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Events

• 1675 (351 years ago) Franco-Dutch War: Forces of the Holy Roman Empire defeat the French in the Battle of Konzer Brücke.
• 1812 (214 years ago) Peninsular War: French troops engage British-Portuguese forces in the Battle of Majadahonda.
• 1813 (213 years ago) In Colombia, Juan del Corral declares the independence of Antioquia.
• 1920 (106 years ago) The Latvian–Soviet Peace Treaty, which relinquished Russia's authority and pretenses to Latvia, is signed, ending the Latvian War of Independence.
• 1961 (65 years ago) The former Portuguese territories in India of Dadra and Nagar Haveli are merged to create the Union Territory Dadra and Nagar Haveli.
• 1979 (47 years ago) Two Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134s collide over the Ukrainian city of Dniprodzerzhynsk and crash, killing all 178 aboard both airliners.
• 1988 (38 years ago) 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.
• 2003 (23 years ago) NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.

Births

• 1858 (168 years ago) Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1930)
• 1897 (129 years ago) Enid Blyton, English author, poet, and educator (died 1968)
• 1926 (100 years ago) Aaron Klug, Lithuanian-English chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018)
• 1943 (83 years ago) Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani general and politician, 10th President of Pakistan (died 2023)
• 1950 (76 years ago) Steve Wozniak, American computer scientist and programmer, co-founded Apple Inc.
• 1953 (73 years ago) Hulk Hogan, American professional wrestler (died 2025)
• 1965 (61 years ago) Viola Davis, American actress
• 1983 (43 years ago) Chris Hemsworth, Australian actor

Deaths

• 1253 (773 years ago) Clare of Assisi, Italian follower of Francis of Assisi (born 1194)
• 1464 (562 years ago) Nicholas of Cusa, German cardinal and mystic (born 1401)
• 1890 (136 years ago) John Henry Newman, English cardinal and theologian (born 1801)
• 1919 (107 years ago) Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist, founded the Carnegie Steel Company and Carnegie Hall (born 1835)
• 1937 (89 years ago) Edith Wharton, American novelist and short story writer (born 1862)
• 1956 (70 years ago) Jackson Pollock, American painter (born 1912)
• 2014 (12 years ago) Robin Williams, American actor and comedian (born 1951)
• 2018 (8 years ago) V S Naipaul, British writer, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1932)

All 371 events, births and deaths of August 11