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On This Day: August 11

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On Aug. 11, 1965, deadly rioting and looting broke out in the predominantly black Watts section of Los Angeles.

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On Aug. 11, 1921, Alex Haley, who chronicled generations of struggles and accomplishments of American blacks, was born. Following his death on Feb. 10, 1992, his obituary appeared in The Times.

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On This Date

1954	A formal peace took hold in Indochina, ending more than seven years of fighting between the French and the Communist Vietminh.
1965	Deadly rioting and looting broke out in the predominantly black Watts section of Los Angeles.
1998	British Petroleum purchased Amoco for $49 billion.
2000	Pat Buchanan won the Reform Party presidential nomination.
2002	US Airways filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
2003	NATO took command of the 5,000-strong peacekeeping force in Afghanistan.
2003	Charles Taylor resigned as Liberia's president and went into exile in Nigeria.
2006	The Transportation Security Administration banned all liquids, gels and aerosols from passenger cabins on airliners one day after a thwarted terrorist attack.
2009	Eunice Kennedy Shriver, sister of President John F. Kennedy and founder of the Special Olympics, died at age 88.

Current Birthdays

Actress Viola Davis turns 46 years old today.

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Actress Ashley Jensen ("Ugly Betty," "Extras") turns 43 years old today.

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1949	Eric Carmen, Singer, turns 62
1953	Hulk Hogan, Wrestler, actor, turns 58
1954	Joe Jackson, Rock singer, turns 57
1967	Joe Rogan, Actor, host ("Fear Factor"), turns 44
1968	Charlie Sexton, Rock musician, turns 43
1993	Alyson Stoner, Actress, turns 18

Historic Birthdays

Alex Haley8/11/1921 - 2/10/1992American author.Go to obituary »

74	Friedrich Ludwig Jahn 8/11/1778 - 10/15/1852 German known as the "father of gymnastics"
76	Eduard Devrient 8/11/1801 - 10/4/1877 German dramatist
92	James Bryan Herrick 8/11/1861 - 3/7/1954 American cardiologist; studied sickle-cell anemia
74	Joe Weber 8/11/1867 - 5/10/1942 American comedian
64	Bertram Mills 8/11/1873 - 4/16/1938 English circus entrepreneur
72	Rodolfo Graziani 8/11/1882 - 1/11/1955 Italian field marshal; adherent of Mussolini
86	Hugh MacDiarmid 8/11/1892 - 9/9/1978 Scottish poet
72	Louise Bogan 8/11/1897 - 2/4/1970 American poet and literary critic
83	Lloyd Nolan 8/11/1902 - 9/27/1985 American television, film and stage actor
40	Ian Charleson 8/11/1949 - 1/6/1990 English actor of stage, screen and television