Page 7: Historical Events In July - 11

1960  Ivory Coast, Dahomey, Upper Volta & Niger declare independence on this day in history.   

1960  Ivory Coast, Niger, Upper Volta and Dahomey all become independent on this day in history.   

1960  28th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-3 at Municipal Stadium, KC on this day in history.   

1961  30th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 in 10 at Candlestick Pk, SF on July - 11.   

1962  On July - 11 cosmonaut Micolaev set then record longest space flight - 4 days   

1962  Fred Baldasare is first to swim English Channel underwater (scuba) on July - 11.   

1962  On July - 11 the first transatlantic TV transmission via satellite (Telstar I)   

1962  On July - 11 1st transatlantic TV transmission via satellite (Telstar I)   

1964  Maurice Thorez, sec-general French communist party, dies at 64 on July - 11.   

1965  On this day in history ray Collins actor (Halls of Ivy, Perry Mason), dies at 75   

1965  On this day in history ray Collins, actor (Halls of Ivy, Perry Mason), dies at 75   

1966  On this day in history delmore Schwartz, US poet/critic (Shenandoah), dies at 52   

1967  Canadian Pacific inaugurates first major unit train, shipping 3,700 tons of sulfuric acid from Copper Cliff to CIL in Sarnia on July - 11.   

1967  Kenny Rogers forms first Edition on this day in history.   

1967  The first major "unit train" movement in Canada is inaugurated by Canadian Pacific - 3,700 tons of sulphuric acid from the Copper Cliff plant of CIL nr. Sudbury to Sarnia, Ontario on July - 11.   

1969  David Bowie releases "Space Oddity" on this day in history.   

1969  Rolling Stones release "Honky Tonk Woman" on July - 11.   

1971  On July - 11 carleton Young actor (Court of Last Resorts), dies at 64   

1971  On this day in history carleton Young, actor (Court of Last Resorts), dies at 64   

1973  On this day in history isabel Randolph actress (Mrs Nester-Our Miss Brooks), dies at 83   

1973  On July - 11 alexander Vasilyevich Mosolov, Russian composer (Zavod), dies at 72   

1974  On this day in history house Judiciary Committee releases evidence on Watergate inquiry   

1974  On this day in history world Football League plays first games   

1975  On this day in history army of life-size terracotta soldiers discovered in China   

1975  L Chernykh discovers asteroid #2489 Suvorov on this day in history.   

1975  Kurt Pinthus, writer, dies at 89 on July - 11.   

1976  In the Panama-Colombia Border Region, The foreshock, a magnitude 6.7, was followed by a major earthquake of magnitude 7.0 four hours later. Several injured and10 houses and 1 bridge were destroyed in the area on July - 11.   

1977  On this day in history medal of Freedom awarded posthumously to Rev Martin Luther King Jr   

1979  Debris from the US Skylab space station fall on Australia on July - 11.   

1979  On this day in history uS Skylab enters atmosphere over Australia & disintegrates   

1980  American hostage Richard I Queen freed by Iran on July - 11.   

1980  On this day in history peggy Knudson acttress (April-So This is Hollywood), dies at 57   

1980  Boleslaw Woytowicz, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1981  Sebastian Coe of UK sets record for 1000 m, 2 12.18 on July - 11.   

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1274  On July - 11 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  Adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich/Juliana of Stolberg was born on July - 11.   

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 this day in history.   

1603  On July - 11 birth of kenelm Digby, English privateer (d. 1665)   

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  On this day in history death of anthemius, Emperor of the Western Roman Empire   

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 July - 11.   

1302  Jacques de Châtillon, count of Saint-Pol/gov of Flaanders, dies on this day in history.   

1382  On this day in history nicholas van Oresme, French philosopher/bishop of Lisieux, dies at 62