August 11 Holidays

✡️ Religious Observances

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

🕰️ On This Day in History

• 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. ↗

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🎂 Notable Births

• 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