This Day In History

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  Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date 
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Births:  
 
07/11/ 154 Bar Daisan [Bardesanes], Syrian theologist 
07/11/1274 Robert Bruce, King of Scotland (1306-29) 
07/11/1540 Adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich/Juliana of Stolberg 
07/11/1558 Robert Greene, Elizabethan dramatist (Friar Bacon) 
07/11/1657 Frederik I, King of Prussia (1701-13) 
07/11/1662 Maximilian II Emanuel, ruler of Bayern 
07/11/1738 Albert-Kasimir, duke of Saxon/viceroy of Hungary/Netherlands 
07/11/1754 Thomas Bowdler, famous prude, bowdlerized Shakespeare 
07/11/1767 John Quincy Adams, Braintree (Quincy) Mass, 6th Pres (D) (1825-1829)

07/11/1810 EugŠne L Simonis, Belgian sculptor 
07/11/1811 Joseph Lanman, Comm (Union Navy), died in 1874 
07/11/1816 French A Durlet, Belgian sculptor/architect 
07/11/1824 Adolphe-Abraham Samuel, composer 
07/11/1825 Edward Henry Hobson, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1901 
07/11/1826 Alexander Afanasjev, Russ story teller (Narodnye roesskie skazki) 
07/11/1836 Carlos Gomez, composer 
07/11/1837 Paul Lacombe, composer 
07/11/1838 John Wanamaker, merchant (Wanamakers Dept Store) 
07/11/1841 Dani‰l de Longe, composer 
07/11/1841 William Paul Roberts, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1910 
07/11/1844 Peter I Karadjordjevic, King of Serbia/Yugoslavia 
07/11/1851 Millieand Christine, NC, siamese twins 
07/11/1857 Alfred Binet, French child psychologist 
07/11/1857 Iacob Moresianu, composer 
07/11/1860 Johannis J van Lar, chemist (thermodynamics) 
07/11/1861 Anton Stepanovich Arensky, composer 
07/11/1861 George William Norris, (Rep/Sen-Neb) (Lame duck-amendement) 
07/11/1862 Liza Nina Mary Frederica Lehmann, composer 
07/11/1871 Stjepan Radic, founder/leader Croatian Boer party 
07/11/1876 Max Jacob, French writer (Concentration Camp, Le siŠge de J‚rusalem)

07/11/1885 Roger de la Fresnaye, French sculptor/painter 
07/11/1888 Carl Schmitt, German nazi-lawyer (Verfassungslehre) 
07/11/1888 Lyman Bryson, Valentine Nebr, educator (UN Casebook) 
07/11/1890 Arthur W Tedder Van Glenguin, British air marshal (WW II) 
07/11/1890 Georg Annenkov, Russian/French painter 
07/11/1892 Giorgio Federico Ghedini, composer 
07/11/1892 Thomas Mitchell, NJ, academy award winning actor (Outlaw, Adventures

07/11/1894 Walter Wanger, [Feuchtwanger], US producer (Stagecoach) 
07/11/1898 Hendrik J Pos, philosopher/chairman Committee of Watchfulness) 
07/11/1898 Herman de Man, [Salomon H Hamburger], writer/Radio Orange 
07/11/1899 E B White, writer (Charlotte's Web, Elements of Style) 
07/11/1902 Leo Collard, Belgian minister of Education (1946/54-58) 
07/11/1906 Harry Von Zell, Indianapolis Ind, TV announcer (Burns & Allen) 
07/11/1906 Herbert Wehner, German communist politician (SPD) 
07/11/1910 Irene Hervey, LA Calif, actress (Aunt Meg-Honey West) 
07/11/1913 Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, US, sci-fi author (Space Lords) 
07/11/1914 Ahti Sonninen, composer 
07/11/1915 Colin Purdie Kelly, US, 1st US air hero during WW II 
07/11/1915 Yul Brynner, Sakhalin Is Japan, actor (King & I, 10 Commandments) 
07/11/1916 Gough Whitlam, (ALP) Australia, PM (1972-75) 
07/11/1916 Howard Brubeck, composer 
07/11/1922 Gene Evans, Hollbrook Az, actor (My Friend Flicka, Matt Helm, Alamo)

07/11/1925 Nicolai Gedda, Swedish actress (?) 
07/11/1926 Ralph D Abernathy, US, president (SCLC) 
07/11/1926 Rodolfo Arizaga, composer 
07/11/1927 Herbert Blomstedt, Springfield Mass, conductor (Oslo Phil 1954-61) 
07/11/1928 Robert Washburn, composer 
07/11/1929 Hermann Prey, Berlin Germany, baritone (Wolfram-Tannhaser) 
07/11/1930 Gregory C Bell, Terre Haute Ind, long jumper (Olympic-gold-1956) 
07/11/1931 Herman de Vries, statue artist 
07/11/1931 Tab Hunter, actor (Damn Yankees, Lust in the Dust, Battle Cry) 
07/11/1931 Thurston Harris, Indianapolis, vocalist (Little Bitty Pretty One) 
07/11/1932 Ron McAnally, horse trainer 
07/11/1935 Earlene Dennis Brown, Latero Tx, shot putter (Olympic-bronze-1960) 
07/11/1938 Terry Garthwaite, US guitarist/singer (Joy of Cooking) 
07/11/1939 Larry Laoretti, Mahopac NJ, golfer (US Seniors Open 1992) 
07/11/1939 Seth Gaaikema, night club performer 
07/11/1940 Rafael Martinez, horse trainer 
07/11/1942 Marian Sarst„dt, dancer/ballerina 
07/11/1943 Susan Seaforth Hayes, SF, actress (Days of our Life, Young & Restles

07/11/1945 Robin Muyser, bassist (Lesson Baroques) 
07/11/1946 Beverly Todd, Ohio, actress (Roots, Having Babies, Redd Foxx Show) 
07/11/1946 Edward J Markey, (Rep-D-MA, 1976-  ) 
07/11/1950 Bonnie Pointer, singer (Pointer Sisters-Jump, I'm So Excited) 
07/11/1952 Stephen Long, US actor(?) 
07/11/1953 Leon Spinks, US, heavyweight boxing champ (1978, Olympic-gold-1976) 
07/11/1953 Peter Bergman, Guantanamo Bay Cuba, actor (Starland Vocal Band) 
07/11/1955 Sergey Babinov, USSR, ice hockey star (Olympic-gold-1972) 
07/11/1956 Sela Ward, Meridian Miss, actress (Hilary-Emerald Point NAS) 
07/11/1957 Michael Rose, rocker (Black Uhuru-Brutal, Positive) 
07/11/1957 Pete Murphy, rocker (Love Hysteria) 
07/11/1958 Mark Lester, Oxford England, actor (Oliver, Prince & Pauper) 
07/11/1958 Ray Dodds, rocker (Fairground Attraction-You Send Me) 
07/11/1959 Richie Sambora, guitarist (Bon Jovi-You Give Love a Bad Name) 
07/11/1959 Suzanne Vega, rock vocalist (My Name is Luka) 
07/11/1964 Earl Jones, Inkster Mich, 800m runner (Olympic-bronze-1984) 
07/11/1966 Butch Reid, horse trainer 
07/11/1966 Debbe Dunning, actress (Home Improvement) 
07/11/1966 Mel Appleby, rocker (Mel & Kim-Coming to America) 
07/11/1971 Brett Hauer, Edina Minn, US hockey defenseman (Olympics-1994) 
07/11/1977 Brandy Gold, Northridge Calif, actress (Annie-Baby Makes 5) 
07/11/1987 Matej Gaspar, Yugoslavia, 5,000,000,000th person (UN) 
 
 
Deaths:  
 
07/11/ 155 Pius I, bishop of Rome (approx 140-155)/saint/martyr, dies 
07/11/1174 Amalrik I, [Morri], French King of Jerusalem, dies 
07/11/1302 Jacques de Chƒtillon, count of Saint-Pol/gov of Flaanders, dies 
07/11/1302 Pierre Flote, French 1st legist/chancellor of king Philip IV, dies 
07/11/1382 Nicholas van Oresme, French philospher/bishop of Lisieux, dies 
07/11/1535 Joachim I Nestor, ruler (Brandenburg), dies at 51 
07/11/1540 Jan Szapolyai, anti-king of Hungarian, dies 
07/11/1593 Giuseppe Arcimboldo, 1st surrealist painter, dies (birth date unkn) 
07/11/1667 John Fox, Amsterdam writer, buried 
07/11/1686 Michel Anguier, French sculptor, dies at 75 
07/11/1690 Friedrich H duke van Schomberg, marshal, dies in battle at 75 
07/11/1763 Pehr Forsk†hl, Finnish botanist/explorer, dies 
07/11/1768 Jose Melchior de Nebra Blascu, composer, dies at 66 
07/11/1781 Adolph Carl Kunzen, composer, dies at 60 
07/11/1804 Alex Hamilton, killed by VP Aaron Burr in pistol duel near Weehawken

07/11/1806 James Smith, Irish/US attorney/signer (Decl of Ind), dies at 87 
07/11/1826 Carl Bernhard Wessely, composer, dies at 57 
07/11/1847 Joachim G le Sage at Trousers, RC foreman/publicist, dies at 71 
07/11/1874 Xavier FMG earl Merode, Belg pontifical defense minister, dies at 54

07/11/1876 Ottho G Heldring, vicar (H-gestichten), dies at 72 
07/11/1882 EugŠne L Simonis, Belgian sculptor, dies on 72nd birthday 
07/11/1898 Charles Chanoine, French lt/mass murderer in Senegal, dies 
07/11/1909 Simon Newcomb, celestial mechanics authority, dies 
07/11/1914 Julius Rodenberg, [Levy], German writer (Die Deutsche Rundschau), di

07/11/1916 Rik Wouters, Belgian painter/sculptor (Doll Virgin), dies 
07/11/1921 Gabriel Lippmann, French physicist, dies at 75 
07/11/1926 Gertrude M L Bell, British archaeologist (Desert & Sown), dies at 57

07/11/1937 George Gershwin, composer (American in Paris), dies at 38 
07/11/1942 Simon de la Bella, Dutch president (NVV), dies in Dachau 
07/11/1944 Wolfgang Redlich, German major/pilot, dies in battle 
07/11/1948 Gerhard Kittel, German anti-semite theologist, dies 
07/11/1950 Timotei Popovici, composer, dies at 79 
07/11/1957 Aga Khan III, leader of isma‹lieten (Indian transition), dies 
07/11/1960 Gunnar Olof Bj”rling, Fin-Swedish language poet (Kiri-ra!), dies at 

07/11/1964 Maurice Thorez, sec-general French communistic party, dies at 64 
07/11/1965 Ray Collins, actor (Halls of Ivy, Perry Mason), dies at 75 
07/11/1966 Delmore Schwartz, US poet/critic (Shenandoah), dies at 52 
07/11/1971 Carleton Young, actor (Court of Last Resorts), dies at 64 
07/11/1971 John W Campbell, US, sci-fi writer (Space Beyond), dies at 61 
07/11/1973 Alexander Vasil'yevich Mosolov, composer, dies at 72 
07/11/1973 Isabel Randolph, actress (Mrs Nester-Our Miss Brooks), dies at 83 
07/11/1973 Robert Ryan, US actor (Dirty Dozens, Longest Day), dies at 63 
07/11/1974 P„r Lagerkvist, Swedish author (Nobel 1951), dies at 83 
07/11/1980 Boleslaw Woytowicz, composer, dies at 80 
07/11/1980 Peggy Knudson, actress (April-So This is Hollywood), dies at 57 
07/11/1984 Karel Mengelberg, composer, dies at 81 
07/11/1987 Thomas F Waddell, founder (Gay Olympics), dies of AIDS at 50 
07/11/1989 Laurence Olivier, acting great (Hamlet), dies at 82 
07/11/1990 Onno Molenkamp, actor, dies at 67 
07/11/1991 Hitoshi Igarashi, Japanese interpreter (Satanic Verses), murdered 
07/11/1992 Annette Fischer, Danish chairman Amnesty Intl, dies 
07/11/1992 Antoon J Hubben, mayor of Maasbree/President KVM/Unie BLHP, dies at 

07/11/1993 Deng Yingchao, high ranking communist China official, dies at 88 
07/11/1993 Henri van Soede, sub commandant (WW II), dies at about 83 
07/11/1993 Kelly Ahrendt, 1st death by rabies in NY since 1954, dies 
07/11/1993 Mario Bauza, Cubans/US jazz musician, dies at 82 
07/11/1993 Sergey Vozovikov, cosmonaut, dies during underwater test at 34 
07/11/1994 Savannah, XXX star (Superstars), shoots herself after car crash, at 

 
 
Significant Events:  
 
07/11/1244 Chwarizneense Turken defeats Jerusalem 
07/11/1302 Battle of Kortr˜k Belgium (France vs Flanders) 
07/11/1302 Guldensporen battle of Belgium 
07/11/1347 Bohemia heir to the throne elected German anti-king Charles IV 
07/11/1376 English 'Good Parliament' meets 
07/11/1423 Arnold van Egmont becomes duke of Gelre 
07/11/1533 Pope Clement VII excommunicated England's King Henry VIII 
07/11/1690 Battle of Drogheda Boyne (Willem III (Neth-Engl) beat Jacobus II (Ir

07/11/1708 Battle at Oudenaarde: Great Alliance beats France 
07/11/1740 Jews are expelled from Little Russia by order of Czarina Anne 
07/11/1781 Thomas Hutchins designated Geographer of US 
07/11/1789 US Marine corp forms 
07/11/1792 Prussia army moves into French territory 
07/11/1798 US Marine Corps created by an act of Congress 
07/11/1801 French astronomer Jean-Louis Pons discovers his 1st comet 
07/11/1804 VP Aaron Burr kills Alex Hamilton in a pistol duel near Weehawken 
07/11/1812 US invades Canada (Detroit frontier) 
07/11/1861 Battle of Laurel Mountain VA-Gen Morris forces retreat of rebels 
07/11/1861 Battle of Rich Mountain, VA - Rosecrans forces rebels to surrender 
07/11/1862 Lincoln appoints General Halleck general-in-chief 
07/11/1863 Japanese battle cruiser shoots at Dutch warship Medusa, kills 4 
07/11/1864 Battle of Fort Stevens, DC (Early's Raid, Tennallytown, MD) 
07/11/1864 Confederate forces led by Gen J Early begin invasion of Wash DC 
07/11/1868 J C Watson discovers asteroid #100 Hekate 
07/11/1888 118øF (48øC), Bennett, Colorado (state record) 
07/11/1888 Pennsylvania's Monongehela River rises 32' after 24 hour rainfall 
07/11/1897 Solomon Andree leaves Spitsbergen by balloon towards North Pole 
07/11/1900 Boer general De la Rey captures Scots Greys & Lincolns 
07/11/1901 L Carnera discovers asteroid #472 Roma 
07/11/1905 Black intellectuals & activists organize Niagara movement 
07/11/1905 Niagara Movement founded by WEB Dubois 
07/11/1914 Babe Ruth debuts as a pitcher for Boston Red Sox, he beats Cleve 4-3

07/11/1915 Germany cruiser K”nigsberg sinks off Dar-es-Salam 
07/11/1916 1st federal grant-in-aid for state roads enacted 
07/11/1918 M Wolf discovers asteroid #895 Helio 
07/11/1919 Dutch 2nd chamber approves 8-hour day/No Sunday work 
07/11/1921 Mongolia gains independence from China (National Day) 
07/11/1924 Moslem-Hindu rebellion in Delhi 
07/11/1925 Queen Wilhelmina names H Col˜n head of govt 
07/11/1931 NY Giants beat Phillies 23-8 
07/11/1934 FDR became 1st pres to travel through Panama Canal 
07/11/1936 Triborough Bridge linking Manhattan, Bronx & Queens opens 
07/11/1939 Yanks host 7th All Star Game, McCarthy starts 6 Yanks, AL wins 3-1 
07/11/1941 German troops attack Dnjepr 
07/11/1943 7th day of battle at Kursk 
07/11/1944 Bill Boggs, Phila, TV host/producer (Midday, Morton Downey Jr Show) 
07/11/1944 NL beats AL 7-1 in 12th All Star Game (Pitts' Forbes Field) 
07/11/1950 NL beats AL 4-3 (14 inn) in 17th All Star Game (Comiskey Park Chic) 
07/11/1950 Ted Williams breaks his elbow; 1st extra inning All Star Game 
07/11/1952 Gen Eisenhower nominated as Republican presidential candidate 
07/11/1954 1st White Citizens Council organizes in Indianola, Miss 
07/11/1955 Congress authorizes all US currency to say 'In God We Trust' 
07/11/1955 New USAF Academy dedicated at Lowry AFB in Colo with 300 cadets 
07/11/1960 Czechoslovakia adopts Constitution 
07/11/1960 Ivory Coast, Dahomey, Upper Volta & Niger declare independence 
07/11/1960 Mo‹se Tsjombe declares Congolese county Katanga independence 
07/11/1960 NL beats AL 5-3 in 28th All Star Game (Municipal Stadium, KC) 
07/11/1961 Gene Kiniski beats Verne Gagne in Minneapolis, to become NWA champ 
07/11/1961 NL beats AL 5-4 in 29th All Star Game (Candlestick Park, SF) 
07/11/1962 1st transatlantic TV transmission via satellite (Telstar I) 
07/11/1962 Cosmonaut Micolaev set then record longest space flight - 4 days 
07/11/1962 Fred Baldasare is 1st to swim English Channel underwater (scuba) 
07/11/1963 South-African ANC Walter Sisulu/Andrew Mlangeni/Govan Mbeki arrested

07/11/1965 Israeli Mapai-party nominates David Ben Gurion 
07/11/1967 Kenny Rogers forms 1st Edition 
07/11/1967 Longest All Star Game, NL beats AL 2-1 (15 inn) (Anaheim Stadium, Ca

07/11/1969 David Bowie releases 'Space Oddity' 
07/11/1969 Rolling Stones release 'Honky Tonk Woman' 
07/11/1971 Chilean parliament nationalizes US copper mines 
07/11/1971 Phillies Deron Johnson 3 HRs caps his 4 in a row 
07/11/1973 Brazilian Boeing 707 crashes at Paris, 122 killed 
07/11/1974 House Judiciary Committee releases evidence on Watergate inquiry 
07/11/1974 World Football League plays 1st games 
07/11/1975 L Chernykh discovers asteroid #2489 Suvorov 
07/11/1977 Medal of Freedom awarded posthumously to Rev Martin Luther King Jr 
07/11/1978 Auto with liquid gas crashes & explodes in Spain, 160 killed 
07/11/1978 NL beats AL 7-3 in 49th All Star Game (San Diego Stadium) 
07/11/1979 US Skylab enters atmosphere over Australia & disintegrates 
07/11/1980 American hostage Richard I Queen freed by Iran 
07/11/1981 Sebastian Coe of UK sets record for 1000 m, 2:12.18 
07/11/1982 Italy beats West Germany 3-1 for soccer's 12th World Cup in Madrid 
07/11/1983 E Bowell discovers asteroid #3485 Barucci 
07/11/1984 England's MusicBox begins satellite transmission to Europe 
07/11/1984 Lucas Mangope re-elected president of Bophuthatswana 
07/11/1984 NL beats AL 3-1 in 55th All Star Game (Candlestick Park SF) 
07/11/1985 Astros' Nolan Ryan, 1st to strike out 4000 (Mets' Danny Heep) 
07/11/1985 Refurbished Columbia moves overland from Palmdale to Dryden 
07/11/1986 Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway runs 10,000 m in world record 30:13.74 
07/11/1986 Maricica Puica of Romania runs 2,000 m in 5:28.69 (record for women)

07/11/1986 Mary Beth Whitehead christens surrogate Baby M, Sara 
07/11/1987 Heart's 'Alone,' single goes #1 for 3 weeks 
07/11/1988 Mike Tyson hires Donald Trump as an advisor 
07/11/1989 AL beats NL 5-3, (3rd of last 4 All Star Games) in California 
07/11/1989 President Ronald Reagan sportscasts All Star Game 
07/11/1990 NYC police arrest 'Dartman' (stabbed over 50 women with darts) 
07/11/1991 Nigerian DC-8 crashes near Djeddah, 261 die 
07/11/1991 Total solar eclipse is seen in Hawaii 
07/11/1992 Pres candidate Ross Perot at NAACP speach calls them 'you people' 
  
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