Historical Events for 11th August 2023

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1909 - SOS 1st used by an American ship, Arapahoe, off Cape Hatteras, NC
1950 - In a 4 for 38 slump, New York Yankees great Joe DiMaggio is benched for first time; replacement Cliff Mapes hits a HR in 7-6 win over Philadelphia Athletics
1963 - Four ANC political detainees escape from Pretoria Central prison in South Africa
1971 - Construction begins on Louisiana Superdome
1971 - 4 people are shot dead in separate incidents in Belfast; three of them by the British Army, as violence continues following the introduction of Internment and Operation Demetrius
1976 - Race riot in Cape Town, South Africa; 17 die
1992 - Oakland A's rip Jose Canseco for leaving stadium before end of game
2008 - Abhinav Bindra wins men's 10m air rifle at the Beijing Olympics, the first ever individual Olympic gold medal for India, and India's first gold medal in any Olympic event since 1980
2015 - Japan's Sendai Nuclear Power Plant restarts the first nuclear reactor since the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster
2020 - President Vladimir Putin in a propaganda stunt announces Russia has become the 1st country to grant regulatory approval to a COVID-19 vaccine, called “Sputnik V", despite no scientific data being published or phase 3 trials having even begun

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