Historical Events In July - 11

1960  Ivory Coast, Dahomey, Upper Volta & Niger declare independence on July - 11.  

1960  On July - 11 ivory Coast, Niger, Upper Volta and Dahomey all become independent  

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

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

1962  On this day in history cosmonaut Micolaev set then record longest space flight - 4 days  

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  Ray Collins, actor (Halls of Ivy, Perry Mason), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1969  On this day in history david Bowie releases "Space Oddity"  

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

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

1971  Carleton Young, actor (Court of Last Resorts), dies at 64 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

1975  L Chernykh discovers asteroid #2489 Suvorov on July - 11.  

1975  On this day in history 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 this day in history debris from the US Skylab space station fall on Australia  

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

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 this day in history.  

1980  Boleslaw Woytowicz, composer, dies at 80 on July - 11.  

1981  On this day in history 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  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 this day in history.  

1558  Robert Greene, Elizabethan dramatist (Friar Bacon) was born on July - 11.  

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

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

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