On this day in history - Today, August, 11

Today in History

• 1999 Last Total Solar Eclipse of the Millennium

  The eclipse was visible from Europe, most of Asia and Africa and in parts of North America. Because

• 1992 Mall of America Opens its Doors to Shoppers

  Located in in Bloomington, Minnesota, the mall is the largest shopping Mall in the United States. Sp

• 1962 The Soviet Space Agency Launches Vostok 3

  The spacecraft was piloted by Andriyan Nikolayev, the first cosmonaut to have orbited the Earth 64 t

• 1960 Chad gains its independence from the French

  The Central African country came under French rule in 1900 after the Battle of Kousséri. Francois To

• 1948 The first Olympic Games after the 1938 Berlin Olympics open in London

  The next two games after Berlin, scheduled to be held in Tokyo and Helsinki were cancelled due to th