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11 August 1960

Facts about 11th August - my Birth Date 1929 - Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career with a home run at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio. 1952 - Hussein proclaimed king of Jordan 1960 - Chad became an Independent Country 1965 - Race riots (the Watts riots) begin in Watts area of Los Angeles, California. 1968 - The last steam passenger train service runs in Britain. A selection of British Rail steam locomotives make the 120-mile journey from Liverpool to Carlisle and returns to Liverpool before having their fires dropped for the last time - this working was known as the Fifteen Guinea Special. 1999 - A total solar eclipse visible from Europe and Asia. 2003 - NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history. 2003 - A heat wave in Paris resulted in temperatures rising to 112°F (44° C), leaving about 144 people dead. BIRTHS: 1467 - Mary of York, English princess (d. 1482) 1872 - Shidehara Kijuro, Prime Minister of Japan (d. 1951) 1897 - Enid Blyton, English author (d. 1968) 1953 - Hulk Hogan, American professional wrestler 1960 - Ian Sawyer, English Author 1966 - Nigel Martyn, English footballer 1968 - Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau DEATHS: 1204 - King Guttorm of Norway (b. 1199) 1596 - Hamnet Shakespeare, son of William Shakespeare (b. 1585) 1994 - Peter Cushing, British actor (b. 1913)