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What happened in history on this day: July 11?
On July 11 in ...
- 1931 - New York Giants beat Philadelphia Phillies 23-8.
- 1939 - New York Yankees host 7th All Star Game, McCarthy starts 6 New York Yankees, American League wins 3-1.
- 1944 - National League beats American League 7-1 in 12th All Star Game (Pittsburgh' Forbes Field).
- 1950 - National League beats American League 4-3 (14 innings) in 17th All Star Game (Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois).
- 1960 - National League beats American League 5-3 in 28th All Star Game (Municipal Stadium, Kansas City).
- 1967 - Longest All Star Game, National League beats American League 2-1 (15 innings) (Anaheim Stadium, California).
- 1971 - Philadelphia Phillies' Deron Johnson's three home runs caps his four in a row.
- 1974 - World Football League plays first games.
- 1978 - National League beats American League 7-3 in 49th All Star Game (San Diego Stadium).
- 1981 - Sebastian Coe of United Kingdom sets record for 1000 metre, 2:12.18.
- 1982 - Italy beats Federal Republic of Germany 3-1 for soccer's 12th World Cup in Madrid, Spain.
- 1984 - National League beats American League 3-1 in 55th All Star Game (Candlestick Park San Francisco, California).
- 1985 - Houston Astros' Nolan Ryan is first to strike out 4000 (New York Mets' Danny Heep).
- 1986 - Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway runs 10,000 m in world record 30:13.74.
- 1986 - Maricica Puica of Romania runs 2,000 m in 5:28.69 (record for women).
- 1989 - US President Ronald Reagan sportscasts the All Star Game.
- 1989 - American League beats National League 5-3, (third of last four All Star Games) in California.
- 2007 - The ninth All Africa Games kick off in Algiers, Algeria.
- 2008 - Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva breaks her own world record in the women's pole vault at Rome's Golden Gala meet, jumping 5.03 metres.
- 2009 - (to July 19) The 2009 Lusophony Games take place, with athletes from 12 Portuguese-speaking nations taking part.
- 2010 - Spain defeats Netherlands 1-0 winning the FIFA World Cup of soccer.
- 2010 - Two bombs explode in Ugandan capital of Kampala, killing 74 people and injuring 70 in a rugby club and an Ethiopian restaurant; the bombings targeted football fans watching the World Cup final.
- 2022 - At Oracle Park in San Francisco, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Arizona Diamondbacks beats San Francisco Giants by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: San Diego Padres beats Colorado Rockies by score 6-5.
- 2022 - At Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Kansas City Royals beats Detroit Tigers by score 7-3.
- 2022 - At Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Texas Rangers beats Oakland Athletics by score 10-8.
- 2022 - At Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: New York Mets beats Atlanta Braves by score 4-1.
- 2022 - At Busch Stadium in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Saint Louis Cardinals beats Philadelphia Phillies by score 6-1.
- 2022 - At Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Cleveland Guardians beats Chicago White Sox by score 8-4.
- 2022 - At Tropicana Field in Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Tampa Bay Rays beats Boston Red Sox by score 10-5.
- 2022 - At LoanDepot Park in Miami, Florida, USA , Major League Baseball regular season game: Pittsburgh Pirates beats Miami Marlins by score 5-1.
- 2022 - At Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Kansas City Royals beats Detroit Tigers by score 3-1.
Births of sports figures on July 11
- 1953 - Birth of Leon Spinks; American heavyweight boxing champion (1978, Olympic-gold-1976).
- 1955 - Birth of Sergey Babinov in the USSR; ice hockey star (Olympic-gold-1972).
Deaths of sports figures on July 11
- 1987 - Thomas F Waddell, founder of Gay Olympics, dies of AIDS at age 50.
- 2007 - Death of Shag Crawford, American umpire in Major League Baseball (born 1916).
- 2007 - Death of Jimmy Skinner, Detroit Red Wings head coach (born 1917).
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