Historical Events In July - 11

1960  On July - 11 ivory Coast, Dahomey, Upper Volta & Niger declare independence   

1960  On this day in history ivory Coast, Niger, Upper Volta and Dahomey all become independent   

1960  On July - 11 28th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-3 at Municipal Stadium, KC   

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  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  1st transatlantic TV transmission via satellite (Telstar I) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 July - 11.   

1967  On this day in history kenny Rogers forms first Edition   

1967  On this day in history 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.   

1969  David Bowie releases "Space Oddity" on this day in history.   

1969  Rolling Stones release "Honky Tonk Woman" on July - 11.   

1971  On July - 11 carleton Young actor (Court of Last Resorts), dies at 64   

1971  On this day in history carleton Young, actor (Court of Last Resorts), dies at 64   

1973  Isabel Randolph actress (Mrs Nester-Our Miss Brooks), dies at 83 on July - 11.   

1973  Alexander Vasilyevich Mosolov, Russian composer (Zavod), dies at 72 on July - 11.   

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 this day in history l Chernykh discovers asteroid #2489 Suvorov   

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

1976  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 on this day in history.   

1977  On July - 11 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 July - 11 uS Skylab enters atmosphere over Australia & disintegrates   

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  On this day in history boleslaw Woytowicz, composer, dies at 80   

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

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1274  On this day in history birth of robert Bruce, King of Scotland (1306-29)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1561  Luis de Góngora, Spanish poet (d. 1627) was born on this day in history.   

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

1628  On July - 11 birth of tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese warlord (d. 1701)   

1657  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

0969  On July - 11 death of olga of Kiev   

1174  On this day in history amalrik I, [Morri], French King of Jerusalem, dies   

1183  On July - 11 death of otto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria   

1302  Jacques de Châtillon, count of Saint-Pol/gov of Flaanders, dies on July - 11.   

1382  Nicholas van Oresme, French philosopher/bishop of Lisieux, dies at 62 on this day in history.