Today in History - August 11: Murderer turns writer and publishes clues to his crimes
Chinese crime writer Liu Yongbiao, 53, who used murders he committed as the basis for his novels was arrested on August 11, 2017.
The best-selling author and an accomplice killed an elderly couple and their grandson during a robbery of a hostel during the mid 1990s.
Authorities believed the pair killed the family to cover up the murder of one of the guests.
Chinese police were baffled by the killings for 22 years until a cigarette left at the crime scene provided a breakthrough.
When Liu was arrested, he told officers: "'ve been waiting for you all this time".
He later admitted some of the gory descriptions in his novels were based on the killings he and his accomplice carried out.
During a microphone test ahead of his national radio broadcast on August 11, 1984, US President Ronald Reagan made a joking, off-the-cuff remark about bombing Russia.
The joke, made at the height of the Cold War, was not broadcast live, but was recorded and later leaked to the public.
The notorious Alcatraz prison in San Francisco harbour began receiving some of the most hardened US civilian prisoners on August 11, 1934.
Security measures were beefed up at the former military jail to make it a high-security installation, housing some of the toughest American inmates, including mobster Al Capone.
Tributes flowed for Oscar-winning actor Robin Williams who took his own life on August 11, 2014.
The star of films such as Dead Poets Society, Good Morning, Vietnam and Mrs. Doubtfire was considered a comic genius.
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Australian opening batters Geoff Marsh and Mark Taylor, pictured, on August 11, 1989, made a record-breaking partnership of 329 runs against England at Trent Bridge.
It was the first time in Ashes history that an opening pair had batted through an entire day's play.
Hip-hop music and culture was born on August 11, 1973, during a back-to-school party in New York's Bronx district.
Clive Campbell, known as DJ Kool Herc, created the signature hip-hop style of extending the musical breaks of records and speaking over the beat.
It wasn't long before the style could be heard all over New York.
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