August 11th (1972) was a Friday. 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, 1972
» Vietnam War: The last United States ground combat unit leaves South Vietnam.
Famous Birthdays on August 11 in 1972
» Jonathon Prandi, American model and actor
August 11th Famous Deaths for 1972
» Max Theiler, South African-American virologist and academic, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine e.g Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
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