CoM Moderators Posted August 11, 2024 Posted August 11, 2024 1522 - Uprising of adel/burgerij in Austria fails 1919 - Weimar Republic begins in Germany 1940 - German air raid on British ports Portland and Weymouth 1974 - PGA Championship Men's Golf, Tanglewood Park: Lee Trevino wins the first of his 2 PGA C'ships, 1 stroke ahead of defending champion Jack Nicklaus 1982 - The South African Defence Force (SADF) raids Southern Angola 1994 - João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira, elected President of Guinea-Bissau 2003 - A heat wave in Paris results in temperatures rising to 112°F (44° C), leaving about 144 people dead. 2008 - The US 4 x 100m freestyle replay team of Michael Phelps, Garrett Weber-Gale, Cullen Jones and Jason Lezak beats France by 8 seconds to win gold and smash world record at the Beijing Olympics 2016 - American super-swimmer Michael Phelps wins men's 200m individual medley in 1:54.66 at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics; 3rd athlete and 1st swimmer to win 4 consecutive Olympic gold medals in one event 2021 - Torrential rains cause flash flooding in Turkey's northwestern provinces of Kastamonu, Sinop and Barti, killing at least 77 with more missing More Historical Events »
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