Historical Events In July - 11
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1960 Ivory Coast, Dahomey, Upper Volta & Niger declare independence on this day in history.
1960 On July - 11 ivory Coast, Niger, Upper Volta and Dahomey all become independent
1960 28th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-3 at Municipal Stadium, KC on this day in history.
1961 On July - 11 30th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 in 10 at Candlestick Pk, SF
1962 Cosmonaut Micolaev set then record longest space flight - 4 days on July - 11.
1962 On July - 11 fred Baldasare is first to swim English Channel underwater (scuba)
1962 The first transatlantic TV transmission via satellite (Telstar I) on July - 11.
1962 1st transatlantic TV transmission via satellite (Telstar I) on this day in history.
1964 On this day in history maurice Thorez, sec-general French communist party, dies at 64
1965 Ray Collins actor (Halls of Ivy, Perry Mason), dies at 75 on this day in history.
1965 On July - 11 ray Collins, actor (Halls of Ivy, Perry Mason), dies at 75
1966 On this day in history delmore Schwartz, US poet/critic (Shenandoah), dies at 52
1967 Canadian Pacific inaugurates first major unit train, shipping 3,700 tons of sulfuric acid from Copper Cliff to CIL in Sarnia on this day in history.
1967 On July - 11 kenny Rogers forms first Edition
1967 The first major "unit train" movement in Canada is inaugurated by Canadian Pacific - 3,700 tons of sulphuric acid from the Copper Cliff plant of CIL nr. Sudbury to Sarnia, Ontario on this day in history.
1969 David Bowie releases "Space Oddity" on July - 11.
1969 On this day in history rolling Stones release "Honky Tonk Woman"
1971 On this day in history carleton Young actor (Court of Last Resorts), dies at 64
1971 Carleton Young, actor (Court of Last Resorts), dies at 64 on this day in history.
1973 On July - 11 isabel Randolph actress (Mrs Nester-Our Miss Brooks), dies at 83
1973 Alexander Vasilyevich Mosolov, Russian composer (Zavod), dies at 72 on this day in history.
1974 On this day in history house Judiciary Committee releases evidence on Watergate inquiry
1974 World Football League plays first games on this day in history.
1975 On July - 11 army of life-size terracotta soldiers discovered in China
1975 On July - 11 l Chernykh discovers asteroid #2489 Suvorov
1975 Kurt Pinthus, writer, dies at 89 on this day in history.
1976 On this day in history in the Panama-Colombia Border Region, The foreshock, a magnitude 6.7, was followed by a major earthquake of magnitude 7.0 four hours later. Several injured and10 houses and 1 bridge were destroyed in the area
1977 Medal of Freedom awarded posthumously to Rev Martin Luther King Jr on this day in history.
1979 Debris from the US Skylab space station fall on Australia on July - 11.
1979 US Skylab enters atmosphere over Australia & disintegrates on July - 11.
1980 American hostage Richard I Queen freed by Iran on this day in history.
1980 Peggy Knudson acttress (April-So This is Hollywood), dies at 57 on this day in history.
1980 Boleslaw Woytowicz, composer, dies at 80 on July - 11.
1981 On July - 11 sebastian Coe of UK sets record for 1000 m, 2 12.18
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