August 11th (1979) was a Saturday. It's the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 142 days left to the end of the year.
Historical Events for 11th August, 1979
» Two Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134s collide over the Ukraine called Ukrainian city of Dniprodzerzhynsk and crash, killing all 178 aboard both airliners.
Famous Birthdays on August 11 in 1979
» Walter Ayoví, Ecuadorian footballer
» Aggeliki Daliani, Greek actress
August 11th Famous Deaths for 1979
» J. G. Farrell, English author (b. 1935)
August 11th Holidays in History
» Christian Calendar of saints called Feast Day:
» Athracht
» Clare of Assisi
» Saint Fiacre or Fiacre
» Gaugericus
» John Henry Newman (Church of England)
» Philomena
» Saints Tiburtius and Susanna or Susanna
» Saint Taurinus known as Taurinus of Évreux
» Saints Tiburtius and Susanna or Tiburtius and Chromatius