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 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 this day in history.   

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

1962  Fred Baldasare is first to swim English Channel underwater (scuba) on this day in history.   

1962  On July - 11 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 this day in history.   

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

1966  On July - 11 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 this day in history kenny Rogers forms first Edition   

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

1969  On this day in history rolling Stones release "Honky Tonk Woman"   

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 this day in history.   

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  On July - 11 house Judiciary Committee releases evidence on Watergate inquiry   

1974  On July - 11 world Football League plays first games   

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

1975  On this day in history l Chernykh discovers asteroid #2489 Suvorov   

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

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  Medal of Freedom awarded posthumously to Rev Martin Luther King Jr on this day in history.   

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

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

1980  On July - 11 american hostage Richard I Queen freed by Iran   

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 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  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 this day in history.   

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  Kenelm Digby, English privateer (d. 1665) was born on July - 11.   

1628  Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese warlord (d. 1701) was born on this day in history.   

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  On July - 11 death of king Rudolph II of Burgundy   

0969  On this day in history death of olga of Kiev   

1174  Amalrik I, [Morri], French King of Jerusalem, dies on this day in history.   

1183  On this day in history death of otto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria   

1302  On July - 11 jacques de Châtillon, count of Saint-Pol/gov of Flaanders, dies   

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