FRIDAY, Aug. 11, 2023

1772 ― Explosive eruption of Mount Papandayan in Java kills 3,000

1780 ― Barbados hurricane begins

1866 ― World's first roller rink opens (Newport, RI)

1877 ― Asaph Hall discovers Mars's moon Deimos

1918 ― Battle of Amiens ends in WWI, Allies beat Germans

1960 ― Chad declares independence

1965 ― Six-day insurrection starts in Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles

1966 ― Last Beatles concert tour of the U.S. begins

1975 ― U.S. vetoes proposed admission of North & South Vietnam to U.N.

1984 ― Carl Lewis duplicates Jesse Owens' 1936 feat, wins four Olympic track gold medals

1989 ― Voyager 2 discovers two partial rings of Neptune