Page 5: Historical Events In July - 11

1902  On this day in history british premier Lord Salisbury resigns   

1902  On this day in history leo Collard, Belgian minister of Education (1946/54-58)   

1905  On July - 11 black intellectuals & activists organize Niagara movement   

1906  The Gillette-Brown murder inspires Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy on July - 11.   

1906  On this day in history harry Von Zell, Indianapolis Ind, TV announcer (Burns & Allen)   

1909  Simon Newcomb celestial mechanics authority, dies on July - 11.   

1909  On this day in history simon Newcomb, celestial mechanics authority (Stars), dies at 74   

1910  On July - 11 irene Hervey, LA Calif, actress (Aunt Meg-Honey West)   

1911  On July - 11 a huge forest fire breaks out in Porcupine district near Timmins, fanned by high winds into a 40 km long front, the fire takes 200 lives; over 3,000 left homeless; burns up 2200 sq. km, destroying the mining communities of South Porcupine, Cochrane and Goldlands.   

1913  On July - 11 paul Myron Anthony Linebarger, US, sci-fi author (Space Lords)   

1914  Babe Ruth debuts as a pitcher for Boston Red Sox, he beats Cleve 4-3 on July - 11.   

1914  Ahti Sonninen, composer on July - 11.   

1914  Julius Rodenberg, [Levy], German writer (Die Deutsche Rundschau), dies on this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history germany cruiser Königsberg sinks off Dar-es-Salam   

1915  Colin Purdie Kelly, US, 1st US air hero (during WW II) on July - 11.   

1916  The first federal grant-in-aid for state roads enacted on July - 11.   

1916  On this day in history 1st federal grant-in-aid for state roads enacted   

1916  On July - 11 gough Whitlam, (ALP) Australia, PM (1972-75)   

1916  On this day in history rik Wouters, Belgian painter/sculptor (Doll Virgin), dies   

1918  On this day in history m Wolf discovers asteroid #895 Helio   

1919  Pay Corps renamed Supply Corps on July - 11.   

1919  On this day in history dutch 2nd chamber approves 8-hour day/No Sunday work   

1921  On this day in history mongolia gains independence from China (National Day)   

1921  Ilse Werner, Dutch-born actress on July - 11.   

1921  On this day in history gabriel Lippmann, French physicist, dies at 75   

1922  The Hollywood Bowl opens on this day in history.   

1922  Gene Evans, Hollbrook Az, actor (My Friend Flicka, Matt Helm, Alamo) on July - 11.   

1923  Harry Frazee, sells Red Sox to Ohio businessmen for $1M on this day in history.   

1924  Moslem-Hindu rebellion in Delhi on July - 11.   

1924  Claus Bremer, writer on this day in history.   

1925  On this day in history queen Wilhelmina names H Colijn head of govt   

1925  On July - 11 mattiwilda Dobbs, Atlanta, Ga, soprano   

1926  On July - 11 patrick Wymark, Cleethorpes England, actor (Skull, Tomb of Ligeia)   

1926  Gertrude M L Bell, British archaeologist (Desert & Sown), dies at 57 on this day in history.   

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1274  Robert Bruce, King of Scotland (1306-29) was born on July - 11.   

1366  Anne of Bohemia, consort of Richard II of England (d. 1394) was born on this day in history.   

1540  Adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich/Juliana of Stolberg was born on July - 11.   

1558  On July - 11 birth of robert Greene, Elizabethan dramatist (Friar Bacon)   

1561  On this day in history birth of luis de Góngora, Spanish poet (d. 1627)   

1603  On July - 11 birth of kenelm Digby, English privateer (d. 1665)   

1628  Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese warlord (d. 1701) was born on July - 11.   

1657  On July - 11 birth of frederik I, King of Prussia (1701-13)   

0155  On July - 11 pius I, bishop of Rome (approx 140-155)/saint/martyr, dies   

0472  On this day in history death of anthemius, Emperor of the Western Roman Empire   

0937  Death of King Rudolph II of Burgundy on this day in history.   

0969  Death of Olga of Kiev on this day in history.   

1174  Amalrik I, [Morri], French King of Jerusalem, dies on July - 11.   

1183  Death of Otto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria on July - 11.   

1302  On this day in history jacques de Châtillon, count of Saint-Pol/gov of Flaanders, dies   

1382  Nicholas van Oresme, French philosopher/bishop of Lisieux, dies at 62 on July - 11.