Historical Events for 11th August 2019

355 – Claudius Silvanus, accused of treason, proclaims himself Roman Emperor against Constantius II.
1884 – 1st double-century stand in Test cricket, McDonnell/Murdoch 207 Aust
1936 – An American clean sweep of the 3m diving medals via Richard Degener, Marshall Wayne and Alan Greene at the Berlin Olympics
1937 – “The Life of Emile Zola” directed by William Dieterle and starring Paul Muni premieres in New York (Best Picture 1938)
1940 – German air raid on British ports Portland and Weymouth
1943 – Red Army recaptures Tchukujev, at Kharkov
1944 – Klaus Barbie, Gestapo head of Lyon France leaves for Auschwitz
1951 – 1st televised baseball game in color, on WCBS in New York City (Boston Braves beat the Brooklyn Dodgers 8-1)
1968 – Fifteen Guinea Special – last main-line steam passenger train service in Britain. Selection of British Rail steam locomotives make a return 120-mile journey Liverpool to Carlisle, before having their fires dropped for the last time.
1973 – “American Graffiti”, directed by George Lucas, opens in cinemas across the United States

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