Daily Calendar for Saturday, August 11, 2012
Born
- Gifford Pinchot (conservationist) –
- Jerry Falwell (evangelist) –
- Hulk Hogan (wrestler) –
- Joe Jackson (musician) –
- Viola Davis (actress) –
- Chris Hemsworth (actor) –
- Alyson Stoner (actress) –
Died
- Edith Wharton (author) –
- Jackson Pollock (artist) –
- Herb Brooks (coached the U.S. hockey team to the Miracle on Ice” victory over the Soviet Union at the 1980 Olympics”) –
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver (founder of the Special Olympics) –
- Robin Williams (actor) –
Events
- Mars moon Deimos discovered–
- The first prisoners arrived at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary–
- The first baseball game televised in color was between the Boston Braves and the Brooklyn Dodgers, broadcasted from Ebbets Field. The Dodgers won 8-1–
Weather
- A major hurricane brought Savannah, Georgia, and Charleston, South Carolina, the worst inland flooding since 1607–
- The temperature in Burlington, Vermont, reached 101 degrees F–
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