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History on the 11th of August

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11 Aug 1775 RELIGIOUS Anglican clergyman and hymnwriter John Newton wrote in a letter: 'Scriptural faith is a very different thing from a rational assent to the Gospel. Christ is not only the object, but the Author and Finisher of faith.'
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11 Aug 1914 RELIGIOUS Birth of Lee Shelley, missions pioneer. In 1957 he founded Christians in Action Missions in Huntington Park, California an interdenominational agency working overseas in evangelism, church planting and missionary training.
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11 Aug 1916 WW2 Kaname Harada was born in Asakawa village, Nagano Prefecture, Japan. 
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11 Aug 1920 WW2 Henry Arnold was promoted to the permanent rank of major and was transferred to the US Army Air Service by the US War Department Special Order No. 188-0. 
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11 Aug 1921 WW2 Dr. E. H. Bennett diagnosed Franklin Roosevelt with a severe cold. 
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11 Aug 1930 RELIGIOUS In Toledo, Ohio, three Lutheran synods merged to form the American Lutheran Church. (In 1960 the ALC merged with two other branches of Evangelical Lutheranism, and in 1988 joined with a third Lutheran group to form the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America ELCA.)
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11 Aug 1933 WW2 The Soviet Army accepted the five-turreted T-35 heavy tank design for production. 
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11 Aug 1933 WW2 The Soviet T-28 medium tank design was accepted for production. 
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11 Aug 1933 RELIGIOUS Birth of Jerry Falwell, U.S. Baptist clergyman. Pastor of Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg, Virginia, he has also been an active political lobbyist and once headed the Liberty Federation (formerly called Moral Majority), a Christian lobby which Falwell founded in 1979.
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11 Aug 1936 WW2 The Spanish Nationalist gunboat Eduardo Dato was sunk at Algeciras, Spain by the Republican battleship Jaime I. 
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11 Aug 1937 WW2 The first flight of the Boulton Paul Defiant aircraft was made at Wolverhampton, England, United Kingdom with Chief Test Pilot Cecil Feather at the controls. This first prototype was flown without the gun turret and with ballast added to compensate for the turret and its gunner. As such it achieved a satisfactory 302 mph, and the flying characteristics were pronounced as excellent. 
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11 Aug 1937 WW2 Chinese trawlers Ganlu, Aori, and Qingtian and gunboats Suining, and Weining destroyed lighthouses, buoys, and other navigation aids at the mouth of the Yangtze River at Jiangsu Province, China to disrupt an expected naval incursion. On the ground, additional Chinese troops began arriving in Shanghai. 
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11 Aug 1937 WW2 Tongji was scuttled in the Yangtze River at Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province, China. 
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11 Aug 1937 WW2 Mutsu departed Sasebo, Japan to patrol the Chinese coast. 
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11 Aug 1938 WW2 The Battle of Lake Khasan ended indecisively. During this battle, 717 Soviet troops were killed, 75 were missing, and 2,752 were wounded. 526 Japanese and Manchukuo troops were killed and 916 were wounded. 
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11 Aug 1938 WW2 A specially prepared Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor aircraft "Brandenburg" (D-ACON), flown by Deutsche Luft Hansa Captains Henke and von Moreau, landed at Floyd Bennett Field, New York, United States, having made the 3,958-mile nonstop journey from Berlin via Hamburg, Glasgow, Newfoundland and Halifax in a record-breaking flight time of 24 hours and 36 minutes. 
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11 Aug 1939 WW2 German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop met with Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano at Salzburg, Germany (occupied Austria), during which he said that "we want war". 
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11 Aug 1939 WW2 USS Hammann was commissioned into service under the command of Lieutenant Commander Arnold E. True. 
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11 Aug 1940 WW2 British Major General Reade Godwin-Austen arrived in Berbera, British Somaliland to take over the defense. The British had maintained prepared defenses at Tug Argan on 6 hills overlooking the Hargeisa-Berbera road, knowing that this was the most likely invasion route. Italian troops attacked 3 of the hills and captured the one defended by the 3rd Battalion of the 15th Punjab Regiment. 
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11 Aug 1940 WW2 German submarine U-38 sank British ship Llanfair 125 miles west of Ireland at 1519 hours; 3 were killed and 30 were rescued by American merchant ship California. 
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11 Aug 1940 WW2 With the three Baltic States now annexed by the Soviet Union, Vyacheslav Molotov asked Germany to recall their ambassador to Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia within the next two weeks, and to close the embassies by 1 Sep 1940. 
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11 Aug 1940 WW2 Although the weather was fine, the German Luftwaffe did not start its offensive against RAF airfields, instead mounting a carefully prepared feint. Starting at 0730 hours, Bf 109 and Bf 110 fighters bombed and strafed Dover Harbor in southern England, United Kingdom as a prelude to a larger attack on Portland Naval base and Weymouth, aiming to draw RAF fighters. Spitfire fighters of No. 64 and No. 74 Squadrons responded, but most RAF units remain on the ground per Keith Park's strategy of sending up only enough fighters to counter the German attack and withholding the remaining in reserve. As a larger formation consisted of 56 Ju 88 bombers and 20 He 111 bombers arrived with 97 Bf 110 fighters in escort was detected in the direction of Cherbourg, France at 0945 hours, there were enough British fighters to counter that attack; the ensuing battle caused 20 British Hurricane fighters, 5 British Spitfire fighters, 27 German bombers, and 10 German Bf 110 fighters to become destroyed. The day's German bombing damaged 4 British destroyers: HMS Windsor in the Thames Estuary, HMS Esk at Harwich, and HMS Scimitar and HMS Skate in Portland Harbor. 
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11 Aug 1940 WW2 British Commander-in-Chief Middle East Major General General Wavell was in London, England, United Kingdom to discuss the defense of British colonies in Africa and the Middle East. Seeing events in Somaliland and expecting an Italian attack on Egypt, Winston Churchill's War Cabinet made a far-reaching decision to send tanks to defend the vital Suez Canal. Despite the ongoing threat of invasion, 150 tanks (about half the total in Britain), 48 anti-tank guns, 48 field guns, and 20 Bofors anti-aircraft guns were ordered to Egypt. 
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11 Aug 1940 WW2 US President Roosevelt departed Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts, United States aboard presidential yacht Potomac, escorted by destroyer USS Mayrant, for Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, arriving later on the same day. 
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11 Aug 1941 WW2 Matome Ugaki was named the chief of staff of the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet. 
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11 Aug 1941 WW2 Vichy France enacted a law to exclude Jewish doctors. 
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11 Aug 1941 WW2 Captain Yoshioki Tawara was named the commanding officer of Naka. 
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11 Aug 1941 WW2 Lieutenant Colonel Harold D. Shannon, executive officer of the US Marine Corps 6th Defense Battalion, arrived at Midway to prepare for his battalion to relieve the 3rd Defense Battalion. 
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11 Aug 1942 WW2 The German 250th Infantry Division, consisted of Spanish volunteers, was redeployed on the Volkhov River near Leningrad, Russia. 
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11 Aug 1942 WW2 US Marines, using captured Japanese bulldozer and various equipment, continued the construction of an airfield that was to be named Henderson Field. 
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11 Aug 1942 WW2 US Marine Observation Squadron 251 was set up at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides with 16 F4F-3 Wildcat fighters modified for long-range photographic missions. 
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11 Aug 1942 WW2 German submarine U-73 sank British carrier HMS Eagle 130 kilometers south of Cape Salinas on the Spanish island of Majorca in the Mediterranean Sea; 131 were killed, 929 survived. 
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11 Aug 1942 WW2 German submarine U-130 sank Norwegian ship Mirlo 870 miles west of Freetown, British West Africa at 1427 hours; all 37 aboard survived. At 1913 hours, U-109 sank British tanker Vimeira 1,050 miles west of Freetown; 17 were killed, 37 survived. 
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11 Aug 1942 WW2 In the Mediterranean Sea, British aircraft carrier HMS Furious launched 37 Spitfire fighters to Malta and then reversed course for Gibraltar. 
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11 Aug 1942 WW2 USS Finback conducted a survey mission in Tanaga Bay, Tanaga, US Territory of Alaska. 
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11 Aug 1942 WW2 Vojtech Tuka ordered the deportation of Slovakian Jews to German-occupied Poland to halt. 
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11 Aug 1942 WW2 154 British bombers (68 Wellington, 33 Lancaster, 28 Stirling, and 25 Halifax) attacked Mainz, Germany, killing 162 and destroying many buildings in the city center; 6 bombers were lost on this mission. 
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11 Aug 1942 WW2 Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru departed Sasebo, Japan. 
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11 Aug 1942 WW2 Mutsu departed Yokosuka, Japan. 
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11 Aug 1942 WW2 Repair ship Akashi arrived at Kure, Japan. 
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11 Aug 1942 WW2 The first Axis air attacks from Sardinia, Italy, against the Pedestal convoy to Malta were beaten off. 
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11 Aug 1942 WW2 The Royal Navy destroyer HMS Wolverine rammed and sank the Italian submarine Dagabur as she attempted to torpedo the aircraft carrier HMS Furious, which was returning to Gibraltar. 
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11 Aug 1942 WW2 German 6th Army captured Kalach in southern Russia and linked up with German 4th Panzer Army. 
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11 Aug 1942 WW2 Several Soviet ships were scuttled at Novorossiysk, Russia to prevent capture. 
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11 Aug 1942 WW2 Submarine S-7 arrived at Moshchny Island near Leningrad, Russia. 
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11 Aug 1943 WW2 South African bomber pilot Flying Officer Lloyd Trigg attacked the German submarine U-468 in the South Atlantic off Senegal. On the first pass the submarine's anti-aircraft weapons seriously damaged the bomber. Instead of attempting a water landing, Trigg conducted a second attack run. As the bomber released depth charges, the Liberator aircraft was hit again and crashed into the sea 300 yards from the stricken submarine which also went down. Trigg and his entire crew all perished and only seven German sailors were rescued. Based on German survivor accounts, a report would later be filed detailing the gallant pilot's courage which led to the award of a posthumous Victoria Cross. 
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11 Aug 1943 WW2 The minesweeper USS Alchemy was transferred to the Soviet Union under the Lend-Lease act. 
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11 Aug 1943 WW2 Following the crushing defeat at Kursk, Russia, the German forces at Kharkov became in danger of being encircled. 
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11 Aug 1943 WW2 USS Finback damaged a Japanese ship in the South China Sea, hitting her with 1 of 7 torpedoes fired. 
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11 Aug 1943 WW2 The construction of Akashi-class repair ships Mihara and Momotori at the Mitsubishi Yokohama Shipyard, Japan were canceled. 
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11 Aug 1943 WW2 USS S-35 sighted a Japanese ship in the Pacific Ocean but failed to close in for attack. 
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11 Aug 1943 WW2 US 8th Photo Reconnaissance Squadron detected a Japanese airfield at Wewak, Australian New Guinea. 
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11 Aug 1943 WW2 US Army Air Forces ground personnel began to arrive at Tsili-Tsili Airfield, Australian Papua. 
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11 Aug 1943 WW2 Admiral William Halsey received operational orders for the New Georgia region of the Solomon Islands, including the seizure of Vella Lavella island and the elimination of Japanese positions on Kolombangara island. Meanwhile, US Army and US Marine Corps forces continued to engage Japanese troops on New Georgia. 
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11 Aug 1943 WW2 Jews from Theresienstadt Concentration Camp in occupied Czechoslovakia began to be transported to Auschwitz Concentration Camp in occupied Poland. 
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11 Aug 1944 WW2 Hideyoshi Obata passed away. 
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11 Aug 1944 WW2 USS Tang sank Roko Maru and damaged another freighter with a total of five torpedoes, then endured a 38-minute-long depth charge attack. 
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11 Aug 1944 WW2 Lieutenant General Guy Simmonds of the 11 Canadian Corps called off Operation Totalize after it became clear that the expected breakthrough would not be achieved. Nevertheless the Canadian and Polish armoured divisions had advanced eight miles, against numerous well-constructed enemy bunkers which were immune to bombing, and were now half way between Caen and Falais. Whilst Simmonds blamed ther lack of success on the inexperience of the two divisions, General Maczek of the Polish Armoured Division was more realistic in stating that the troops had been given just too much to do. The Poles had lost 66 tanks and the Canadian slightly more during Operation Totalize. On the same day, US forces captured Nantes and Angers and then moved across the Loire River; in response, the German Navy scuttled 26 warships and 28 merchant vessels stranded at Nantes, Bordeaux, and in the Gironde and Seine estuaries. 
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11 Aug 1944 WW2 In northern Burma the Chindits' 7th Leicesters fought their way into Taungni cutting the rail line. 
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11 Aug 1944 WW2 USS Wake Island detached from Allied convoy UC-32. 
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11 Aug 1944 WW2 Greek 3rd Mountain Brigade arrived in Italy from French Syria-Lebanon. 
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11 Aug 1944 WW2 USS Alabama arrived at Eniwetok, Marshall Islands. 
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11 Aug 1945 WW2 USS Blenny reported sinking three small Japanese craft with the deck gun in the South China Sea off Malaya. 
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11 Aug 1945 WW2 US Secretary of State James Byrnes rejected the Japanese surrender terms offered on the previous day, citing the refusal for any Japanese preconditions. Meanwhile, American aircraft continued conventional bombing of Japanese cities. 
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11 Aug 1945 WW2 USS Carbonero sank a sampan with her deck gun in the Gulf of Siam-South China Sea area. 
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11 Aug 1945 WW2 USS Chub attacked a Japanese convoy in the Java Sea with her deck gun, sinking one small ship and damaging a patrol vessel. 
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11 Aug 1945 WW2 Du Yuming arrived at Kunming, Yunnan Province, China. 
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11 Aug 1945 WW2 I-402 suffered a punctured fuel tank during an American air attack on Kure, Japan. 
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11 Aug 1945 WW2 The J8N-1 Kikka prototype jet fighter was damaged at Kisarazu Naval Airfield in Japan after a RATO-related take-off accident and the war ended before repairs could be completed. 
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11 Aug 1945 WW2 USS Whale set sail for Saipan, Mariana Islands. 
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11 Aug 1948 WW2 Submarine Skipjack was sunk as a target off southern California, United States. 
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11 Aug 1948 WW2 HMS Valiant departed Devonport, England, United Kingdom for the Arnott Young ship breakers at Cairnryan, Scotland, United Kingdom. 
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11 Aug 1949 WW2 Omar Bradley was appointed the first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 
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11 Aug 1968 RELIGIOUS Presbyterian apologist Francis Schaeffer wrote in a letter: 'We live in an abnormal world and all kinds of things do exist, but this does not make them right.'
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