July 11 July 11 is the 192nd day of the year (193rd in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 173 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
Up to 1900
472 – After being besieged in Rome by his own generals , Western Roman Emperor Anthemius is captured in Saint Peter's Basilica and put to death.1174 – Baldwin IV , aged 13, becomes King of Jerusalem , with Raymond III, Count of Tripoli as regent and William of Tyre as chancellor .1302 – Battle of the Golden Spurs (Dutch : Guldensporenslag Flemish cities beat the king of France .1346 – Charles IV of Luxembourg elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire .1405 – Ming Dynasty admiral Zheng He sets sail to explore the world for the first time.1502 – The Caribbean island of Hispaniola is ravaged by a hurricane , killing 500 people.1533 – King Henry VIII of England is excommunicated.1576 – Martin Frobisher sights Greenland .1613 – Mikhail Romanov is crowned as Tsar of Russia . The Romanov Dynasty rules Russia until Tsar Nicholas II of Russia is removed during the Russian Revolution in 1917 .1616 – Samuel de Champlain returns to Quebec .1735 – Dwarf planet Pluto is in Neptune 's orbit for the last time until 1979 .1740 – Jews expelled from Little Russia .1750 – Halifax, Nova Scotia almost completely destroyed by fire.1776 – Captain James Cook begins third voyage.1789 – Jacques Necker is dismissed as French finance minister, leading to the Storming of the Bastille three days later.1796 – The U.S. takes possession of Detroit from Great Britain under terms of the Jay Treaty .1798 – The United States Marine Corps is re-established; they had been disbanded after the American Revolutionary War .1801 – French astronomer Jean-Louis Pons makes his first comet discovery. He will later go on to discover another 36 comets over the following 27 years – more than any other person has discovered.1804 – In a duel, Vice President Aaron Burr kills Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton .1810 – Frederick Hasselborough sights the Sub–Antarctic Macquarie Island , named after Lachlan Macquarie , the Scottish Governor of New South Wales . It currently belongs to Australia .1811 – Italian scientist Amedeo Avogadro publishes his memoire about molecular content of gases.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 .1889 – Tijuana , Mexico , is founded.1893 – The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kokichi Mikimoto .1893 – A revolution led by general and politician Jose Santos Zelaya takes over state power in Nicaragua .1895 – The brothers Lumière show movie for scientists.1897 – Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to try to reach the North Pole by balloon . He later crashes and dies.– 20001914 – Babe Ruth debuts in major league baseball .1914 – The warship USS Nevada (BB-36) is launched .1919 – Eight-hour working day and free Sunday made into law in the Netherlands .1921 – Truce called in the Irish War of Independence ; see Irish calendar .1921 – Former US President William Howard Taft is sworn in as 10th Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court , becoming the only person to ever be both President and Chief Justice.1921 – Mongolia becomes independent (from China ).1930 – Australian cricketer Donald Bradman scores a world-record 309 runs in one day, on his way to the highest individual Test innings of 334, during a test match against England .1934 – Engelbert Zaschka of Germany flies his large human-powered aircraft , the Zaschka Human-Power Aircraft , about 20 meters at Berlin Tempelhof Airport with assisted take-off.1936 – The Triborough Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic.1940 – Vichy Regime formally established in France . (and Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Prime Minister of France ).1943 – World War II : The Germans counter-attack on Sicily , following the start of the Allied invasion of the island.1944 – Franklin D. Roosevelt says he will run for a fourth term as president of the United States.1950 – Pakistan joins the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank.1955 – The phrase In God We Trust is added to all US currency.1957 – Prince Karim Hosseini becomes the Aga Khan IV .1960 – The novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is published for the first time.1960 – Dahomey (now Benin ), Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso ), and Niger all gain independence.1960 – The State of Katanga breaks away from the Democratic Republic of the Congo .1962 – First transatlantic satellite television transmission.1962 – Soviet cosmonaut Micolaev is four days in space, a record.1966 – The 1966 FIFA World Cup in England begins.1971 – Copper mines in Chile are nationalised by the government of Salvador Allende .1972 – The first game of the 1972 World Chess Championship is played in Reykjavik , Iceland , in which Bobby Fischer ends up defeating Boris Spassky on September 1 .1973 – A Brazilian Boeing 707 crashes near Paris on approach to Orly Airport , resulting in the death of 122 people.1975 – Chinese archeologists discover a large burial site with 6,000 clay statutes of warriors from 221 BC.1977 – Martin Luther King, Jr. is posthumously rewarded the Medal of Freedom .1978 – Los Alfaques Disaster: A truck carrying liquid gas crashes and explodes at a coastal campsite in Tarragona , Spain , killing 216 tourists.1979 – The space station Skylab Earth .1982 – Defeating West Germany 3–1 at Santiago Bernabéu stadium , Italy wins the 1982 edition of the Football World Cup .1983 – A Boeing 727 crashes into hilly terrain after a tail strike in Cuenca , Ecuador , claiming 119 lives.1987 – According to the United Nations , the world population crosses the 5,000,000,000 mark.1991 – A Nigerian DC-8 crashes while landing at Jeddah , Saudi Arabia killing 2611991 – Total solar eclipse in Hawaii , Pacific Ocean , Mexico and parts of Central and South America .1995 – Full diplomatic relations are established between the United States and Vietnam .1995 – Bosnian Serbs capture the Muslim city of Srebrenica . Many inhabitants are murdered, beginning the Srebrenica Massacre , the biggest massacre in Europe since World War II .1995 – A Cubana de Aviacion Antonov AN-24 crashes into the Caribbean off southeast Cuba killing 44.Births
Up to 1900
154 – Bardaisan , Syrian astrologer, scholar and philosopher (d. 222 )1274 – King Robert I of Scotland , also known as "Robert the Bruce" (d. 1329 )1366 – Anne of Bohemia , Queen Consort of England (d. 1394 )1376 – King Ladislaus II of Naples (d. 1414 )1603 – Kenelm Digby , English courtier and diplomat (d. 1665 )1628 – Tokugawa Mitsukuni , Japanese daimyo (d. 1701 )1653 – Sarah Good , American woman accused of witchcraft (d. 1692 )1657 – King Frederick I of Prussia (d. 1713 )1662 – Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (d. 1726 )1667 – Anna Maria de' Medici , Italian aristocrat (d. 1743 )1709 – Johan Gottschalk Wallerius , Swedish chemist (d. 1785 )1723 – Jean-François Marmontel , French historian and author (d. 1799 )1732 – Jerome Lalande , French astronomer and mathematician (d. 1807 )1751 – Caroline Matilda of Great Britain (d. 1775 )1754 – Thomas Bowdler , English physician (d. 1825 )1767 – John Quincy Adams , 6th President of the United States (d. 1848 )1774 – Robert Jameson , Scottish naturalist and mineralogist (d. 1854 )1826 – Alexander Afanasyev , Russian author (d. 1871 )1832 – Charilaos Trikoupis , 55th Prime Minister of Greece (d. 1896 )1832 – Carlos Holguin Mallarino , 24th President of Colombia (d. 1894 )1834 – James Abbott McNeill Whistler , American painter (d. 1903 )1846 – Léon Bloy , French writer (d. 1917 )1851 – Millie and Christine McKoy , American conjoined twins (d. 1912 )1857 – David Prain , Scottish physician (d. 1944 )1866 – Princess Irene of Hesse and By Rhine (d. 1953 )1867 – John J. Cornwell , American politician, Governor of West Virginia (d. 1953 )1880 – Friedrich Lahrs , German architect (d. 1964 )1881 – Isabel Martin Lewis , American astronomer (d. 1955 )1882 – James Larkin White , American, discovered the Carlsbad Caverns (d. 1946 )1886 – Boris Grigoriev , Russian painter (d. 1939 )1888 – Carl Schmitt , German jurist and philosopher (d. 1985 )1889 – Eduard Heimann , German economic and social scientist (d. 1967 )1890 – John S. Battle , American politician, Governor of Virginia (d. 1972 )1892 – Trafford Leigh-Mallory , English Royal Air Force officer (d. 1944 )1892 – Thomas Mitchell , American actor (d. 1962 )1896 – Ludwik Fleck , Polish physician and biologist (d. 1961 )1897 – Gregorio Fuentes , Lanzarote –born Cuban fisherman (d. 2002 )1899 – E. B. White , American writer (d. 1985 )1899 – Wilfrid Israel , Anglo-German businessman and philanthropist (d. 1943 )– 19501902 – Samuel Goudsmit , Dutch-American physicist (d. 1978 )1906 – Herbert Wehner , German politician (d. 1990 )1912 – Sergiu Celibidache , Romanian conductor and composer (d. 1996 )1916 – Mortimer Caplin , American lawyer and educator (d. 2019 )1916 – Gough Whitlam , 21st Prime Minister of Australia (d. 2014 )1916 – Alexander Prokhorov , Russian physicist (d. 2002 )1916 – Reg Varney , English actor (d. 2008 )1918 – Venetia Burney , English girl who named the dwarf planet Pluto (d. 2009 )1920 – Yul Brynner , Russian-born actor (d. 1985 )1920 – Zecharia Sitchin , Russian-American author (d. 2010 )1921 – Ilse Werner , Dutch-born actress (d. 2005 )1922 – Gene Evans , American actor (d. 1998 )1923 – Olavo Rodrigues Barbosa , Brazilian footballer (d. 2010 )1923 – Richard Pipes , Polish-American historian and academic (d. 2018 )1923 – Tun Tun , Indian playback singer , actress and comedienne (d. 2003 )1924 – Charlie Tully , Northern Irish footballer (d. 1971 )1924 – Brett Somers , Canadian-American actress and singer (d. 2007 )1925 – Sid Smith , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2004 )1927 – Theodore Maiman , American physicist (d. 2007 )1928 – Greville Janner , British politician (d. 2015 )1929 – David Kelly , Irish actor (d. 2012 )1930 – Harold Bloom , American author and critic1930 – Murphy J. Foster Jr. , American politician, former Governor of Louisiana (d. 2020 )1931 – John N. Dalton , American politician, Governor of Virginia (d. 1986 )1931 – Dick Gray , American baseball player (d. 2013 )1931 – Tab Hunter , American actor (d. 2018 )1931 – Tullio Regge , Italian physicist (d. 2014 )1932 – Jean-Guy Talbot , Canadian ice hockey player and coach1933 – Frank Kelso , American admiral (d. 2013 )1933 – A. J. Langguth , American historian and journalist (d. 2014 )1934 – Giorgio Armani , Italian fashion designer (d. 2025 )1935 – Oliver Napier , Irish politician (d. 2011 )1939 – Seth Gaaikema , Dutch comedian and writer (d. 2014 )1943 – Rolf Stommelen , German racing driver (d. 1983 )1943 – Howard Gardner , American psychologist 1943 – Tom Holland , American actor , director and screenwriter 1943 – Robert Malval , 5th Prime Minister of Haiti 1944 – Lou Hudson , American basketball player (d. 2014 )1947 – John Holt , Jamaican singer (d. 2014 )1950 – Bonnie Pointer , American singer (The Pointer Sisters )– 19751951 – Vyacheslav Anisin , Russian ice hockey player1952 – Stephen Lang , American actor1952 – Bill Barber , Canadian ice hockey player1953 – Leon Spinks , American boxer1956 – Robin Renucci , French actor and director 1957 – Johann Lamont , Scottish politician, leader of the Scottish Labour Party 1957 – Peter Oborne , English journalist 1958 – Hugo Sánchez , Mexican footballer 1959 – Richie Sambora , American singer (Bon Jovi )1959 – Suzanne Vega , American singer1961 – Antony Jenkins , English businessman1962 – Pauline McLynn , Irish actress1963 – Lisa Rinna , American actress1964 – Kyril, Prince of Preslav 1966 – Greg Grunberg , American actor1966 – Rod Strickland , American basketball player1966 – Mick Molloy , Australian actor , screenwriter and producer 1970 – Justin Chambers , American actor1970 – Sajjad Karim , English politician1971 – Leisha Hailey , Japanese-American singer-songwriter and actress 1972 – Jussi 69 , Finnish musician1972 – Michael Rosenbaum , American actor , director and producer 1973 – Andrew Bird , American singer-songwriter and violinist 1973 – Konstantinos Kenteris , Greek athlete1974 – Hermann Hreidarsson , Icelandic footballer 1974 – André Ooijer , Dutch footballer 1975 – Samer El Nahal , Finnish musician (Lordi )1975 – Lil' Kim , American rapper, singer and actress1975 – Choi Ji-woo , South Korean actress1975 – Nadya Suleman , American, famous mother of octupletsFrom 1976
1979 – Eric Abidal , French footballer 1979 – Im Soo-jung , South Korean actress1980 – Tyson Kidd , Canadian wrestler1983 – Marie Serneholt , Swedish singer1984 – Rachael Taylor , Australian actress1984 – Morné Steyn , South African rugby player1985 – Robert Adamson , American actor1985 – Aki Maeda , Japanese actress and singer 1986 – Ian Cathro , Scottish football manager1986 – Yoann Gourcuff , French footballer 1986 – Jonathan Sexton , Irish rugby player1989 – David Henrie , American actor1990 – Caroline Wozniacki , Danish tennis player1990 – Mona Barthel , German tennis player1990 – Kelsey Sanders , American actress and singer 1994 – Lucas Ocampos , Argentine footballer 1994 – Nina Nesbitt , Scottish singer1996 – Alessia Cara , Canadian singer1996 – Tyler Medeiros , Canadian singer-songwriter and dancerDeaths
– 20001908 – Friedrich Traun , German tennis player (b. 1876 )1909 – Simon Newcomb , Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1835 )1916 – Jon Olafsson , Icelandic editor, journalist and poet (b. 1850 )1920 – Eugénie de Montijo , Spanish wife of Napoleon III of France (b. 1826 )1937 – George Gershwin , American composer (b. 1898 )1941 – Arthur Evans , English archaeologist (b. 1851 )1957 – Aga Khan III (b. 1877 )1959 – Charlie Parker , cricketer (b. 1882 )1962 – Owen D. Young , American lawyer , diplomat , industrialist and businessman (b. 1874 )1966 – Delmore Schwartz , American poet and author (b. 1913 )1967 – Guy Favreau , Canadian lawyer , judge and politician (b. 1917 )1971 – John W. Campbell , science fiction writer and editor (b. 1910 )1974 – Pär Lagerkvist , Swedish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891 )1987 – Avi Ran , Israeli footballer (b. 1963 )1989 – Sir Laurence Olivier , English actor (b. 1907 )1991 – Hitoshi Igarashi , English-Japanese translator, of The Satanic Verses (b. 1947 )1991 – Mokhtar Dahari , Malaysian footballer (b. 1953 )1994 – Gary Kildall , computer programmer (b. 1942 )1995 – Don Starr , American actor (b. 1917 )1999 – Helen Forrest , American jazz singer (b. 1917 )2000 – Robert Runcie , Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1921 )From 2001
2001 – Herman Brood , singer and artist (suicide) (b. 1946 )2003 – Zahra Kazemi , Iranian-Canadian freelance photographer (b. 1949 )2004 – Laurance Rockefeller , American conservationist and philanthropist (b. 1910 )2005 – Gretchen Franklin , English actress (b. 1911 )2007 – Lady Bird Johnson , First Lady of the United States (b. 1912 )2007 – Alfonso Lopez Michelsen , 32nd President of Colombia (b. 1913 )2008 – Michael DeBakey , American surgeon and inventor (b. 1908 )2009 – Arturo Gatti , Canadian boxer (b. 1972 )2010 – Bob Sheppard , American announcer (b. 1910 )2011 – Tom Gehrels , Dutch-American astronomer (b. 1925 )2013 – Zeb Alley , American politician (b. 1928 )2013 – Egbert Brieskorn , German mathematician (b. 1936 )2014 – Charlie Haden , American jazz musician (b. 1937 )2014 – Tommy Ramone , Hungarian-American musician (b. 1952 )2014 – Howard Cooke , Governor-General of Jamaica (b. 1915 )2014 – John Seigenthaler , American journalist and writer (b. 1927 )2014 – Carin Mannheimer , Swedish writer (b. 1934 )2014 – Ray Lonnen , British actor (b. 1940 )2014 – Randall Stout , American architect (b. 1958 )2015 – Giacomo Biffi , Italian cardinal (b. 1928 )2015 – Satoru Iwata , Japanese President and CEO of Nintendo (b. 1959 )2015 – James U. Cross , American military pilot and author (b. 1920 )2015 – Hussein Fatal , American rapper (b. 1977 )2016 – John Brademas , American politician and educator (b. 1927 )2016 – Emma Cohen , Spanish actress (b. 1946 )2016 – Elaine Fantham , English classicist (b. 1933 )2016 – Corrado Farina , Italian movie director , screenwriter and novelist (b. 1939 )2016 – Jim Metzen , American politician (b. 1943 )2017 – Fikret Hakan , Turkish actor (b. 1934 )2017 – Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini , Italian musicologist and composer (b. 1929 )2017 – Denis Mack Smith , British historian (b. 1920 )2017 – Buddy Wolfe , American professional wrestler (b. 1941 )2018 – Richard John Garcia , American Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1947 )2018 – Liu Zhenhua , Chinese general and politician (b. 1921 )2018 – Pat Swindall , American politician (b. 1950 )2018 – Abdelkhader Houamel , Algerian painter (b. 1936 )2018 – Mai Tai Sing , American actress and businesswoman (b. 1923 )2019 – Brendan Grace , Irish actor, comedian and singer (b. 1951 )2026 – Susumu Tonegawa , Japanese scientist (b. 1939 )