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 July - 11.   

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

1962  Cosmonaut Micolaev set then record longest space flight - 4 days on this day in history.   

1962  On this day in history fred Baldasare is first to swim English Channel underwater (scuba)   

1962  On this day in history the first transatlantic TV transmission via satellite (Telstar I)   

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

1964  Maurice Thorez, sec-general French communist party, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1965  Ray Collins actor (Halls of Ivy, Perry Mason), dies at 75 on July - 11.   

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  On this day in history canadian Pacific inaugurates first major unit train, shipping 3,700 tons of sulfuric acid from Copper Cliff to CIL in Sarnia.   

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

1967  On July - 11 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.   

1969  David Bowie releases "Space Oddity" on July - 11.   

1969  Rolling Stones release "Honky Tonk Woman" on this day in history.   

1971  Carleton Young actor (Court of Last Resorts), dies at 64 on July - 11.   

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

1973  Isabel Randolph actress (Mrs Nester-Our Miss Brooks), dies at 83 on July - 11.   

1973  Alexander Vasilyevich Mosolov, Russian composer (Zavod), dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1974  House Judiciary Committee releases evidence on Watergate inquiry on this day in history.   

1974  World Football League plays first games on July - 11.   

1975  Army of life-size terracotta soldiers discovered in China on this day in history.   

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

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

1976  On this day in history 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   

1977  Medal of Freedom awarded posthumously to Rev Martin Luther King Jr on July - 11.   

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

1979  On July - 11 uS Skylab enters atmosphere over Australia & disintegrates   

1980  On this day in history american hostage Richard I Queen freed by Iran   

1980  Peggy Knudson acttress (April-So This is Hollywood), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1980  On July - 11 boleslaw Woytowicz, composer, dies at 80   

1981  On July - 11 sebastian Coe of UK sets record for 1000 m, 2 12.18   

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1274  Robert Bruce, King of Scotland (1306-29) was born on July - 11.   

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 July - 11 birth of robert Greene, Elizabethan dramatist (Friar Bacon)   

1561  On July - 11 birth of luis de Góngora, Spanish poet (d. 1627)   

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

1628  Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese warlord (d. 1701) was born on July - 11.   

1657  On this day in history birth of frederik I, King of Prussia (1701-13)   

0155  On July - 11 pius I, bishop of Rome (approx 140-155)/saint/martyr, dies   

0472  On July - 11 death of anthemius, Emperor of the Western Roman Empire   

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

0969  On this day in history death of olga of Kiev   

1174  On July - 11 amalrik I, [Morri], French King of Jerusalem, dies   

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 July - 11.   

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