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On This Day In Entertainment: August 11th

Find out which headlines we saw on this day years ago!

From music and movies to sports, here are 12 iconic things that have happened in the world of entertainment on August 11th.


1929 - Professional Baseball player Babe Ruth becomes the first to hit 500 home-runs

Baseball Player Babe Ruth Holding Bat

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1956 - Elvis Presley releases double-sided hit, 'Don't Be Cruel' and 'Hound Dog' that would eventually reach no. 1 on the charts

1966 - Musician John Lennon apologizes for saying The Beatles were 'more popular than Jesus'

1973 - 'American Graffiti' released in theaters

1980 - Yankees player Reggie Jackson hits his 400th home run

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1999 - Kiss unveils their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

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2000 - Singer-songwriter Madonna gives birth to her first son, Rocco Ritchie

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2002 - Singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen's 12th album 'The Rising' hits no. 1 on the US album chart

2006 - 'Step Up' released in theaters

2008 - Michael Phelps, Garrett Weber-Gale, Cullen Jones and Jason Lezak beat France in the Beijing Olympics men's 4 × 100 meter freestyle relay event for world record time of 3:08.24.

2011 - Rapper Meek Mill releases mixtape 'Dreamchasers'

2014 - 5 Seconds of Summer becomes the group to reach the biggest first-week sales for a debut album with their self-titled album, '5 Seconds of Summer'

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Claudia Rufa

Claudia is 20 years old, lives in Yorktown Heights, NY, & attends Marist College.

Claudia is 20 years old, lives in Yorktown Heights, NY, & attends Marist College.

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