Wever is 44.
- Actor Chris Hemsworth is 41.
- Rapper Asher Roth is 39.
- Political commentator Tomi Lahren is 32.
- Actress Alyson Stoner is 31.
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