July 11
1533 - Pope Clement VII excommunicated England's King Henry VIII; this led to the formation of the Church of England.
1798 - The U.S. Marine Corps was formally re-established by a congressional act.
1804 - Former Vice President Aaron Burr fatally wounded former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton in a pistol duel in Weehawken, New Jersey, with Hamilton succumbing to his wounds the following afternoon.
1859 - Big Ben, the great bell inside the famous London clock tower, chimed for the first time.
1864 - Confederate Gen. Jubal A. Early and his troops attacked Washington, D.C. They retreated the following day, ending the Confederate threat to occupy the nation's capital.
1955 - The United States Air Force Academy swore in its first class of cadets at its temporary quarters at Lowry Air Force Base in Colorado.
1972 - The World Chess Championships opened as grandmasters Bobby Fischer of the United States and defending champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union began play in Reykjavik, Iceland. (Fischer won after 21 games.)
1977 - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his work to advance civil rights.
1979 - The abandoned U.S. space station Skylab made a spectacular return to Earth, burning up in the atmosphere and showering debris over the Indian Ocean and Australia.
1989 - Actor Laurence Olivier died in West Sussex, England at age 82.
1991 - A Nigeria Airways DC-8 carrying Muslim pilgrims crashed at the Jiddah, Saudi Arabia international airport, killing all 261 people on board.
1995 - The U.N.-designated "safe haven" of Srebrenica in Bosnia-Herzegovina fell to Bosnian Serb forces, who then carried out the killings of more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys.
1995 - The United States and Vietnam established full diplomatic relations.
2006 - Eight bombs hit a commuter rail network during evening rush hour in Mumbai, India, killing more than 200 people.
2011 - The "News of the World," a British paper owned by Rupert Murdoch, closed after several allegations that the paper's journalists hacked into voicemail accounts belonging to not only a 13-year-old murder victim, but also the relatives of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
2013 - In a potential setback for George Zimmerman, the jury at the neighborhood watch captain's second-degree murder trial in Sanford, Florida, was given the option of convicting him on the lesser charge of manslaughter in the shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. (Zimmerman ended up being acquitted of all charges.)
2018 - At a NATO summit in Brussels, President Donald Trump declared that a gas pipeline venture had left Germany's government "captive to Russia," and questioned the necessity of the NATO alliance.
2022 - President Joe Biden revealed the first image from NASA's new space telescope, the farthest humanity had ever seen in both time and distance, closer to the dawn of the universe and the edge of the cosmos.
2022 - The Biden administration told hospitals they "must" provide abortion services if the life of the mother is at risk, saying federal law on emergency treatment guidelines preempts state laws in jurisdictions banning the procedure without any exceptions.
Birthdays
22 - Sophia Anne Caruso (actress)
24 - Samantha Fekete (actress)
27 - Alessia Cara (singer)
29 - Nina Nesbitt (singer)
33 - Caroline Wozniacki (tennis player)
33 - Connor Paolo (actor)
34 - David Henrie (actor)
35 - Natalie La Rose (singer)
36 - Cristina Vee (actress)
38 - Robert Adamson (actor)
39 - Serinda Swan (actress)
43 - Tyson Kidd (professional wrestler)
48 - Jon Wellner (actor)
49 - Lil' Kim (rapper)
50 - Scotty Emerick (singer)
50 - Andrew Bird (singer)
51 - Michael Rosenbaum (actor)
52 - Leisha Hailey (actress)
53 - Justin Chambers (actor)
57 - Greg Grunberg (actor)
57 - Debbe Dunning (actress)
59 - Cassi Davis (actress)
60 - Lisa Rinna (actress)
64 - Richie Sambora (musician)
64 - Suzanne Vega (singer)
65 - Mark Lester (actor)
66 - Peter Murphy (singer)
67 - Sela Ward (actress)
70 - Mindy Sterling (actress)
71 - Stephen Lang (actor)
73 - Bruce McGill (actor)
74 - Jay Johnson (actor)
80 - Susan Seaforth Hayes (actress)
89 - Giorgio Armani (fashion designer)
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Today in Sports History - July 11
1914 - Babe Ruth made his MLB debut as a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox.
1960 - In Honolulu, Hawaii, the first tournament held outside the continental U.S., sanctioned by the U.S. Golf Association, began.
1982 - Italy defeats West Germany 3-1 to win the World Cup.
1985 - Nolan Ryan of the Houston Astros became the first major league pitcher to earn 4,000 strikeouts in a career.
1987 - Bo Jackson signed a contract to play football for the Los Angeles Raiders for five years. He also continued to play baseball for the Kansas City Royals.
1995 - Baseball Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle made his final public appearance. It was to increase awareness of organ donation programs.
2010 - Spain defeats the Netherlands 1-0 to win their first World Cup championship.
2012 - Future Hall of Fame guard Steve Nash is traded from the Phoenix Suns to the Los Angeles Lakers.
2015 - Serena Williams, at age 33, becomes the oldest women's Wimbledon champion in the Open era.
2021 - Novak Djokovic wins Wimbledon for a record-tying 20th Grand Slam singles championship.
1533 - Pope Clement VII excommunicated England's King Henry VIII; this led to the formation of the Church of England.
1798 - The U.S. Marine Corps was formally re-established by a congressional act.
1804 - Former Vice President Aaron Burr fatally wounded former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton in a pistol duel in Weehawken, New Jersey, with Hamilton succumbing to his wounds the following afternoon.
1859 - Big Ben, the great bell inside the famous London clock tower, chimed for the first time.
1864 - Confederate Gen. Jubal A. Early and his troops attacked Washington, D.C. They retreated the following day, ending the Confederate threat to occupy the nation's capital.
1955 - The United States Air Force Academy swore in its first class of cadets at its temporary quarters at Lowry Air Force Base in Colorado.
1972 - The World Chess Championships opened as grandmasters Bobby Fischer of the United States and defending champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union began play in Reykjavik, Iceland. (Fischer won after 21 games.)
1977 - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom for his work to advance civil rights.
1979 - The abandoned U.S. space station Skylab made a spectacular return to Earth, burning up in the atmosphere and showering debris over the Indian Ocean and Australia.
1989 - Actor Laurence Olivier died in West Sussex, England at age 82.
1991 - A Nigeria Airways DC-8 carrying Muslim pilgrims crashed at the Jiddah, Saudi Arabia international airport, killing all 261 people on board.
1995 - The U.N.-designated "safe haven" of Srebrenica in Bosnia-Herzegovina fell to Bosnian Serb forces, who then carried out the killings of more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys.
1995 - The United States and Vietnam established full diplomatic relations.
2006 - Eight bombs hit a commuter rail network during evening rush hour in Mumbai, India, killing more than 200 people.
2011 - The "News of the World," a British paper owned by Rupert Murdoch, closed after several allegations that the paper's journalists hacked into voicemail accounts belonging to not only a 13-year-old murder victim, but also the relatives of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
2013 - In a potential setback for George Zimmerman, the jury at the neighborhood watch captain's second-degree murder trial in Sanford, Florida, was given the option of convicting him on the lesser charge of manslaughter in the shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. (Zimmerman ended up being acquitted of all charges.)
2018 - At a NATO summit in Brussels, President Donald Trump declared that a gas pipeline venture had left Germany's government "captive to Russia," and questioned the necessity of the NATO alliance.
2022 - President Joe Biden revealed the first image from NASA's new space telescope, the farthest humanity had ever seen in both time and distance, closer to the dawn of the universe and the edge of the cosmos.
2022 - The Biden administration told hospitals they "must" provide abortion services if the life of the mother is at risk, saying federal law on emergency treatment guidelines preempts state laws in jurisdictions banning the procedure without any exceptions.
Birthdays
22 - Sophia Anne Caruso (actress)
24 - Samantha Fekete (actress)
27 - Alessia Cara (singer)
29 - Nina Nesbitt (singer)
33 - Caroline Wozniacki (tennis player)
33 - Connor Paolo (actor)
34 - David Henrie (actor)
35 - Natalie La Rose (singer)
36 - Cristina Vee (actress)
38 - Robert Adamson (actor)
39 - Serinda Swan (actress)
43 - Tyson Kidd (professional wrestler)
48 - Jon Wellner (actor)
49 - Lil' Kim (rapper)
50 - Scotty Emerick (singer)
50 - Andrew Bird (singer)
51 - Michael Rosenbaum (actor)
52 - Leisha Hailey (actress)
53 - Justin Chambers (actor)
57 - Greg Grunberg (actor)
57 - Debbe Dunning (actress)
59 - Cassi Davis (actress)
60 - Lisa Rinna (actress)
64 - Richie Sambora (musician)
64 - Suzanne Vega (singer)
65 - Mark Lester (actor)
66 - Peter Murphy (singer)
67 - Sela Ward (actress)
70 - Mindy Sterling (actress)
71 - Stephen Lang (actor)
73 - Bruce McGill (actor)
74 - Jay Johnson (actor)
80 - Susan Seaforth Hayes (actress)
89 - Giorgio Armani (fashion designer)
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Today in Sports History - July 11
1914 - Babe Ruth made his MLB debut as a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox.
1960 - In Honolulu, Hawaii, the first tournament held outside the continental U.S., sanctioned by the U.S. Golf Association, began.
1982 - Italy defeats West Germany 3-1 to win the World Cup.
1985 - Nolan Ryan of the Houston Astros became the first major league pitcher to earn 4,000 strikeouts in a career.
1987 - Bo Jackson signed a contract to play football for the Los Angeles Raiders for five years. He also continued to play baseball for the Kansas City Royals.
1995 - Baseball Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle made his final public appearance. It was to increase awareness of organ donation programs.
2010 - Spain defeats the Netherlands 1-0 to win their first World Cup championship.
2012 - Future Hall of Fame guard Steve Nash is traded from the Phoenix Suns to the Los Angeles Lakers.
2015 - Serena Williams, at age 33, becomes the oldest women's Wimbledon champion in the Open era.
2021 - Novak Djokovic wins Wimbledon for a record-tying 20th Grand Slam singles championship.
