July 11
1533 - Pope Clement VI excommunicated England's King Henry VIII.
1767 - John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States, was born in Braintree, Massachusetts.
1798 - The United States Marine Corps was established by an act of Congress.
1804 - Former Vice President Aaron Burr fatally wounded former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton in a pistol duel near Weehawken, New Jersey; Hamilton died 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. during the Civil War. They retreated the next day, ending the Confederate threat to occupy the capital.
1952 - The Republican National Convention, meeting in Chicago, nominated Dwight D. Eisenhower for president and Richard M. Nixon for vice president.
1955 - The United States Air Force Academy was dedicated at Lowry Air Base in Colorado.
1960 - "To Kill a Mockingbird," Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, was published.
1972 - The World Chess Championship 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.
2007 - Former first lady Lady Bird Johnson died in Austin, Texas at age 94.
2011 - The "News of the World," a British newspaper owned by Rupert Murdoch, closes 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.
2012 - Hillary Rodham Clinton became the first U.S. secretary of state to visit Laos in more than five decades.
2020 - President Donald Trump wore a mask during a visit to a military hospital; it was the first time he had been seen in public with one.
2021 - Billionaire Richard Branson hurtled into space aboard his own winged rocket ship over the New Mexico desert, beating out his rival Jeff Bezos and bringing astro-tourism a step closer to reality.
Birthdays
26 - Alessia Cara (singer)
32 - Caroline Wozniacki (tennis player)
32 - Connor Paolo (actor)
33 - David Henrie (actor)
34 - Joan Smalls (model)
35 - Cristina Vee (actress)
37 - Robert Adamson (actor)
47 - Jon Wellner (actor)
48 - Lil' Kim (rapper)
49 - Andrew Bird (singer)
50 - Michael Rosenbaum (actor)
51 - Leisha Hailey (actress)
52 - Justin Chambers (actor)
56 - Greg Grunberg (actor)
56 - Debbe Dunning (actress)
58 - Cassi Davis (actress)
59 - Lisa Rinna (actress)
63 - Richie Sambora (musician)
63 - Suzanne Vega (singer)
64 - Mark Lester (actor)
65 - Peter Murphy (singer)
66 - Sela Ward (actress)
69 - Mindy Sterling (actress)
70 - Stephen Lang (actor)
72 - Bruce McGill (actor)
75 - Jeff Hanna (singer)
79 - Susan Seaforth Hayes (actress)
88 - Giorgio Armani (fashion designer)
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Today in Sports History - July 11
1914 - Babe Ruth made his major league debut as a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox.
1982 - Italy defeats West Germany 3-1 in Spain 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 5 years while also continuing to play baseball for the Kansas City Royals.
2010 - Spain defeats the Netherlands 1-0 in South Africa to win their first World Cup title.
2012 - Future Hall of Fame guard Steve Nash is traded from the Phoenix Suns to the Los Angeles Lakers.
2015 - Serena Williams becomes the oldest Wimbledon champion in the "Open Era" at age 33.
2021 - Novak Djokovic tied Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal by claiming his 20th Grand Slam title, coming back to beat Matteo Berrettini 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 in the Wimbledon final.
1533 - Pope Clement VI excommunicated England's King Henry VIII.
1767 - John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States, was born in Braintree, Massachusetts.
1798 - The United States Marine Corps was established by an act of Congress.
1804 - Former Vice President Aaron Burr fatally wounded former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton in a pistol duel near Weehawken, New Jersey; Hamilton died 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. during the Civil War. They retreated the next day, ending the Confederate threat to occupy the capital.
1952 - The Republican National Convention, meeting in Chicago, nominated Dwight D. Eisenhower for president and Richard M. Nixon for vice president.
1955 - The United States Air Force Academy was dedicated at Lowry Air Base in Colorado.
1960 - "To Kill a Mockingbird," Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, was published.
1972 - The World Chess Championship 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.
2007 - Former first lady Lady Bird Johnson died in Austin, Texas at age 94.
2011 - The "News of the World," a British newspaper owned by Rupert Murdoch, closes 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.
2012 - Hillary Rodham Clinton became the first U.S. secretary of state to visit Laos in more than five decades.
2020 - President Donald Trump wore a mask during a visit to a military hospital; it was the first time he had been seen in public with one.
2021 - Billionaire Richard Branson hurtled into space aboard his own winged rocket ship over the New Mexico desert, beating out his rival Jeff Bezos and bringing astro-tourism a step closer to reality.
Birthdays
26 - Alessia Cara (singer)
32 - Caroline Wozniacki (tennis player)
32 - Connor Paolo (actor)
33 - David Henrie (actor)
34 - Joan Smalls (model)
35 - Cristina Vee (actress)
37 - Robert Adamson (actor)
47 - Jon Wellner (actor)
48 - Lil' Kim (rapper)
49 - Andrew Bird (singer)
50 - Michael Rosenbaum (actor)
51 - Leisha Hailey (actress)
52 - Justin Chambers (actor)
56 - Greg Grunberg (actor)
56 - Debbe Dunning (actress)
58 - Cassi Davis (actress)
59 - Lisa Rinna (actress)
63 - Richie Sambora (musician)
63 - Suzanne Vega (singer)
64 - Mark Lester (actor)
65 - Peter Murphy (singer)
66 - Sela Ward (actress)
69 - Mindy Sterling (actress)
70 - Stephen Lang (actor)
72 - Bruce McGill (actor)
75 - Jeff Hanna (singer)
79 - Susan Seaforth Hayes (actress)
88 - Giorgio Armani (fashion designer)
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Today in Sports History - July 11
1914 - Babe Ruth made his major league debut as a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox.
1982 - Italy defeats West Germany 3-1 in Spain 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 5 years while also continuing to play baseball for the Kansas City Royals.
2010 - Spain defeats the Netherlands 1-0 in South Africa to win their first World Cup title.
2012 - Future Hall of Fame guard Steve Nash is traded from the Phoenix Suns to the Los Angeles Lakers.
2015 - Serena Williams becomes the oldest Wimbledon champion in the "Open Era" at age 33.
2021 - Novak Djokovic tied Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal by claiming his 20th Grand Slam title, coming back to beat Matteo Berrettini 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 in the Wimbledon final.
