Wikislippy:Selected anniversaries/August 11

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• August 11:
• 1929 - Babe Ruth becomes the first baseball player to hit 500 home runs in his career.
• 1950 - Steve Wozniak, American computer pioneer, is born.
• 1960 - Chad declares independence.
• 2003 - NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan.