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What happened in history on this day: July 11?
On July 11 in ...
- 1781 - Thomas Hutchins is designated Geographer of the US.
- 1798 - US President John Adams signs a bill into law creating the U.S. Marines.
- 1804 - US Vice President Aaron Burr kills Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton in a pistol duel near Weehawken.
- 1812 - US invades Canada (Detroit frontier).
- 1862 - US Congress authorizes another US$150 million in United States Notes.
- 1864 - Price in gold of dollar bills drops to 39 cents, lowest point during the war.
- 1888 - 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Bennett, Colorado (state record).
- 1888 - Pennsylvania's Monongehela River rises 32 feet after 24-hour rainfall.
- 1916 - First US federal grant-in-aid for state roads enacted.
- 1934 - Franklin Roosevelt becomes first US president to travel through Panama Canal.
- 1936 - Triborough Bridge linking Manhattan, Bronx and Queens opens.
- 1954 - First White Citizens Council organizes in Indianola, Mississippi.
- 1955 - US Congress mandates "In God We Trust" to appear on all US currency.
- 1955 - New US Air Force Academy dedicated at Lowry Air Force Base in Colorado with 300 cadets.
- 1962 - Public Law 87-534 officially renames the San Francisco Mint as the United States Assay Office at San Francisco.
- 1967 - In Denver, Colorado, USA a building is struck by a falling meteorite.
- 1974 - US House Judiciary Committee releases evidence on Watergate inquiry.
- 1977 - US Medal of Freedom awarded posthumously to Reverend Martin Luther King Junior.
- 1979 - American Skylab space station enters the atmosphere over Australia and disintegrates, after being in orbit for 6 years and 2 months.
- 1990 - New York City police arrest "Dartman" (stabbed over 50 women with darts).
- 1991 - A total solar eclipse is seen in Hawaii and Mexico.
- 2008 - Crude oil on the New York Mercantile Exchange hits a record high of US$147.27 per barrel.
- 2008 - In California, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp takes over mortgage lender IndyMac Bancorp, second largest banking failure (US$32 billion in assets) in U.S. history, and the fifth U.S. bank to fail this year. The insurance firm estimates the cost of the failure at between $4 billion and $8 billion.
- 2021 - After taking off from Spaceport America, in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, USA, VMS Eve carrier aircraft launches VSS Unity rocket plane, with two pilots and four passengers, which then flies into space and back.
Births on July 11
- 1888 - Birth of Lyman Bryson in Valentine, Nebraska, USA; educator (UN Casebook).
- 1892 - Birth of Thomas Mitchell in New Jersey, USA; academy award winning actor (Outlaw, Adventures).
- 1906 - Birth of Harry Von Zell in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; TV announcer (Burns and Allen).
- 1910 - Birth of Irene Hervey in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Aunt Meg - Honey West).
- 1922 - Birth of Gene Evans in Hollbrook, Arizona, USA; actor (My Friend Flicka, Matt Helm, Alamo).
- 1927 - Birth of Herbert Blomstedt in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA; conductor (Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra 1954-61).
- 1931 - Birth of Thurston Harris in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; vocalist ("Little Bitty Pretty One").
- 1943 - Birth of Susan Seaforth Hayes in San Francisco, California, USA; actress (Days of Our Lives, The Young and the Restless).
- 1944 - Birth of Bill Boggs in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; TV host/producer (Midday, Morton Downey Junior Show).
- 1946 - Birth of Beverly Todd in Ohio, USA; actress (Roots, Having Babies, Redd Foxx Show).
- 1977 - Birth of Brandy Gold in Northridge, California; actress (Annie - Baby Makes Five).
Deaths on July 11
- 1804 - US Vice President Aaron Burr kills Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton in a pistol duel near Weehawken.
- 1994 - Gary Kildall dies in a bar brawl, at age 52. He was an American microcomputer industry visionary and pioneer, most well-known for creating the CP/M operating system.
- 2007 - Death of Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Johnson, former First Lady of the United States, environmentalist, at age 94 (born 1912).
- 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).
- 2008 - Death of Michael E. DeBakey, American surgeon and inventor (born 1908).
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