991: Ealdorman Byrhtnoth Killed as Vikings Crush the Saxons at Maldon
On 11 August 991, a Viking force under Norwegian king Olaf Tryggvason met the Anglo-Saxon fyrd of Essex at Maldon, on the Essex coast. Read more →
1873: Oscar Wallace Hanged at Ballarat for Armed Assault at Mount Beckworth
Oscar Wallace, known also by the aliases James and Hasker, had only been free for six weeks when he committed a brutal armed assault on Mary Cook at her isolated farmhouse near Mount Beckworth, outside Clunes, on 4 August 1873. Read more →
1930: Taxi Driver Shot Dead on a Lonely Road Outside Perth
On the evening of Monday 11 August 1930, taxi driver Charles David Cameron Patterson, 27, was shot dead in his own sedan on a lonely stretch of Hale Road, about ten miles from Perth, near Maida Vale. Read more →
1950: Ethel Rosenberg Arrested as the Atom Spy at the Heart of a Nuclear Secrets Scandal
Ethel Rosenberg, a 34-year-old mother of two, was arrested in New York on 11 August 1950 in connection with the Harry Gold and Klaus Fuchs atom spy case. Read more →
