Historical Events In July - 11
Friday, 26 July 2024
1960 On July - 11 ivory Coast, Dahomey, Upper Volta & Niger declare independence
1960 Ivory Coast, Niger, Upper Volta and Dahomey all become independent on July - 11.
1960 28th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-3 at Municipal Stadium, KC on this day in history.
1961 30th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 in 10 at Candlestick Pk, SF on this day in history.
1962 On July - 11 cosmonaut Micolaev set then record longest space flight - 4 days
1962 On July - 11 fred Baldasare is first to swim English Channel underwater (scuba)
1962 On July - 11 the first transatlantic TV transmission via satellite (Telstar I)
1962 On July - 11 1st transatlantic TV transmission via satellite (Telstar I)
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 July - 11 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 July - 11.
1967 On this day in history 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 July - 11.
1969 David Bowie releases "Space Oddity" on this day in history.
1969 Rolling Stones release "Honky Tonk Woman" on this day in history.
1971 On this day in history carleton Young actor (Court of Last Resorts), dies at 64
1971 On July - 11 carleton Young, actor (Court of Last Resorts), dies at 64
1973 On this day in history isabel Randolph actress (Mrs Nester-Our Miss Brooks), dies at 83
1973 On this day in history alexander Vasilyevich Mosolov, Russian composer (Zavod), dies at 72
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 Army of life-size terracotta soldiers discovered in China on July - 11.
1975 On July - 11 l Chernykh discovers asteroid #2489 Suvorov
1975 Kurt Pinthus, writer, dies at 89 on this day in history.
1976 On July - 11 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 On this day in history medal of Freedom awarded posthumously to Rev Martin Luther King Jr
1979 On this day in history debris from the US Skylab space station fall on Australia
1979 US Skylab enters atmosphere over Australia & disintegrates on July - 11.
1980 On this day in history american hostage Richard I Queen freed by Iran
1980 On this day in history peggy Knudson acttress (April-So This is Hollywood), dies at 57
1980 On July - 11 boleslaw Woytowicz, composer, dies at 80
1981 Sebastian Coe of UK sets record for 1000 m, 2 12.18 on July - 11.
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