History for August 11 - On-This-Day.com
Robert Ingersoll 1833, Alex Haley 1921, Mike Douglas 1925
Jerry Falwell 1933, Steve Wozniak 1950, Terry "Hulk Hogan" Bollea 1953
1909 - The American ship Arapahoe became the first to ever use the SOS distress signal off the coast of Cape Hatteras, NC.
1984 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan was preparing for his weekly radio broadcast when, during testing of the microphone, the President said of the Soviet Union, "My fellow Americans, I am pleased to tell you that I just signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes."
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