Births on August 11

Hermann Wlach

Born on August 11, 1884

Hermann Wlach, Austrian-Swiss actor (d. 1962)

Hermann Wlach (11 August 1884 – 28 January 1962) was an Austrian stage and film actor.

Born Armin Wlach in Vienna, he died in 1962 at age 77 in Zollikon, Switzerland.

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Events on 1884

27 Mar

Cincinnati riots of 1884
A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
20 Apr

Humanum genus
Pope Leo XIII publishes the encyclical Humanum genus.
14 Oct

Photographic film
American inventor George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
22 Oct

Prime meridian (Greenwich)
The Royal Observatory in Britain is adopted as the prime meridian of longitude by the International Meridian Conference.
10 Dec

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.

Births on August 11

Hermann Wlach

Born on August 11, 1884

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Events on 1884

Cincinnati riots of 1884

Humanum genus

Photographic film

Prime meridian (Greenwich)

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn