August 11th (1962) 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, 1962
» Vostok 3 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev becomes the first person to float in Micro-g environment known as microgravity.
Famous Birthdays on August 11 in 1962
» Brian Azzarello, American author
» Charles Cecil, English video game designer and co-founded Revolution Software
» Uvais Karnain, Sri Lankan cricketer
» John Micklethwait, English journalist
» Rob Minkoff, American director and producer
» Ennis Whatley, American basketball player
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