August 11: What Happened on This Day in History (High_school Level)?

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1. In 1896, Harvey Hubbell patented the electric light bulb socket with a pull chain.
2. In 1909, the Arapahoe, an American ship, transmits the first SOS distress signal off of the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
3. In 1919, the Weimar Republic comes into being as the first parliamentary democracy in Germany.
4. In 1954, federal prisoners land at Alcatraz, an island prison in the middle of San Francisco Bay, only accessible by boat, making escape difficult.
5. In 1951, the first color baseball game was telecast from New York City.
6. In 1966, The Beatles begin their last U.S. concert tour before disbanding.
7. In 1973, hip-hop music is born at a birthday party in the Bronx.
8. In 1984, during a radio voice test, President Reagan joked that he signed legislation that would outlaw Russia forever. "We begin bombing in 5 minutes."
9. In 1984, Carl Lewis duplicates Jesse Owens' feat as he wins four gold medals in track & field at the Olympics.
10. In 1992, The Mall of America, the biggest shopping mall in the country opened in Bloomington, Minnesota.
11. Famous Birthdays: Alex Haley (American author), James Bryan Herrick (studied Sickle Cell Anemia), Louise Bogan (American poet), Joe Jackson (singer),

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