Public Holidays on August 11

• 🌍 Mountain Day (Japan)
• 🌍 山の日 (Japan)

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Religious Observances on August 11

• Islamic: Martyrdom of Sayyidina al-Hassan al-Mujtaba (ر)

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On This Day in History — August 11

• 2017 — At least 41 people are killed and another 179 injured after two passenger trains collide in Alexandria, Egypt.
• 2012 — At least 306 people are killed and 3,000 others injured in a pair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran.
• 2006 — The oil tanker M/T Solar 1 sinks off the coast of Guimaras and Negros Islands in the Philippines, causing the country's worst oil spill.
• 2003 — NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.
• 2003 — Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.
• 1984 — "We begin bombing in five minutes": United States President Ronald Reagan, while running for re-election, jokes while preparing to make his weekly Saturday address on National Public Radio.

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Notable Births on August 11

• 1994 — Storm Sanders, Australian tennis player
• 1994 — Anton Cooper, New Zealand cross-country cyclist
• 1994 — Joseph Barbato, French footballer
• 1991 — Cristian Tello, Spanish footballer
• 1990 — Lenka Juríková, Slovak tennis player
• 1989 — Junior Heffernan, Irish cyclist and triathlete (d. 2013)

Notable Deaths on August 11

• 2017 — Yisrael Kristal, Polish-Israeli supercentenarian; oldest living Holocaust survivor and one of the ten oldest men ever (b. 1903)
• 2017 — Segun Bucknor, Nigerian musician and journalist (b. 1946)
• 2015 — Serge Collot, French viola player and educator (b. 1923)
• 2015 — Harald Nielsen, Danish footballer and manager (b. 1941)
• 2015 — Richard Oriani, Salvadoran-American metallurgist and engineer (b. 1920)
• 2014 — Vladimir Beara, Croatian footballer and manager (b. 1928)

Public Holidays on August 12

• 🌍 วันเฉลิมพระชนมพรรษาสมเด็จพระบรมราชชนนีพันปีหลวง; วันแม่แห่งชาติ (Thailand)

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On This Day in History — August 12

• 2015 — At least two massive explosions kill 173 people and injure nearly 800 more in Tianjin, China.
• 2000 — The Russian Navy submarine Kursk explodes and sinks in the Barents Sea during a military exercise, killing her entire 118-man crew.
• 1994 — Major League Baseball players go on strike, forcing the cancellation of the 1994 World Series.
• 1992 — Canada, Mexico and the United States announce completion of negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
• 1990 — Sue, the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton found to date, is discovered by Sue Hendrickson in South Dakota.
• 1985 — Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashes into Osutaka ridge in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, killing 520, to become the worst single-plane air disaster.

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Notable Births on August 12

• 1999 — Matthijs de Ligt, Dutch footballer
• 1996 — Julio Urías, Mexican baseball player
• 1993 — Ewa Farna, Czech singer-songwriter
• 1992 — Cara Delevingne, English model and actress
• 1992 — Isabella Escobar, Guatemalan tennis player
• 1992 — Jacob Loko, Australian rugby player

Notable Deaths on August 12

• 2017 — Bryan Murray, Canadian ice hockey coach (b. 1942)
• 2015 — Jaakko Hintikka, Finnish philosopher and academic (b. 1929)
• 2015 — Stephen Lewis, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1926)
• 2015 — Meshulim Feish Lowy, Hungarian-Canadian rabbi and author (b. 1921)
• 2015 — John Scott, English organist and conductor (b. 1956)
• 2014 — Lauren Bacall, American model, actress, and singer (b. 1924)