On This Day — July 11

🕰️ Notable Events on July 11

• 2011 — Evangelos Florakis Naval Base explosion: Ninety-eight containers of explosives self-detonate killing 13 people in Zygi, Cyprus. Wikipedia ↗
• 2010 — July 2010 Kampala attacks: At least 74 people are killed in twin suicide bombings at two locations in Kampala, Uganda Wikipedia ↗
• 2006 — Mumbai train bombings: Two hundred nine people are killed in a series of bomb attacks in Mumbai, India. Wikipedia ↗
• 1995 — Srebrenica massacre begins; lasts until 22 July. Wikipedia ↗
• 1994 — PTV is introduced as a kids programming block for PBS to broadcast educational programming to underprivileged children. Wikipedia ↗
• 1991 — Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 crashes in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia killing all 261 passengers and crew on board. Wikipedia ↗
• 1990 — Oka Crisis: First Nations land dispute in Quebec, Canada begins. Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — America's first space station, Skylab, is destroyed as it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean. Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — Los Alfaques disaster: A truck carrying liquid gas crashes and explodes at a coastal campsite in Tarragona, Spain killing 216 tourists. Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Martin Luther King, Jr. is posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Varig Flight 820 crashes near Paris, France on approach to Orly Airport, killing 123 of the 134 on board. In response, the FAA bans smoking on flights. Wikipedia ↗
• 1972 — The first game of the World Chess Championship 1972 between challenger Bobby Fischer and defending champion Boris Spassky starts. Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — Copper mines in Chile are nationalized. Wikipedia ↗
• 1962 — First transatlantic satellite television transmission. Wikipedia ↗
• 1962 — Project Apollo: At a press conference, NASA announces lunar orbit rendezvous as the means to land astronauts on the Moon, and return them to Earth. Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — France legislates for the independence of Dahomey (later Benin), Upper Volta (later Burkina) and Niger. Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Congo Crisis: The State of Katanga breaks away from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is first published, in the United States. Wikipedia ↗
• 1957 — Prince Karim Husseini Aga Khan IV inherits the office of Imamat as the 49th Imam of Shia Imami Ismai'li worldwide, after the death of Sir Sultan Mahommed Shah Aga Khan III. Wikipedia ↗
• 1950 — Pakistan joins the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank. Wikipedia ↗
• 1947 — The Exodus 1947 heads to Palestine from France. Wikipedia ↗
• 1943 — Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army within the Reichskommissariat Ukraine (Volhynia) peak. Wikipedia ↗
• 1943 — World War II: Allied invasion of Sicily: German and Italian troops launch a counter-attack on Allied forces in Sicily. Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — The Northern Rhodesian Labour Party holds its first congress in Nkana. Wikipedia ↗
• 1940 — World War II: Vichy France regime is formally established. Philippe Pétain becomes Prime Minister of France. Wikipedia ↗
• 1936 — The Triborough Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic. Wikipedia ↗
• 1934 — Engelbert Zaschka of Germany flies his large human-powered aircraft, the Zaschka Human-Power Aircraft, about 20 meters at Berlin Tempelhof Airport without assisted take-off. Wikipedia ↗
• 1924 — Eric Liddell won the gold medal in 400m at the 1924 Paris Olympics, after refusing to run in the heats for 100m, his favoured distance, on the Sunday Wikipedia ↗
• 1922 — The Hollywood Bowl opens. Wikipedia ↗
• 1921 — A truce in the Irish War of Independence comes into effect. Wikipedia ↗
• 1921 — The Red Army captures Mongolia from the White Army and establishes the Mongolian People's Republic. Wikipedia ↗
• 1921 — Former President of the United States William Howard Taft is sworn in as 10th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the only person ever to hold both offices. Wikipedia ↗
• 1920 — In the East Prussian plebiscite the local populace decides to remain with Weimar Germany. Wikipedia ↗
• 1919 — The eight-hour day and free Sunday become law for workers in the Netherlands. Wikipedia ↗
• 1914 — Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball. Wikipedia ↗
• 1914 — USS Nevada (BB-36) is launched. Wikipedia ↗
• 1906 — Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy. Wikipedia ↗
• 1897 — Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies. Wikipedia ↗
• 1895 — Brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière demonstrate movie film technology to scientists. Wikipedia ↗
• 1893 — The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kokichi Mikimoto. Wikipedia ↗
• 1893 — A revolution led by the liberal general and politician José Santos Zelaya takes over state power in Nicaragua. Wikipedia ↗
• 1889 — Tijuana, Mexico, is founded. Wikipedia ↗
• 1882 — The British Mediterranean Fleet begins the Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt as part of the Anglo-Egyptian War. Wikipedia ↗
• 1864 — American Civil War: Battle of Fort Stevens; Confederate forces attempt to invade Washington, D.C. Wikipedia ↗
• 1848 — Waterloo railway station in London opens. Wikipedia ↗
• 1833 — Noongar Australian aboriginal warrior Yagan, wanted for the murder of white colonists in Western Australia, is killed. Wikipedia ↗
• 1804 — A duel occurs in which the Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr mortally wounds former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton. Wikipedia ↗
• 1801 — French astronomer Jean-Louis Pons makes his first comet discovery. In the next 27 years he discovers another 36 comets, more than any other person in history. Wikipedia ↗
• 1798 — The United States Marine Corps is re-established; they had been disbanded after the American Revolutionary War. Wikipedia ↗
• 1796 — The United States takes possession of Detroit from Great Britain under terms of the Jay Treaty. Wikipedia ↗
• 1789 — Jacques Necker is dismissed as France's Finance Minister sparking the Storming of the Bastille. Wikipedia ↗
• 1750 — Halifax, Nova Scotia is almost completely destroyed by fire. Wikipedia ↗
• 1740 — Pogrom: Jews are expelled from Little Russia. Wikipedia ↗
• 1735 — Mathematical calculations suggest that it is on this day that dwarf planet Pluto moved inside the orbit of Neptune for the last time before 1979. Wikipedia ↗
• 1616 — Samuel de Champlain returns to Quebec. Wikipedia ↗
• 1576 — Martin Frobisher sights Greenland. Wikipedia ↗
• 1476 — Giuliano della Rovere is appointed bishop of Coutances. Wikipedia ↗
• 1405 — Ming admiral Zheng He sets sail to explore the world for the first time. Wikipedia ↗
• 1346 — Charles IV, Count of Luxembourg and King of Bohemia, is elected King of the Romans. Wikipedia ↗
• 1302 — Battle of the Golden Spurs (Guldensporenslag in Dutch): A coalition around the Flemish cities defeats the king of France's royal army. Wikipedia ↗
• 1174 — Baldwin IV, 13, becomes King of Jerusalem, with Raymond III, Count of Tripoli as regent and William of Tyre as chancellor. Wikipedia ↗
• 911 — Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy. Wikipedia ↗
• 813 — Byzantine emperor Michael I, under threat by conspiracies, abdicates in favor of his general Leo the Armenian, and becomes a monk (under the name Athanasius). Wikipedia ↗
• 472 — After being besieged in Rome by his own generals, Western Roman Emperor Anthemius is captured in St. Peter's Basilica and put to death. Wikipedia ↗

🎂 Notable Births on July 11

• 1996 — Alessia Cara, Canadian singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1995 — Tyler Medeiros, Canadian singer-songwriter and dancer Wikipedia ↗
• 1994 — Bartłomiej Kalinkowski, Polish footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1994 — Anthony Milford, Australian rugby league player Wikipedia ↗
• 1994 — Nina Nesbitt, Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1994 — Lucas Ocampos, Argentinian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1993 — Rebecca Bross, American gymnast Wikipedia ↗
• 1993 — Heini Salonen, Finnish tennis player Wikipedia ↗
• 1990 — Mona Barthel, German tennis player Wikipedia ↗
• 1990 — Adam Jezierski, Polish-Spanish actor and singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1990 — Patrick Peterson, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1990 — Caroline Wozniacki, Danish tennis player Wikipedia ↗
• 1989 — Tobias Sana, Swedish footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1989 — Travis Waddell, Australian rugby league player Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — Étienne Capoue, French footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Shigeaki Kato, Japanese singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Raúl García, Spanish footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Yoann Gourcuff, French footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Ryan Jarvis, English footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Robert Adamson, American actor, director, and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Orestis Karnezis, Greek footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Yorman Bazardo, Venezuelan baseball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Tanith Belbin, Canadian-American ice dancer Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Jacoby Jones, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Joe Pavelski, American ice hockey player Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Morné Steyn, South African rugby player Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Engin Baytar, German-Turkish footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Peter Cincotti, American singer-songwriter and pianist Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Marie Serneholt, Swedish singer and dancer Wikipedia ↗
• 1982 — Chris Cooley, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — Andre Johnson, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Tyson Kidd, Canadian wrestler Wikipedia ↗
• 1980 — Kevin Powers, American soldier and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Raio Piiroja, Estonian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — Kathleen Edwards, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — Massimiliano Rosolino, Italian swimmer Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Brandon Short, American football player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1976 — Eduardo Nájera, Mexican-American basketball player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1975 — Willie Anderson, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1975 — Rubén Baraja, Spanish footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1975 — Lil' Kim, American rapper and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — Alanas Chošnau, Lithuanian singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — Hermann Hreiðarsson, Icelandic footballer and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — André Ooijer, Dutch footballer and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — Konstantinos Kenteris, Greek runner Wikipedia ↗
• 1972 — Cormac Battle, English-Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — Leisha Hailey, Japanese-American singer-songwriter and actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Justin Chambers, American actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Sajjad Karim, English lawyer and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1970 — Eric Owens, American opera singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1968 — Michael Geist, Canadian journalist and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1968 — Daniel MacMaster, Canadian singer-songwriter (d. 2008) Wikipedia ↗
• 1968 — Esera Tuaolo, American football player Wikipedia ↗
• 1967 — Andy Ashby, American baseball player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1967 — Jhumpa Lahiri, Indian American novelist and short story writer Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Nadeem Aslam, Pakistani-English author Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Kentaro Miura, Japanese author and illustrator Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Rod Strickland, American basketball player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Ricky Warwick, Northern Irish musician Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Tony Cottee, English footballer, manager, and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Ernesto Hoost, Dutch kick-boxer and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Scott Shriner, American singer-songwriter and bass player Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — Al MacInnis, Canadian ice hockey player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — Dean Richards, English rugby player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — Lisa Rinna, American actress and talk show host Wikipedia ↗
• 1962 — Pauline McLynn, Irish actress and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1962 — Gaétan Duchesne, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007) Wikipedia ↗
• 1961 — Antony Jenkins, English banker and businessman Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — David Baerwald, American singer-songwriter, composer, and musician Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Caroline Quentin, English actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1959 — Richie Sambora, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1959 — Suzanne Vega, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1958 — Hugo Sánchez, Mexican footballer, coach, and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1957 — Johann Lamont, Scottish educator and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1957 — Peter Murphy, English singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1957 — Michael Rose, Jamaican singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Amitav Ghosh, Indian-American author and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Robin Renucci, French actor and director Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Sela Ward, American actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1955 — Balaji Sadasivan, Singaporean neurosurgeon and politician, Singaporean Minister of Health (d. 2010) Wikipedia ↗
• 1954 — Julia King, English engineer and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1953 — Piyasvasti Amranand, Thai businessman and politician, Thai Minister of Energy Wikipedia ↗
• 1953 — Peter Brown, American singer-songwriter and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1953 — Suresh Prabhu, Indian accountant and politician, Indian Minister of Railways Wikipedia ↗
• 1953 — Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Mexican actress, director, and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1953 — Leon Spinks, American boxer Wikipedia ↗
• 1953 — Mindy Sterling, American actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1953 — Ivan Toms, South African physician and activist (d. 2008) Wikipedia ↗
• 1953 — Bramwell Tovey, English-Canadian conductor and composer Wikipedia ↗
• 1953 — Paul Weiland, English director, producer, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1952 — Bill Barber, Canadian ice hockey player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1951 — Ed Ott, American baseball player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1950 — Pervez Hoodbhoy, Pakistani physicist and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1950 — J. R. Morgan, Welsh author and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1950 — Bonnie Pointer, American singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1947 — Jeff Hanna, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer Wikipedia ↗
• 1947 — Norman Lebrecht, English author and critic Wikipedia ↗
• 1947 — Bo Lundgren, Swedish politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1946 — Martin Wong, American painter (d. 1999) Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — Lou Hudson, American basketball player and coach (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — Michael Levy, Baron Levy, English philanthropist Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — Patricia Polacco, American author and illustrator Wikipedia ↗
• 1943 — Richard Carleton, Australian journalist (d. 2006) Wikipedia ↗
• 1943 — Howard Gardner, American psychologist and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1943 — Tom Holland, American actor, director, and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1943 — Peter Jensen, Australian metropolitan Wikipedia ↗
• 1943 — Robert Malval, Haitian businessman and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Haiti Wikipedia ↗
• 1943 — Rolf Stommelen, German race car driver (d. 1983) Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — Bill Boggs, American journalist and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1941 — Henry Lowther, English trumpet player Wikipedia ↗
• 1937 — Pai Hsien-yung, Chinese-Taiwanese author Wikipedia ↗
• 1935 — Frederick Hemke, American saxophonist and educator Wikipedia ↗
• 1935 — Oliver Napier, Northern Irish lawyer and politician (d. 2011) Wikipedia ↗
• 1934 — Giorgio Armani, Italian fashion designer, founded the Armani Company Wikipedia ↗
• 1933 — Jim Carlen, American football player and coach (d. 2012) Wikipedia ↗
• 1933 — Frank Kelso, American admiral and politician, United States Secretary of the Navy (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1932 — Alex Hassilev, French-born American folk singer and musician (The Limeliters) Wikipedia ↗
• 1932 — Jean-Guy Talbot, Canadian ice hockey player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1931 — Dick Gray, American baseball player (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1931 — Thurston Harris, American doo-wop singer (d. 1990) Wikipedia ↗
• 1931 — Tab Hunter, American actor and singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1931 — Tullio Regge, Italian physicist and academic (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
• 1930 — Jack Alabaster, New Zealand cricketer Wikipedia ↗
• 1930 — Harold Bloom, American literary critic Wikipedia ↗
• 1930 — Trevor Storer, English businessman, founded Pukka Pies (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1929 — Danny Flores, singer-songwriter and saxophonist (The Champs) (d. 2006) Wikipedia ↗
• 1929 — David Kelly, Irish actor (d. 2012) Wikipedia ↗
• 1928 — Greville Janner, Baron Janner of Braunstone, Welsh-English lawyer and politician (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗
• 1928 — Bobo Olson, American boxer (d. 2002) Wikipedia ↗
• 1928 — Andrea Veneracion, Filipina choirmaster (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
• 1927 — Theodore Maiman, American-Canadian physicist and engineer (d. 2007) Wikipedia ↗
• 1926 — Frederick Buechner, American minister, theologian, and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1925 — Charles Chaynes, French composer (d. 2016) Wikipedia ↗
• 1925 — Nicolai Gedda, Swedish operatic tenor (d. 2017) Wikipedia ↗
• 1925 — Peter Kyros, American lawyer and politician (d. 2012) Wikipedia ↗
• 1925 — Sid Smith, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2004) Wikipedia ↗

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