Editing August 11 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: The [[Battle of Amiens (1918)|Battle of Amiens]] ends.
*[[1919]] &ndash; Germany's [[Weimar Constitution]] is signed into law.<ref>Nohlen, D & Stöver, P (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p762 {{ISBN|978-3-8329-5609-7}}</ref>
*[[1920]] &ndash; The [[1920 Cork hunger strike]] begins which eventually results in the deaths of three [[Irish republicanism|Irish Republicans]] including the Lord Mayor of Cork [[Terence MacSwiney]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=18 October 1920|title=Hunger Striker Dies in Cork Jail After 68-Day Fast|work=[[New York Times]]|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1920/10/18/102903151.pdf|access-date=20 April 2023}}</ref>
*  1920   &ndash; The [[Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty]], which relinquished [[Russia]]'s authority and pretenses to [[Latvia]], is signed, ending the [[Latvian War of Independence]].
*[[1929]] &ndash; [[Babe Ruth]] becomes the first [[baseball]] player to hit [[500 home run club|500]] [[home run]]s in his career with a home run at [[League Park]] in [[Cleveland, Ohio]].
*[[1934]] &ndash; The first civilian prisoners arrive at the [[Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary|Federal prison]] on [[Alcatraz Island]].
*[[1942]] &ndash; Actress [[Hedy Lamarr]] and composer [[George Antheil]] receive a patent for a [[Frequency-hopping spread spectrum]] communication system that later became the basis for modern technologies in wireless telephones, two-way radio communications, and [[Wi-Fi]].
*[[1945]] &ndash; Poles in [[Kraków]] engage in [[Kraków pogrom|a pogrom]] against Jews in the city, killing one and wounding five.
*[[1952]] &ndash; [[Hussein of Jordan|Hussein bin Talal]] is proclaimed King of [[Jordan]].
*[[1959]] &ndash; [[Sheremetyevo International Airport]], the second-largest airport in Russia, opens.
*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Chad]] declares independence from France.
*[[1961]] &ndash; The former Portuguese territories in [[India]] of [[Dadra DNH|Dadra]] and [[Nagar Haveli DNH|Nagar Haveli]] are merged to create the [[Union Territory]] [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli]].
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Vostok 3]] launches from the [[Baikonur Cosmodrome]] and cosmonaut [[Andrian Nikolayev]] becomes the first person to float in [[Micro-g environment|microgravity]].
*[[1965]] &ndash; Race riots (the [[Watts Riots]]) begin in the [[Watts, Los Angeles|Watts]] area of [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]].
*[[1969]] &ndash; The [[Apollo 11]] astronauts are released from a three-week [[quarantine]] following their liftoff from the Moon.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ertel |first1=Ivan D. |last2=Newkirk |first2=Roland W. |last3=Brooks |first3=Courtney G. |title=The Apollo Spacecraft - A Chronology. Vol. IV. Part 3 (1969 3rd quarter) |url=https://history.nasa.gov/SP-4009/v4p3e.htm |website=NASA History Program Office |publisher=NASA |access-date=October 24, 2017 |page=312 |year=1978}}</ref>
*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: The last United States ground combat unit leaves [[South Vietnam]].
*[[1973]] &ndash; 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 music|hip hop]] culture and music. <ref>{{Citation |title=1520 Sedgwick Avenue |date=2024-11-17 |work=Wikipedia |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1520_Sedgwick_Avenue |access-date=2024-11-24 |language=en}}</ref> DJ Kool Herc demonstrates a new technique of [[beat juggling]] and [[Coke La Rock]] performs a new style of vocal performance called [[rapping]].
*[[1975]] &ndash; [[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]].
*[[1979]] &ndash; Two [[Aeroflot]] [[Tupolev Tu-134]]s [[1979 Dniprodzerzhynsk mid-air collision|collide]] over the [[Ukraine|Ukrainian]] city of [[Kamianske|Dniprodzerzhynsk]] and crash, killing all 178 aboard both airliners.
*[[1982]] &ndash; A bomb explodes on [[Pan Am Flight 830]], en route from [[Tokyo|Tokyo, Japan]] to [[Honolulu|Honolulu, Hawaii]], killing one passenger and injuring 15 others.
*[[1984]] &ndash; "[[We begin bombing in five minutes]]": [[President of the United States|United States President]] [[Ronald Reagan]], while running for re-election, jokes while preparing to make his weekly Saturday address on [[NPR|National Public Radio]].
*[[1988]] &ndash; A meeting between [[Sayyed Imam Al-Sharif]], [[Osama bin Laden]], [[Abdullah Yusuf Azzam]], and leaders of [[Egyptian Islamic Jihad]] in [[Afghanistan]] culminates in the formation of [[Al-Qaeda]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2008-05-23 |title=The Rebellion Within |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/06/02/the-rebellion-within |access-date=2022-08-11 |magazine=The New Yorker |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[1991]] &ndash; [[Nickelodeon]]'s first line of “[[Nicktoons]]” ([[Doug (TV series)|Doug]], [[Rugrats]] & [[The Ren & Stimpy Show|Ren & Stimpy]]) premiere on the channel.
*[[1992]] &ndash; The [[Mall of America]] in Bloomington, Minnesota opens. At the time the largest shopping mall in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mallofamerica.com/about|title=About|website=Mall of America|access-date=2021-08-11}}</ref>
*[[2000]] &ndash; An [[air rage]] incident occurs on board [[Southwest Airlines Flight 1763]] when 19-year-old Jonathan Burton attempts to storm the cockpit, but he is subdued by other passengers and dies from his injuries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-death-on-descent/|title=A Death On Descent|website=www.cbsnews.com|date=21 September 2000 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-06}}</ref>
*[[2003]] &ndash; [[NATO]] takes over command of the [[International Security Assistance Force|peacekeeping force]] in [[Afghanistan]], marking its first major operation outside [[Europe]] in its 54-year-history.
*  2003   &ndash; [[Jemaah Islamiyah]] leader [[Riduan Isamuddin]], better known as Hambali, is arrested in [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]].
*[[2006]] &ndash; The [[oil tanker]] MT ''Solar 1'' sinks off the coast of [[Guimaras]] and [[Negros (island)|Negros]] Islands in the [[Philippines]], causing the country's [[Guimaras oil spill|worst oil spill]].
*[[2012]] &ndash; At least 306 people are killed and 3,000 others injured in [[2012 East Azerbaijan earthquakes|a pair of earthquakes]] near [[Tabriz|Tabriz, Iran]].
*[[2017]] &ndash; At least 41 people are killed and another 179 injured after two passenger trains [[Alexandria train collision|collide]] in [[Alexandria]], [[Egypt]].
*[[2023]] &ndash; [[Luna 25]] launches from the [[Vostochny Cosmodrome]].<ref name="tass-20230605">{{cite web |url=https://tass.ru/kosmos/17932551 |title=Запуск первой в истории современной России миссии на Луну запланировали на 11 августа |trans-title=The launch of the first mission to the Moon in the history of modern Russia was scheduled for August 11 |language=ru |date=5 June 2023 |access-date=5 June 2023 |work=TASS}}</ref>