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July 11th


- Bonfire Night, precursor to The Twelfth. (Northern Ireland)
- China National Maritime Day (People's Republic of China)
- Christian Feast Day:
- Day of the Flemish Community (Flemish Community of Belgium)
- National Day of Commemoration, held on the nearest Sunday to this date. (Ireland)
- Sultan's Birthday (Terengganu)
- The first day of Naadam (Mongolia)
- World Population Day (International)
- Yang di-Pertua Negeri's Birthday (Penang)

July 11th


- 2006 - 209 people are killed in a series of bomb attacks in Mumbai, India.
- 1995 - Full diplomatic relations are established between the United States and Vietnam.
- 1995 - A Cubana de Aviación Antonov An-24 crashes into the Caribbean off southeast Cuba killing 44 people.
- 1995 - Over 8000 Bosnian men and children (all Bosniaks) are killed by Serbian troops commanded by Ratko Mladic in Poto?ari near Srebrenica Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- 1991 - A Nationair DC-8 crashes during an emergency landing at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing 261. The Canadian charter flight was ferrying Hajj pilgrims on behalf of Nigeria Airways.
- 1990 - Oka Crisis: First Nations land dispute in Quebec, Canada begins.
- 1987 - According to the United Nations, the world population crosses the 5,000,000,000 (5 billion) mark.
- 1983 - A Boeing 727 crashes into hilly terrain after a tail strike in Cuenca, Ecuador, claiming 119 lives.
- 1979 - America's first space station, Skylab, is destroyed as it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean.
- 1978 - Los Alfaques Disaster: A truck carrying liquid gas crashes and explodes at a coastal campsite in Tarragona, Spain killing 216 tourists.
- 1977 - Martin Luther King Jr. is posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
- 1973 - Varig Flight 820, operated by a Boeing 707 crashes near Paris on approach to Orly Airport, killing 123 of the 134 on-board.
- 1972 - The first game of the World Chess Championship 1972 between challenger Bobby Fischer and defending champion Boris Spassky starts.
- 1971 - Copper mines in Chile are nationalized.
- 1962 - First transatlantic satellite television transmission.
- 1960 - Independence of Benin, Burkina Faso and Niger.
- 1960 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is first published.
- 1957 - Prince Karim Husseini Aga Khan IV inherits the office of Imamat as the 49th Imam of Shia Imami Ismaili worldwide, after the death of Sir Sultan Mahommed Shah Aga Khan III.
- 1950 - Pakistan joins the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank.
- 1947 - The Exodus 1947 heads to Palestine from France.
- 1943 - Massacres of Poles in Volhynia.
- 1943 - World War II: Allied invasion of Sicily – German and Italian troops launch a counter-attack on Allied forces in Sicily.
- 1940 - World War II: Vichy France regime is formally established. Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Prime Minister of France.
- 1936 - The Triborough Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic.
- 1930 - Australian cricketer Don Bradman scores a world record 309 runs in one day, on his way to the highest individual Test innings of 334, during a Test match against England.
- 1929 - The Gillingham Fair fire disaster kills 15 in England.
- 1922 - The Hollywood Bowl opens.
- 1921 - A truce is called in the Irish War of Independence; see Irish calendar.
- 1921 - Former U.S. President William Howard Taft is sworn in as 10th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the only person to ever be both President and Chief Justice.
- 1921 - The Red Army captures Mongolia from the White Army and establishes the Mongolian People's Republic.
- 1920 - In the East Prussian plebiscite the local populace decides to remain with Weimar Germany
- 1919 - The eight-hour working day and free Sunday become law in the Netherlands.
- 1914 - Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major league baseball.
- 1906 - The Gillette-Brown murder inspires Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy.
- 1897 - Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies.
- 1895 - The Lumière brothers demonstrate film technology to scientists.
- 1893 - The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kokichi Mikimoto.
- 1893 - A revolution led by the liberal general and politician, José Santos Zelaya, takes over state power in Nicaragua.
- 1889 - Tijuana, Mexico, is founded.
- 1882 - The British Mediterranean fleet begins the Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt as part of the 1882 Anglo-Egyptian War.
- 1864 - American Civil War: Battle of Fort Stevens; Confederate forces attempt to invade Washington, D.C..
- 1859 - A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens is published.
- 1848 - Waterloo railway station in London opens.
- 1833 - Noongar Australian aboriginal warrior Yagan, wanted for the murder of white colonists in Western Australia, is killed.
- 1804 - A duel occurs in which the Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr mortally wounds former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton.
- 1801 - French astronomer Jean-Louis Pons made his first comet discovery. In the next 27 years he discovered another 36 comets, more than any other person in history.
- 1798 - The United States Marine Corps is re-established; they had been disbanded after the American Revolutionary War.
- 1796 - The United States takes possession of Detroit from Great Britain under terms of the Jay Treaty.
- 1789 - Jacques Necker is dismissed as France's Finance Minister sparking the Storming of the Bastille.
- 1776 - Captain James Cook begins his third voyage.
- 1750 - Halifax, Nova Scotia is almost completely destroyed by fire.
- 1740 - Pogrom: Jews are expelled from Little Russia.
- 1735 - Mathematical calculations suggest that it is on this day that dwarf planet Pluto moved inside the orbit of Neptune for the last time before 1979.
- 1616 - Samuel de Champlain returns to Quebec.
- 1576 - Martin Frobisher sights Greenland.
- 1476 - Giuliano della Rovere is appointed bishop of Coutances.
- 1405 - Ming admiral Zheng He sets sail to explore the world for the first time.
- 1346 - Charles IV of Luxembourg is elected emperor of the Holy Roman Empire.
- 1302 - Battle of the Golden Spurs (Guldensporenslag in Dutch) – a coalition around the Flemish cities defeats the king of France's royal army.
- 911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy.
- 472 - After being besieged in Rome by his own generals, Western Roman Emperor Anthemius is captured in the Old St. Peter's Basilica and put to death.

July 11th


- 1996 - Adelina Sotnikova, Russian Figure Skater
- 1993 - Rebecca Bross, Gymnast
- 1990 - Connor Paolo, American actor
- 1990 - George Craig, English singer (One Night Only)
- 1990 - Caroline Wozniacki, Danish tennis player
- 1989 - David Henrie, American actor
- 1989 - Liel Kolet, Israeli singer
- 1987 - Shigeaki Kato, Japanese idol singer (NEWS)
- 1986 - Yoann Gourcuff, French footballer
- 1986 - Ryan Jarvis, English footballer
- 1985 - Aki Maeda, Japanese actress
- 1985 - Robert Adamson, American Actor
- 1984 - Tanith Belbin, Canadian/American ice dancer
- 1984 - Hitomi Hyuga, Japanese actress
- 1984 - Rachael Taylor, Australian actress
- 1984 - Yorman Bazardo, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1983 - Peter Cincotti, American singer songwriter
- 1983 - Kelly Poon, Singaporean singer
- 1983 - Evan Roberts, American radio broadcaster
- 1983 - Marie Serneholt, Swedish musician (A*Teens)
- 1983 - Kellie Shirley, British actress
- 1982 - Chris Cooley, American football player
- 1982 - Lil' Zane, American rapper
- 1981 - Carla Campbell, Jamaican model
- 1981 - Andre Johnson, American football player
- 1981 - Aaron Proctor, American professional wrestling promoter & politician
- 1980 - TJ Wilson, Canadian professional wrestler
- 1980 - Im Su-jeong, South Korean model and actress
- 1979 - Éric Abidal, French footballer
- 1979 - Raio Piiroja, Estonian footballer
- 1979 - Lauris Reiniks, Latvian singer
- 1978 - Jeff Rich, Sports Talk Radio Personality
- 1978 - Massimiliano Rosolino, Italian swimmer
- 1977 - Brandon Short, American football player
- 1976 - Eduardo Nájera, Mexican-born basketball player
- 1975 - Willie Anderson, American football player
- 1975 - Rubén Baraja, Spanish footballer
- 1975 - Riona Hazuki, Japanese actress
- 1975 - Nadya Suleman, American mother of octuplets
- 1975 - Samer el Nahhal, Finnish musician (Lordi)
- 1975 - Lil' Kim, American rapper
- 1974 - Fragiskos Alvertis, Greek basketball player
- 1974 - Hermann Hreiðarsson, Icelandic footballer
- 1974 - André Ooijer, Dutch footballer
- 1974 - Alanas Chošnau, Lithuanian singer and songwriter
- 1973 - Andrew Bird, American musician
- 1973 - Konstantinos Kenteris, Greek athlete
- 1972 - Jussi 69, Finnish musician (The 69 Eyes)
- 1972 - Steven Richards, Australian racing driver
- 1972 - Michael Rosenbaum, American actor
- 1971 - Leisha Hailey, American actress and musician (Uh Huh Her)
- 1970 - Justin Chambers, American actor
- 1969 - David Tao, Taiwanese singer-songwriter
- 1968 - Michael Geist, Canadian academic
- 1968 - Esera Tuaolo, American football player
- 1968 - Daniel MacMaster, Canadian singer (Bonham) (d. 2008)
- 1967 - Andy Ashby, American baseball player
- 1967 - Jeff Corwin, American naturalist and TV personality
- 1966 - Greg Grunberg, American actor
- 1966 - Kentaro Miura, Japanese mangaka
- 1966 - Rod Strickland, American basketball player
- 1966 - Mick Molloy, Australian comedian
- 1965 - Tony Cottee, English footballer
- 1965 - Ernesto Hoost, Dutch kickboxer
- 1965 - Scott Shriner, American musician (Weezer)
- 1964 - Craig Charles, English actor
- 1964 - Kyrill, Prince of Preslav, titular Bulgarian royal family
- 1963 - Al MacInnis, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1963 - Lisa Rinna, American actress
- 1962 - Gaetan Duchesne, French Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2007)
- 1962 - Pauline McLynn, Irish actress
- 1960 - David Baerwald American songwriter/composer
- 1959 - Richie Sambora, American musician (Bon Jovi)
- 1959 - Suzanne Vega, American singer
- 1959 - Dave Bennett, English footballer
- 1958 - Hugo Sánchez, Mexican footballer
- 1958 - Andrew Gilbert-Scott, British racing driver
- 1957 - Peter Murphy, British musician (Bauhaus)
- 1957 - Michael Rose, Jamaican musician (Black Uhuru)
- 1956 - Sela Ward, American actress
- 1955 - Balaji Sadasivan, Singaporean politician and neurosurgeon (d. 2010)
- 1954 - Butch Reed, American professional wrestler
- 1953 - Angélica Aragón, Mexican actress
- 1953 - Peter Brown, American singer, songwriter and producer
- 1953 - Maureen Cathryn Harriet "Cats" Falck, Swedish television journalist
- 1953 - Samuel Russell Hinds, pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers
- 1953 - Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu, member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India
- 1953 - Wu Shu-chen, wife of former President Chen Shui-bian of the Republic of China
- 1953 - Patricia Reyes Spíndola, Mexican actress, director and producer
- 1953 - Leon Spinks, American former boxer
- 1953 - Mindy Sterling, American actress
- 1953 - Ivan Toms, South African physician
- 1953 - Bramwell Tovey, English-born conductor and composer.
- 1953 - Paul Weiland, is an English motion picture and television director
- 1952 - Bill Barber, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1952 - John Kettley, English weather forecaster
- 1951 - Robert R. McCammon, American horror novelist
- 1950 - Pervez Hoodbhoy, Pakistani nuclear physicist
- 1950 - Bruce McGill, American actor
- 1950 - J. R. Morgan, British classical scholar
- 1950 - Bonnie Pointer, American singer (Pointer Sisters)
- 1949 - Liona Boyd, English-born musician
- 1949 - Tom Emanski, American baseball instructionalist
- 1947 - Bo Lundgren, Swedish politician
- 1946 - Beverly Todd American actress
- 1946 - Cuthbert Johnson, Benedictine abbot.
- 1945 - Patrick Joseph McGrath, Catholic bishop
- 1944 - Myra Gale Brown, former wife of cousin, Jerry Lee Lewis
- 1943 - Howard Gardner, American Psychologist
- 1943 - Peter Jensen, Archbishop of Sydney
- 1943 - Rolf Stommelen, German race car driver (d. 1983)
- 1943 - Oscar D'León, Venezuelan musician
- 1941 - Clive Puzey, Zimbabwean racing driver
- 1940 - Yvon Charbonneau, French Canadian union leader and politician
- 1938 - Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, American feminist writer and professor
- 1937 - Pai Hsien-yung, Taiwanese writer
- 1935 - Oliver Napier, Northern Irish politician
- 1935 - Frederick Hemke, American saxophonist
- 1934 - Giorgio Armani, Italian fashion designer
- 1932 - Jean-Guy Talbot, French Canadian ice hockey player
- 1931 - Thurston Harris, American singer (d. 1990)
- 1931 - Tab Hunter, American actor
- 1931 - Tullio Regge, Italian physicist
- 1930 - Harold Bloom, American literary critic
- 1929 - David Kelly, Irish actor
- 1929 - Hermann Prey, German baritone (d. 1998)
- 1929 - Chuck Rio,Musician (d.2006)
- 1926 - Frederick Buechner, American author
- 1925 - Nicolai Gedda, Swedish tenor
- 1924 - César Lattes, Brazilian physicist (d. 2005)
- 1924 - Brett Somers, Canadian-born actress (d. 2007)
- 1924 - Charlie Tully, Northern Irish footballer (d. 1971)
- 1923 - Richard Pipes, American historian
- 1922 - Gene Evans, American actor (d. 1998)
- 1921 - Ilse Werner, Dutch-born actress (d. 2005)
- 1920 - Yul Brynner, Russian-born actor (d. 1985)
- 1916 - Aleksandr Mikhailovich Prokhorov, Russian physicist, Nobel laureate (d. 2002)
- 1916 - Reg Varney, English actor (d. 2008)
- 1916 - Gough Whitlam, 21st Prime Minister of Australia
- 1913 - Cordwainer Smith, American writer (d. 1966)
- 1912 - William F. Walsh, American politician
- 1910 - Irene Hervey, American actress (d. 1998)
- 1906 - Herbert Wehner, German politician (d. 1990)
- 1904 - Niño Ricardo, Spanish flamenco guitarist (d. 1972)
- 1903 - Rudolf Abel, Soviet intelligence officer (d. 1971)
- 1903 - Sidney Franklin, American bullfighter (d. 1976)
- 1899 - E. B. White, American writer (d. 1985)
- 1897 - Bull Connor, American law enforcement official (d. 1973)
- 1895 - Dolly Wilde, English socialite (d. 1941)
- 1892 - Thomas Mitchell, American film actor and screenwriter (d. 1962)
- 1888 - Carl Schmitt, German philosopher and political theorist (d. 1985)
- 1886 - Boris Grigoriev, Russian painter (d. 1939)
- 1882 - Jim White, discoverer of Carlsbad Caverns (d. 1946)
- 1866 - Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine (d. 1953)
- 1864 - Petar Danov, Bulgarian spiritual teacher (d. 1944)
- 1851 - Millie and Christine McCoy, Conjoined twins (d. 1912)
- 1850 - Annie Armstrong, American missionary leader (d. 1938)
- 1846 - Leon Bloy, French writer (d. 1917)
- 1836 - Antônio Carlos Gomes, Brazilian composer (d. 1896)
- 1832 - Charilaos Trikoupis, Greek politician (d. 1896)
- 1826 - Alexander Afanasyev, Russian folklorist (d. 1871)
- 1767 - John Quincy Adams, President of the United States (d. 1848)
- 1754 - Thomas Bowdler, English physician and censor (d. 1825)
- 1751 - Caroline Matilda of Wales, queen consort of Denmark and Norway (d. 1775)
- 1723 - Jean-François Marmontel, French historian and writer (d. 1799)
- 1709 - Johan Gottschalk Wallerius, Swedish chemist (d. 1785)
- 1662 - Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (d. 1726)
- 1657 - King Frederick I of Prussia (d. 1713)
- 1628 - Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese warlord (d. 1701)
- 1603 - Kenelm Digby, English privateer (d. 1665)
- 1561 - Luis de Góngora, Spanish poet (d. 1627)
- 1366 - Anne of Bohemia, consort of Richard II of England (d. 1394)
- 1274 - Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland (d. 1329)
- 154 - Bardaisan, Syriac gnostic (d. 222)