Right now is Monday, Aug. 11, the 223rd day of 2025. There are 142 days left within the 12 months.
Right now in historical past:
On Aug. 11, 1934, the primary federal prisoners arrived at Alcatraz Island, a former navy jail, in San Francisco Bay; the island could be house to greater than 1,500 prisoners over the following three many years, together with gangsters Al Capone and James “Whitey” Bulger, earlier than closing in 1963.
Additionally on this date:
In 1919, Germany’s Weimar Structure was signed by President Friedrich Ebert.
In 1929, Babe Ruth grew to become the primary baseball participant to succeed in 500 profession house runs with a homer at Cleveland’s League Park.
In 1949, President Harry S. Truman nominated Normal Omar N. Bradley to turn out to be the primary chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Employees.
In 1952, Hussein bin Talal was proclaimed King of Jordan, starting a reign lasting almost 47 years.
In 1956, summary painter Jackson Pollock died in an vehicle accident on Lengthy Island, New York at age 44.
In 1965, rioting that claimed 34 lives and lasted six days broke out within the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles.
In 1972, the final U.S. floor fight troops in South Vietnam left to return to america.
In 1973, at a home celebration within the Bronx, 18-year-old DJ Kool Herc started extending the musical breaks of the data he was enjoying and talking over the beat, marking the (unofficial) beginning of hip-hop music.
In 1992, the Mall of America, the nation’s largest purchasing and leisure heart, opened in Bloomington, Minnesota.
In 1997, President Invoice Clinton made the primary use of the historic line-item veto, rejecting three objects in spending and tax payments. (The U.S. Supreme Courtroom later struck down the veto as unconstitutional.)
In 2012, greater than 300 folks had been killed and greater than 3,000 injured after earthquakes struck close to Tabriz, Iran.
In 2014, Academy Award-winning actor and comic Robin Williams died in Tiburon, California at age 63.
Right now’s Birthdays:
- Journal columnist Marilyn Vos Savant is 79.
- Nation music singer John Conlee is 79.
- Laptop scientist and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is 75.
- Musician Joe Jackson is 71.
- Playwright David Henry Hwang is 68.
- Journalist/commentator David Brooks is 64.
- Actor Viola Davis is 60.
- Actor Embeth Davidtz is 60.
- Actor-host Joe Rogan is 58.
- Actor Anna Gunn is 57.
- Actor Sophie Okonedo (oh-koh-NAY’-doh) is 57.
- Rock guitarist Charlie Sexton is 57.
- Hip-hop artist Ali Shaheed Muhammad (A Tribe Referred to as Quest) is 55.
- Actor Will Friedle is 49.
- Rock singer Ben Gibbard is 49.
- Actor Merritt Wever is 45.
- Actor Chris Hemsworth is 42.
- Rapper Asher Roth is 40.
- Political commentator Tomi Lahren is 33.
- Actor Alyson Stoner is 32.