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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, 2006	Death	Mike Douglas, American singer and talk show host (born in 1925)
August 11th, 2005	Death	James Booth, English actor (born in 1927)
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 112�F (44� C), leaving about 144 people dead.
August 11th, 2003	Death	Armand Borel, Swiss mathematician (born in 1923)
August 11th, 2003	Death	Herb Brooks, American ice hockey coach (born in 1937)
August 11th, 2002	Death	Galen Rowell, American photographer and mountain climber (born in 1940)
August 11th, 2001	Death	Percy Stallard, English racing cyclist (born in 1909)

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