Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/August 11
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This is a list of selected August 11 anniversaries that appears on the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition may be controversial, or on a day that is or soon will be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors.August 11: Independence Day in Chad (1960)
- 1492 – Roderic Borja was elected pope and became known as Pope Alexander VI.
- 1786 – Captain Francis Light founded the British colony of Penang, renaming it Prince of Wales Island in honour of the heir to the British throne.
- 1828 – William Corder was hanged at Bury St Edmunds, England for murdering Maria Marten at the Red Barn.
- 1919 – The Weimar Republic adopted its constitution.
- 1952 – King Talal of Jordan abdicated due to health reasons and was succeeded by his eldest son Hussein.
- 1987 – Alan Greenspan (pictured) became Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve.
