1740
Captain Francis Light (1740-1794)
founded George Town August 11, 1786 as the main British Southeast-Asian outpost.
On this day
August 11
Cities around the world keep their histories on dates. Here is what happened on August 11 across the 2 editorial events Pyflo has so far catalogued for this date.
2 events
2 centuries
2 countries
1973
The birth of hip-hop on August 11, 1973 at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the West Bronx
is one of the most-significant cultural-historical events of the late 20th century — at a back-to-school party organized by Cindy Campbell and DJ'd by her brother DJ Kool Herc (Clive Campbell), Herc pioneered the technique of using two turntables to extend the instrumental…
Drawn from the Pyflo Atlas — an interactive timeline of 1,601 editorial events reaching back to 2100 BCE, each pin a deep link into a city's full story. Watch history play out on the map →