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# July 11

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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?: Cote 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?)
- 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:

- ca. 155: [Pius I]?, bishop of Rome.
- 1804?: [Alexander Hamilton]?, first United States Secretary of the Treasury (duel)
- 1971?: [John W. Campbell]?, science fiction writer and editor
- 2001: Herman Brood, singer and artist (suicide)

Holidays:

- Belgium: Flemish Day (1302?)
- Burkina Faso: Independence Day (1960?)
- Benin: Independence Day (1960?)
- Cote d'Ivoire: Independence Day (1960?)
- Mongolia: People's Revolution Day (1921?)
- Niger: Independence Day (1960?)
- Feast Day of [St. Olga]? (first Russian Saint)
- Feast Day of [Saint Benedictus]? (founder of the Benedictine? Order)

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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