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Today in History: Thursday, August\u00a0 11, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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AP Highlight in History:<\/span>
\nOn Aug. 11, 1934, the first federal prisoners arrived at the island prison Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay.
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1954<\/td>\nA formal peace took hold in Indochina, ending more than seven years of fighting between the French and the Communist Vietminh.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1965<\/td>\nDeadly rioting and looting broke out in the predominantly black Watts section of Los Angeles.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1992<\/td>\nThe Mall of America, the biggest shopping mall in the country, opened in Bloomington, Minn.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1998<\/td>\nBritish Petroleum purchased Amoco for $49 billion.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2000<\/td>\nPat Buchanan won the Reform Party presidential nomination.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/td>\nUS Airways filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2003<\/td>\nNATO took command of the 5,000-strong peacekeeping force in Afghanistan.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2003<\/td>\nCharles Taylor resigned as Liberia’s president and went into exile in Nigeria.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2006<\/td>\nThe Transportation Security Administration banned all liquids, gels and aerosols from passenger cabins on airliners one day after a thwarted terrorist attack.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2009<\/td>\nEunice Kennedy Shriver, sister of President John F. Kennedy and founder of the Special Olympics, died at age 88.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Today’s Birthdays:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actress Viola Davis turns 51 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Eric Carmen<\/td>\nSinger<\/td>\n67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hulk Hogan<\/td>\nWrestler, actor<\/td>\n63<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joe Jackson<\/td>\nRock singer<\/td>\n62<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joe Rogan<\/td>\nActor, host (“Fear Factor”)<\/td>\n49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Charlie Sexton<\/td>\nRock musician<\/td>\n48<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pablo Sandoval<\/td>\nBaseball player<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Alyson Stoner<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actress Ashley Jensen (“Ugly Betty,” “Extras”) turns 48 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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