Page 7: Historical Events In July - 11

1960  Ivory Coast, Dahomey, Upper Volta & Niger declare independence on July - 11.   

1960  Ivory Coast, Niger, Upper Volta and Dahomey all become independent on this day in history.   

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 July - 11.   

1962  Cosmonaut Micolaev set then record longest space flight - 4 days on this day in history.   

1962  Fred Baldasare is first to swim English Channel underwater (scuba) on this day in history.   

1962  The first transatlantic TV transmission via satellite (Telstar I) on July - 11.   

1962  On July - 11 1st transatlantic TV transmission via satellite (Telstar I)   

1964  Maurice Thorez, sec-general French communist party, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1965  Ray Collins actor (Halls of Ivy, Perry Mason), dies at 75 on July - 11.   

1965  Ray Collins, actor (Halls of Ivy, Perry Mason), dies at 75 on July - 11.   

1966  Delmore Schwartz, US poet/critic (Shenandoah), dies at 52 on this day in history.   

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  On July - 11 david Bowie releases "Space Oddity"   

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  Carleton Young, actor (Court of Last Resorts), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history 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  House Judiciary Committee releases evidence on Watergate inquiry on July - 11.   

1974  World Football League plays first games on this day in history.   

1975  Army of life-size terracotta soldiers discovered in China on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history l Chernykh discovers asteroid #2489 Suvorov   

1975  Kurt Pinthus, writer, dies at 89 on July - 11.   

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  On this day in history uS Skylab enters atmosphere over Australia & disintegrates   

1980  American hostage Richard I Queen freed by Iran on July - 11.   

1980  On this day in history peggy Knudson acttress (April-So This is Hollywood), dies at 57   

1980  Boleslaw Woytowicz, composer, dies at 80 on July - 11.   

1981  On this day in history sebastian Coe of UK sets record for 1000 m, 2 12.18   

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

1366  On this day in history birth of anne of Bohemia, consort of Richard II of England (d. 1394)   

1540  On July - 11 birth of adolf van Nassau, German son of Willem the Rich/Juliana of Stolberg   

1558  Robert Greene, Elizabethan dramatist (Friar Bacon) was born on this day in history.   

1561  On July - 11 birth of luis de Góngora, Spanish poet (d. 1627)   

1603  Kenelm Digby, English privateer (d. 1665) was born on July - 11.   

1628  Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese warlord (d. 1701) was born on this day in history.   

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

0155  On this day in history pius I, bishop of Rome (approx 140-155)/saint/martyr, dies   

0472  Death of Anthemius, Emperor of the Western Roman Empire on July - 11.   

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

0969  On July - 11 death of olga of Kiev   

1174  On July - 11 amalrik I, [Morri], French King of Jerusalem, dies   

1183  On this day in history death of otto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria   

1302  Jacques de Châtillon, count of Saint-Pol/gov of Flaanders, dies on this day in history.   

1382  On this day in history nicholas van Oresme, French philosopher/bishop of Lisieux, dies at 62