Historical Events for 11th August 2025

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1963 - Kingston Trio are the mystery guests on "What's My Line?"
1970 - Two Royal Ulster Constabulary officers are killed by the Irish Republican Army when they set off a booby trap bomb planted in a car near Crossmaglen, County Armagh
1973 - The birth of hip-hop: DJ Kool Herc uses two turntables, playing the same record simultaneously to create the “merry-go-round” technique, at a party in the Bronx
1977 - Geoff Boycott scores his 100th first-class century against Australia at Headingley
1978 - Funeral of Pope Paul VI is held in Vatican
1982 - The South African Defence Force (SADF) raids Southern Angola
2011 - Rock group "The Go-Go's" receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in front of the former nightclub called "The Masque"
2024 - Thousands of people evacuate near the Greek capital of Athens as large wildfires threaten the city after the hottest June and July on record

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