EST. DECEMBER 1994 • 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com 🐯
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
August 11
Tuesday, August 11, 2026
Day 222 of 2026 | Week 33 | 137 days until Christmas 🎅
HISTORIC EVENTS
Luna 25 launches from the Vostochny Cosmodrome.
At least 41 people are killed and another 179 injured after two passenger trains collide in Alexandria, Egypt.
At least 306 people are killed and 3,000 others injured in a pair of earthquakes near Tabriz, Iran.
The oil tanker MT Solar 1 sinks off the coast of Guimaras and Negros Islands in the Philippines, causing the country's worst oil spill.
NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, marking its first major operation outside Europe in its 54-year-history.
Jemaah Islamiyah leader Riduan Isamuddin, better known as Hambali, is arrested in Bangkok, Thailand.
An air rage incident occurs on board Southwest Airlines Flight 1763 when 19-year-old Jonathan Burton attempts to storm the cockpit, but he is subdued by other passengers and dies from his injuries.
The Russell Hill subway accident in Toronto kills 3 and injures 30, due to a combination of human error and a safety system design flaw.
The Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota opens. At the time the largest shopping mall in the United States.
Nickelodeon's first line of "Nicktoons" (Doug, Rugrats & Ren & Stimpy) premiere on the channel.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
outfielder (Toronto Blue Jays)
born in Medford
American NFL tight end and coach (KC Chiefs
American NBA basketball guard (Cleveland Cavaliers
USMC capt/astronaut (sk: STS 88)
American US team handball player (Olympic-92)
Argentinian singer-songwriter (Soda Stereo)
Czech contemporary classical composer (Observing the Heavens; Annunciation)
Japanese investor and co-founder of "Murakami Fund"
actress (La Gran Fiesta)
Korean-Japanese chief executive of SoftBank Mobile and chairman of Sprint Corporation
British rock and heavy metal concert tour and portrait photographer
American women's college basketball coach (Boise State Uni
French mathematician
French Canadian politician and mayor of Gatineau
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