Holidays August 11: signs, name day

August 11 is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 142 days left before the end of the year.

• 1707 – The Kingdom of Prussia and the Swedish Empire sign the Perpetual Alliance, guaranteeing mutual military aid in the event of a third party attacking one of them.

• 1866 – The world’s first inline skating rink opened in the United States.

• 1877 – American astronomer Asaph Goll discovered a satellite of the planet Mars called Deimos.

• 1906 – In the UK, Eugene Last patented the sound film.

• 1926 – Kodak announced the start of work on creating color film.

• 1989 – the plenum of the Supreme Court of the Ukrainian SSR rehabilitated all those convicted in the case of the Union for the Liberation of Ukraine.

• 2003 – Ukrainian troops entered Iraq to conduct a peacekeeping mission.

• 2008 – Russian occupation troops during the war against Georgia capture the cities of Senaki, Zugdidi and Poti.

• 2011 – the institution of the Commissioner of the President of Ukraine for Children’s Rights was introduced, Yuriy Pavlenko was appointed to the position of Commissioner.

• 2016 – The UN Security Council held a closed meeting on armed provocations by Russian special services in Crimea, where it reaffirmed its position on the territorial integrity of Ukraine.

• 1889 – Alexander Shulgin, Ukrainian public and political figure, diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the UNR.

• 1950 – American programmer, electronics engineer, co-founder of Apple, Stephen Wozniak.

• 1953 – American wrestler, actor and showman Hulk Hogan.

• warm weather – in early September it will be the same;

• if a crow sits with its beak in the wind and croaks – to bad weather;

• fog all day – crops will be destroyed well;

• Oats turn green for the second time in a season – autumn is rainy;

• there are some mushrooms in the forest – expect a frosty and snowy winter.

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