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| August 11 is the 224th day of the year. There are 142 days remaining until the end of the year. |
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| 3114BCE The Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, used by several pre-Columbian Mesoamerican civilizations, notably the Mayans, begins 1,872,000 day cycle that will terminate on the Winter Solstice of (December 21) 2012. Whoopee! Only 132 days to go! |
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| 1919 Germany goes to the dogs with the beginning of the Weimar Republic |
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| 1934 Alcatraz federal penitentiary in San Francisco Bay is open for business |
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| 1942 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 and Wi-Fi. |
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| 1950 King Baudouin I takes oath as royal prince of Belgium. Hot. |
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| 1952 Hussein Ibn Talal I is proclaimed King of Jordan. Hotter. |
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| 1965 6 day insurrection starts in Watts section of Los Angeles. "Insurrection" sounds so much more tasteful than "riot" |
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| 1972 "Cheech and Chong Day" is proclaimed in San Antonio, Texas |
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| 1984 During a radio voice test President Reagan joked he "signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in 5 minutes" |
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| 1997 Benin legalizes Jan 10th as a voodoo holiday for those who do that hoodoo that they do so well |
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| 2003 A heat wave in Paris results in temperatures rising to 112EF (44E C), leaving about 144 people dead and everyone else in various states of undress. |
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| 1944 Ian McDiarmid, maybe gay Scottish actor |
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| 1946 Ian Charleson, gay Scottish actor/AIDS victim |
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| 1953 Hulk Hogan [Terry Gene Bollea], US professional wrestler/actor/tabloid fodder |
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| 1957 Steve Malis, maybe gay US actor |
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| 1957 Bobby Blake [Edgar Gaines], gay US pornographic actor |
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| 1964 Lawrence Monoson, maybe gay US actor |
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| 1964 Miguel A. Núñez, Jr., US actor |
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| 1964 Hector Soberon, Mexican actor |
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| 1965 Duane Martin, US actor |
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| 1965 Jonathan Tiersten, maybe gay US musician/actor |
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| 1967 Joe Rogan, US comedian/actor/TV host |
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| 1969 Robert Van Damme, gay Czech pornographic actor/producer |
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| 1972 Jonathan Prandi, maybe gay US actor/Playgirl Man of the Year 1997 |
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| 1973 David Arnaiz, Spanish actor |
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| 1973 Nigel Harman, English actor |
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| 1974 Chris Messina, US actor |
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| 1976 Shaun Russell, US actor |
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| 1919 Andrew Carnegie, US steel magnate/philanthropist, can’t take it with him but doesn't leave it to me. |
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| 1956 Jackson Pollock, US abstract artist, after an auto accident in East Hampton, resembles his art |
