Page 5: Historical Events In July - 11

1902  British premier Lord Salisbury resigns on July - 11.   

1902  On July - 11 leo Collard, Belgian minister of Education (1946/54-58)   

1905  Black intellectuals & activists organize Niagara movement on this day in history.   

1906  The Gillette-Brown murder inspires Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy on July - 11.   

1906  On this day in history harry Von Zell, Indianapolis Ind, TV announcer (Burns & Allen)   

1909  On this day in history simon Newcomb celestial mechanics authority, dies   

1909  Simon Newcomb, celestial mechanics authority (Stars), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1910  Irene Hervey, LA Calif, actress (Aunt Meg-Honey West) on this day in history.   

1911  On July - 11 a huge forest fire breaks out in Porcupine district near Timmins, fanned by high winds into a 40 km long front, the fire takes 200 lives; over 3,000 left homeless; burns up 2200 sq. km, destroying the mining communities of South Porcupine, Cochrane and Goldlands.   

1913  Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, US, sci-fi author (Space Lords) on this day in history.   

1914  Babe Ruth debuts as a pitcher for Boston Red Sox, he beats Cleve 4-3 on this day in history.   

1914  Ahti Sonninen, composer on this day in history.   

1914  On this day in history julius Rodenberg, [Levy], German writer (Die Deutsche Rundschau), dies   

1915  Germany cruiser Königsberg sinks off Dar-es-Salam on July - 11.   

1915  Colin Purdie Kelly, US, 1st US air hero (during WW II) on July - 11.   

1916  On this day in history the first federal grant-in-aid for state roads enacted   

1916  1st federal grant-in-aid for state roads enacted on this day in history.   

1916  Gough Whitlam, (ALP) Australia, PM (1972-75) on this day in history.   

1916  Rik Wouters, Belgian painter/sculptor (Doll Virgin), dies on July - 11.   

1918  M Wolf discovers asteroid #895 Helio on this day in history.   

1919  Pay Corps renamed Supply Corps on this day in history.   

1919  Dutch 2nd chamber approves 8-hour day/No Sunday work on July - 11.   

1921  On July - 11 mongolia gains independence from China (National Day)   

1921  Ilse Werner, Dutch-born actress on this day in history.   

1921  On July - 11 gabriel Lippmann, French physicist, dies at 75   

1922  The Hollywood Bowl opens on this day in history.   

1922  Gene Evans, Hollbrook Az, actor (My Friend Flicka, Matt Helm, Alamo) on July - 11.   

1923  Harry Frazee, sells Red Sox to Ohio businessmen for $1M on July - 11.   

1924  Moslem-Hindu rebellion in Delhi on July - 11.   

1924  On July - 11 claus Bremer, writer   

1925  On July - 11 queen Wilhelmina names H Colijn head of govt   

1925  Mattiwilda Dobbs, Atlanta, Ga, soprano on this day in history.   

1926  Patrick Wymark, Cleethorpes England, actor (Skull, Tomb of Ligeia) on July - 11.   

1926  On July - 11 gertrude M L Bell, British archaeologist (Desert & Sown), dies at 57   

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1274  On this day in history birth of robert Bruce, King of Scotland (1306-29)   

1366  Anne of Bohemia, consort of Richard II of England (d. 1394) was born on July - 11.   

1540  On July - 11 birth of adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich/Juliana of Stolberg   

1558  On this day in history birth of robert Greene, Elizabethan dramatist (Friar Bacon)   

1561  Luis de Góngora, Spanish poet (d. 1627) was born on July - 11.   

1603  Kenelm Digby, English privateer (d. 1665) was born on July - 11.   

1628  On July - 11 birth of tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese warlord (d. 1701)   

1657  Frederik I, King of Prussia (1701-13) was born on July - 11.   

0155  On this day in history pius I, bishop of Rome (approx 140-155)/saint/martyr, dies   

0472  Death of Anthemius, Emperor of the Western Roman Empire on July - 11.   

0937  Death of King Rudolph II of Burgundy on July - 11.   

0969  On July - 11 death of olga of Kiev   

1174  Amalrik I, [Morri], French King of Jerusalem, dies on July - 11.   

1183  Death of Otto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria on this day in history.   

1302  On this day in history jacques de Châtillon, count of Saint-Pol/gov of Flaanders, dies   

1382  Nicholas van Oresme, French philosopher/bishop of Lisieux, dies at 62 on this day in history.