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  On July - 11 28th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-3 at Municipal Stadium, KC   

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  On July - 11 fred Baldasare is first to swim English Channel underwater (scuba)   

1962  The first transatlantic TV transmission via satellite (Telstar I) on this day in history.   

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

1964  On this day in history maurice Thorez, sec-general French communist party, dies at 64   

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  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  On July - 11 kenny Rogers forms first Edition   

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 this day in history.   

1969  On July - 11 david Bowie releases "Space Oddity"   

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

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

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

1973  Isabel Randolph actress (Mrs Nester-Our Miss Brooks), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history alexander Vasilyevich Mosolov, Russian composer (Zavod), dies at 72   

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

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

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

1975  On July - 11 l Chernykh discovers asteroid #2489 Suvorov   

1975  Kurt Pinthus, writer, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

1976  On July - 11 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  On July - 11 medal of Freedom awarded posthumously to Rev Martin Luther King Jr   

1979  Debris from the US Skylab space station fall on Australia on this day in history.   

1979  US Skylab enters atmosphere over Australia & disintegrates on this day in history.   

1980  American hostage Richard I Queen freed by Iran on this day in history.   

1980  Peggy Knudson acttress (April-So This is Hollywood), dies at 57 on July - 11.   

1980  On this day in history boleslaw Woytowicz, composer, dies at 80   

1981  Sebastian Coe of UK sets record for 1000 m, 2 12.18 on this day in history.   

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1274  Robert Bruce, King of Scotland (1306-29) was born on this day in history.   

1366  On this day in history birth of anne of Bohemia, consort of Richard II of England (d. 1394)   

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 this day in history birth of tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese warlord (d. 1701)   

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

0155  Pius I, bishop of Rome (approx 140-155)/saint/martyr, dies on July - 11.   

0472  On this day in history death of anthemius, Emperor of the Western Roman Empire   

0937  On July - 11 death of king Rudolph II of Burgundy   

0969  Death of Olga of Kiev on this day in history.   

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 July - 11.   

1382  Nicholas van Oresme, French philosopher/bishop of Lisieux, dies at 62 on July - 11.