Born on August 11, 1953, in Augusta Georgia, Hulk Hogan was discovered in 1979 by the World Federation.
“Born Today”
- Alyson Stoner (22)
- Asher Roth (30)
- Chris Hemsworth (32)
- Will Friedle (39)
- Ben Gibbard (39)
- Carolyn Murphy (41)
- Ashley Jensen (46)
- Anna Gunn (47)
- Joe Rogan (48)
- Viola Davis (50)
- Embeth Davidtz (50)
- Duane Martin (50)
- Miguel A Nunez Jr. (51)
- David Henry Hwang (58)
- Joe Jackson (61)
- Hulk Hogan (62)
- Steve Wozniak (65)
- Eric Carmen (66)
- Ian McDiarmid (61)
- John Gorrie (83)
- Arlene Dahl (90)
- Alex Haley (RIP)
“Died Today”
- Jackson Pollock (Born: January 28, 1912 / Died: August 11, 1956)
- Chuck McKinley (Born: January 5, 1941 / Died: August 11, 1986)
- Peter Cushing (Born: May 26, 1913 / Died: August 11, 1994)
“Movies”
- 1973 – American Graffiti
- 1989 – The Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child
- 1995 – Dangerous Minds
- 1995 – A Kid in King Arthur’s Court
- 1995 – Unzipped
- 1995 – A Walk in The Clouds
- 2000 – Autumn In New York
- 2000 – Bless The Child
- 2000 – The Replacements
“Music”
- 1958 – “Patricia” by Perez Prado was #1 on the R&B chart.
- 1958 – In Billboard’s second
chart, Ricky Nelson remained at #1 with “Poor Little Fool” - 1962 – Green Onions” became the first hit for Booker T. & the MG’s
- 1962 – The Supremes debuted on the singles chart with “Your Heart Belongs To Me”.
- 1962 – Neil Sedaka hit #1 with “Breaking Up Is Hard To Do”
- 1963 – The Rolling Stones and Long John Baldry performed at the National Jazz and Blues Festival, on the Richmond Athletic Grounds in Richmond, Surrey, England. The Stones were paid all of £30.
- 1967 – Small Faces, the Move, Tomorrow, and Marmalade performed on the opening night of the seventh annual Jazz & Blues Festival at the Windsor Royal Racecourse in Windsor, England.
- 1968 – The Beatles announced the formation of Apple Records.
- 1969 – Blind Faith released their first and only album.
- 1969 – Diana Ross invited 350 friends to a club in Beverly Hills, California to see a new act called the Jackson 5.
- 1972 – Elvis and Priscilla Presley filed for divorce. They had married in May of 1967.
- 1973 – The Edgar Winter Group’s “Free Ride” was released.
- 1982 – The self-titled album “Vanity 6” was released.
- 1985 – Lead Singer of Duran Duran, Simon LeBon, boat capsized off the English coast during a race. The Royal Navy rescued him after he spent 40 minutes trapped in an underwater air pocket.
- 1973 – Bill Aucoin offered to become the manager of KISS after seeing them play at the Crystal Ballroom of Hotel Diplomat in New York City the night before.
- 1973 – Maureen McGovern hit #1 with “The Morning After.” Wings were #2 with “Live And Let Die”
- 1976 – Keith Moon, drummer of the Who, collapsed and was hospitalized in Miami, Florida.
- 1979 – Led Zeppelin played their final concert in the U.K. at the Knebworth Festival at Knebworth Park, in Knebworth, England.
- 1979 – Chic held #1 spot for the third week with “Good Times”.
- 1980 – Queen released the single “Another One Bites The Dust”.
- 1984 – Lionel Richie had his second #1 on the AC chart with his album Can’t Slow Down as “Stuck On You” was #1 for a second week.
- 1984 – Ray Parker, Jr. had his biggest career hit as “Ghostbusters” reached #1. This ended Prince’s hold on the top spot with his great song “When Doves Cry”
- 1984: Purple Rain was in its fifth week of release with two at #1 on the Album chart.
- 1989 – Three members of L.L. Cool J crew were arrested and charged with raping a 15 year-old girl. The incident took place after a concert when the girl had won a backstage pass on a radio contest.
- 1990: Mariah Carey reached #1 on the R&B chart with her first single “Vision Of Love”
- 1992: Ray Charles sang “America The Beautiful” at the opening of the Mall of America in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- 1999 – KISS received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- 1960 – Johnny Cash appeared at the Three Rivers Inn in Syracuse, New York during a four night run.
- 1989 – ‘Why’d You Come in Here Lookin’ Like That’ by Dolly Parton was at #1 on the country chart. Released as the first single from the album White Limozeen, the song was Parton’s eighteenth #1.
“TV/Radio”
- 1957 – Jerry Lee Lewis performed on The Steve Allen Show on NBC-TV.
- 1963 – The Kingston Trio were the mystery guests on the television show What’s My Line?
- 1965 – Sonny Bono performed “Laugh At Me” on the television show Shindig on ABC. The Rolling Stones, Donovan, the Ronettes and Bobby Goldsboro also performed.
“Other Important Events…”
- 1972 – The mayor of San Antonio, Texas declared it Cheech & Chong Day.
- 1991 – The space shuttle Atlantis ended its nine-day journey by landing safely.
- 1992 – In Bloomington, MN, the Mall of America opened. It was the largest shopping mall in the United States.