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11 August: Unthirldom Day (Chad)

• 3114 BC – The Mesoamerican Lang Coont calendar, uised bi several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican ceevilisations, notably the Maya, begins.
• 1804 – Francis II assumes the teetle o first Emperor o Austrick.
• 1929 – Babe Ruth becomes the first basebaw player tae hit 500 hame runs in his career wi a hame run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio.
• 1952 – Hussein bin Talal is proclaimed Keeng o Jordan.
• 1960 – Chad (banner picturt) declares unthirldom.

Hugh MacDiarmid (b. 1892) · Steve Wozniak (b. 1950) · Chris Hemsworth (b. 1983)