July 11 is the 192nd day (193th in
leap years) of the year in the
Gregorian Calendar, with 173 days remaining.
Events:
- 1302?: Guldensporenslag? - the Flemish cities beat the king of France
- 1346: [Charles IV]? of Luxembourg elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
- 1533?: King Henry VIII of England is excommunicated.
- 1740: Jews expelled from [Little Russia]?.
- 1798: The United States Marine Corps is established.
- 1804: In a duel, Vice President [Aaron Burr]? kills Secretary of the Treasury [Alexander Hamilton]?.
- 1848: The Waterloo? railway station in London opens.
- 1859: A Tale Of Two Cities by Charles Dickens is published.
- 1864: Confederate forces attempt an invasion of Washington DC.
- 1895: The brothers Lumière? show the film for scientists.
- 1897: [Solomon Andrée]? leaves Spitsbergen? to try to reach the [North pole]? by balloon. He later crashes and dies, probably of carbon monoxide poisoning.
- 1914: Babe Ruth debutes in major league baseball.
- 1919: Eight hour working day and free Sunday? made into law in the Netherlands.
- 1921: Mongolia becomes independent (from China).
- 1943: The Germans counter-attack on Sicily.
- 1944: Franklin Delano Roosevelt says he will nominate for a fourth term as president.
- 1955: The phrase In God We Trust is added to all US currency.
- 1960: [[Côte dIvoire|Côte d'Ivoire]], Dahomey (now Benin), Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) and Niger all gain independence.
- 1962: First transatlantic satellite television transmission.
- 1962: Soviet cosmonaut Micolaev is four days in space, a record.
- 1971: Copper mines in Chile nationalised.
- 1973: A Brazilian [Boeing 707]? crashes near Paris. 122 die.
- 1975: Chinese archeologists? discover a large burial site with 6,000 clay statutes of warriors from 221 BC.
- 1977: Martin Luther King is posthumously rewarded the [Medal of Freedom]?.
- 1979: The space station Skylab returns to earth.
- 1987: According to the United Nations, on this day the world population crosses the 5,000,000,000 mark.
- 1991: Nigerian DC8? crashes near Djeddah?, 261 deads.
- 1991: Total solar eclipse in Hawaii.
- 1995: Full diplomatic relations are established between the United States and Vietnam.
- 1995: Bosnia?n Serbs capture the Muslim city of Srebrenica. Many inhabitants are murdered.
Births:
- 1274?: [Robert Bruce]?, king of Scotland (1306?-1329?)
- 1657: [Frederick I]?, king of Prussia (1701?-1713?)
- 1754: Thomas Bowdler, medical doctor and literary censor
- 1767: John Quincy Adams, president of the United States (1825-1829)
- 1899: E. B. White, author
- 1920: [Yul Brynner]?, born "Taidje Khan," actor
- 1934: [Giorgio Armani]?, fashion designer
- 1939: [Seth Gaaikema]?, Dutch comedian
- 1957: [Michael Rose]?, musician ([Black Uhuru]?)
- 1959: Suzanne Vega, singer
- 1960: [Richie Sambora]?, singer/guitarist ([Bon Jovi]?)
Deaths:
Holidays:
July 10 -
July 12 -
June 11 -
August 11 - more
historical anniversaries
See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
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