Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/August 11
August 11: Independence Day in Chad (1960)
- 1492 – Roderic Borja was elected pope and became known as Pope Alexander VI.
- 1786 – Captain Francis Light founded the British colony of Penang, renaming it Prince of Wales Island in honour of the heir to the British throne.
- 1828 – William Corder was hanged at Bury St Edmunds, England for murdering Maria Marten at the Red Barn.
- 1919 – The Weimar Republic adopted its constitution.
- 1952 – King Talal of Jordan abdicated due to health reasons and was succeeded by his eldest son Hussein.
- 1970 – A trademark application for the word "spork" was published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
- 1987 – Alan Greenspan (pictured) became Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve.
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