The 11t o August is the 223t day o the year (224t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 142 days bidin.
EventsBirths
- 1086 - Henry V, Haly Roman Emperor (d. 1125)
- 1667 - Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici (d. 1743)
- 1778 - John Christian Schetky, Scots marine penter (d. 1874)
- 1779 - David Landsborough, Scots clergyman an naituralist (d. 1854)
- 1858 - Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch medicinar (d. 1930)
- 1882 - Norman Boyd Kinnear, Scots zoologist an ornithologist (d. 1957)
- 1892 - Hugh MacDiarmid, Scots poet (d. 1978)
- 1897 - Enid Blyton, Inglis writer (d. 1968)
- 1913 - Andy Beattie, Scots fitbawer (d. 1983)
- 1926 - Aaron Klug, Lithuanie-born Breetish chemist (d. 2018)
- 1943 - Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani general an politeecian, 10t Preses o Pakistan
- 1944 - Ian McDiarmid, Scots actor
- 1949 - Ian Charleson, Scots actor (d. 1990)
- 1950 - Steve Wozniak, American computer pioneer, inventor an businessman
- 1953 - Hulk Hogan, American professional wrestler, actor, telly personality, entrepreneur an muisicker
- 1965 - Viola Davis, American actress
- 1965 - Robert Fleck, Scots fitbawer
- 1969 - Ashley Jensen, Scots actress
- 1973 - Luis Lacalle Pou, Uruguayan politeecian, Preses o Uruguay
- 1974 - Neil McCann, Scots fitbawer an manager
- 1981 - Sandi Thom, Scots sangster an sangwriter
- 1983 - Chris Hemsworth, Australie actor
- 1992 - Heuss l'Enfoiré (Karim Djeriou), French rapper
Daiths
- 1332 - Thomas Randolph, 2nt Yerl o Moray, Scots militar commander
- 1870 - John Adamson, Scots medicinar, fotografer an pheesicist (b. 1809)
- 1872 - Andrew Smith, Scots surgeon, splorer, ethnologist an zoologist (b. 1797)
- 1919 - Andrew Carnegie, Scots-American industrialist an philanthropist (b. 1835)
- 1956 - Jackson Pollock, American penter (b. 1912)
- 1957 - Norman Boyd Kinnear, Scots zoologist an ornithologist (b. 1882)
- 1972 - Max Theiler, Sooth African-American virologist (b. 1899)
- 2014 - Robin Williams, American actor an comedian (b. 1951)
- 2018 - V. S. Naipaul, Trinidadian-Breetish writer (b. 1932)
Halidays
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