
History for August 11 - On-This-Day.com
Alex Haley 1921, Carl Rowan 1925, Mike Douglas 1925
Jerry Falwell 1933, Steve Wozniak 1950, Terry "Hulk Hogan" Bollea 1953
1896 - Harvey Hubbell received a patent for the electric light bulb socket with a pull-chain.
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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