Page 7: Historical Events In July - 11

1960  On July - 11 ivory Coast, Dahomey, Upper Volta & Niger declare independence   

1960  Ivory Coast, Niger, Upper Volta and Dahomey all become independent on July - 11.   

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  Cosmonaut Micolaev set then record longest space flight - 4 days on July - 11.   

1962  On this day in history 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  1st transatlantic TV transmission via satellite (Telstar I) on this day in history.   

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

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 July - 11.   

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  Carleton Young actor (Court of Last Resorts), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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

1973  On July - 11 isabel Randolph actress (Mrs Nester-Our Miss Brooks), dies at 83   

1973  Alexander Vasilyevich Mosolov, Russian composer (Zavod), dies at 72 on July - 11.   

1974  House Judiciary Committee releases evidence on Watergate inquiry on July - 11.   

1974  World Football League plays first games on this day in history.   

1975  Army of life-size terracotta soldiers discovered in China on July - 11.   

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

1975  On July - 11 kurt Pinthus, writer, dies at 89   

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

1979  On July - 11 debris from the US Skylab space station fall on Australia   

1979  US Skylab enters atmosphere over Australia & disintegrates on July - 11.   

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

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

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

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

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

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  Robert Greene, Elizabethan dramatist (Friar Bacon) was born on this day in history.   

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  Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese warlord (d. 1701) was born on this day in history.   

1657  On July - 11 birth of frederik I, King of Prussia (1701-13)   

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

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

0937  Death of King Rudolph II of Burgundy on this day in history.   

0969  Death of Olga of Kiev on July - 11.   

1174  On this day in history amalrik I, [Morri], French King of Jerusalem, dies   

1183  On July - 11 death of otto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria   

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.