August 11

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Contents

1 Events
- 1.1 1929
- 1.2 1951
- 1.3 1971
- 1.4 1984
2 Debuts
3 Births
4 Deaths
- 4.1 2003

[edit] Events

[edit] 1929

Babe Ruth hit his 500th career home run.

[edit] 1951

The Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the Boston Braves 8-1 in the first MLB game televised in color.

[edit] 1971

Harmon Killebrew, Minnesota Twins hit both the 500th and 501st home runs of his MLB career.

[edit] 1984

Carl Lewis won his fourth gold medal in the 1984 Summer Olympics.
The Cincinnati Reds retired Johnny Bench's uniform (#5).

[edit] Debuts

[edit] Births

[edit] Deaths

[edit] 2003

Herb Brooks the coach who guided the United States Olympic hockey team to the Miracle on Ice triumph in 1980 and a coach and scout in the NCAA and NHL, died in a car wreck near Minneapolis. He was 66 years of age.

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