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August 11th, 2492	Event	Traditional date of the defeat of Bel by Hayk, progenitor and founder of the Armenian nation.
August 11th, 2003	Event	NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.
August 11th, 2003	Event	Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.
August 11th, 2003	Event	A heat wave in Paris resulted in temperatures rising to 112øF (44ø C), leaving about 144 people dead.
August 11th, 1999	Event	The exceptional Salt Lake City Tornado tears through the downtown district of the city, killing one.
August 11th, 1975	Event	East Timor: Governor Mario Lemos Pires of Portuguese Timor abandons the capital Dili, following a coup by the Timorese Democratic Union (UDT) and the outbreak of civil war between UDT and Fretilin.
August 11th, 1972	Event	Vietnam War: The last United States ground combat unit depart South Vietnam.
August 11th, 1968	Event	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 timethis working was known as the Fifteen Guinea Special.
August 11th, 1965	Event	Race riots (the Watts riots) begin in Watts area of Los Angeles, California.
August 11th, 1960	Event	Chad declares independence.

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