July 11 is the 192nd day (193rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 173 days remaining.
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Events
up to 18th century
19th century
20th century
1910s-1960s
1970s-1990s
- 1971 - Copper mines in Chile nationalised.
- 1973 - A Brazilian Boeing 707 crashes near Paris on approach to Orly Airport, resulting in the death of 122 people.
- 1975 - Chinese archeologists discover a large burial site with 6,000 clay statutes of warriors from 221 BC.
- 1977 - Martin Luther King is posthumously rewarded the Medal of Freedom.
- 1979 - The space station Skylab returns to Earth.
- 1982 - Defeating West Germany 3–1 at Santiago Bernabéu stadium, Italy wins 1982 edition of the Football World Cup.
- 1983 - A Boeing 727 crashes into hilly terrain after a tail strike in Cuenca, Ecuador, claiming 119 lives.
- 1987 - According to the United Nations, the world population crosses the 5,000,000,000 mark.
- 1991 - A Nigerian DC-8 crashes while landing at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia killing 261
- 1991 - Total solar eclipse in Hawaii.
- 1995 - Full diplomatic relations are established between the United States and Vietnam.
- 1995 - Bosnian Serbs capture the Muslim city of Srebrenica. Many inhabitants are murdered, beginning the so-called Srebrenica Massacre.
- 1995 - A Cubana de Aviacion Antonov AN-24 crashes into the Caribbean off southeast Cuba killing 44
Births
up to 19th century
20th century
1900s-1970s
- 1903 - O. E. Hasse, actor (d. 1978)
- 1906 - Herbert Wehner, politician (d. 1990)
- 1910 - Irene Hervey, actress (d. 1998)
- 1913 - Cordwainer Smith, writer
- 1916 - Gough Whitlam, twenty-first Prime Minister of Australia
- 1921 - Ilse Werner, actress
- 1924 - Brett Somers, actor
- 1925 - Nicolai Gedda, Swedish tenor
- 1926 - Frederick Buechner, author
- 1929 - Hermann Prey, German baritone (d. 1998)
- 1930 - Harold Bloom, literary critic
- 1931 - Tab Hunter, actor
- 1934 - Giorgio Armani, fashion designer
- 1939 - Seth Gaaikema, Dutch comedian
- 1949 - Liona Boyd, classical guitarist
- 1957 - Michael Rose, musician (Black Uhuru)
- 1959 - Suzanne Vega, singer
- 1959 - Richie Sambora, singer/guitarist (Bon Jovi)
- 1968 - Esera Tuaolo, USA NFL Player
- 1973 - Konstantinos Kenteris, Greek athlete
- 1976 - Lil' Kim, rap singer
- 1976 - Eduardo Najera, Mexican-born NBA basketball player
1980s
Deaths
- ca. 155 - Pope Pius I
- 472 - Anthemius, Emperor of the Western Empire (legal murder)
- 969 - Olga of Kiev
- 1804 - Alexander Hamilton, United States Secretary of the Treasury (duel)
- 1937 - George Gershwin, composer (b. 1898)
- 1971 - John W. Campbell, science fiction writer and editor
- 1974 - Pär Lagerkvist, author, 1951 winner of the Nobel Prize for literature
- 1994 - Gary Kildall, computer programmer (b. 1942)
- 1989 - Sir Laurence Olivier, actor
- 2001 - Herman Brood, singer and artist (suicide)
- 2004 - Laurance Rockefeller, conservationist and philanthropist
Holidays and observances
July 10 - July 12 - June 11 - August 11 -- listing of all days
af:07-11
bg:11 юли
ca:11 de juliol
cy:11 Gorffennaf
da:11. juli
de:11. Juli
et:11. juuli
es:11 de julio
eo:11-a de julio
fr:11 juillet
fy:11 july
gl:11 de xullo
hr:11. srpnja
io:11 di julio
is:11. júlí
it:11 luglio
he:11 ביולי
ku:11'ê tîrmehê
lt:Liepos 11
lb:11. Juli
hu:Július 11
nl:11 juli
ja:7月11日
no:11. juli
oc:11 de julhet
pl:11 lipca
pt:11 de Julho
ro:11 iulie
ru:11 июля
sl:11. julij
fi:11. heinäkuuta
sv:11 juli
tr:11 Temmuz
uk:11 липня
zh:7月11日
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