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August 11

 * 480 BC - Persians under Xerxes defeat Spartans under King Leonidas in the Battle of Thermopylae. The Spartans fought to the last man.
 * 1898 - American troops enter the city of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico during the Spanish–American War.
 * 1918 - World War I - Battle of Amiens ends.
 * 1972 - Last United States ground combat unit departs South Vietnam