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July 11, 1999 20th U.S. Seniors Golf Open: at Des Moines GC, W Des Moines, Iowa July 11, 1995 66th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-2 at Ballpark at Arlington, Texas July 11, 1995 All star MVP: Jeff Conine (Florida Marlins) July 11, 1993 14th U.S. Seniors Golf Open: Jack Nicklaus July 11, 1993 Nancy Lopez wins Youngstown-Warren LPGA Golf Classic July 11, 1992 President candidate Ross Perot at NAACP speech calls them "you people" July 11, 1991 Calumet Farm, home to 8 Kentucky Derby winners, files bankruptcy July 11, 1991 Nigerian DC-8 crashes near Saudi-Arabia, 261 die July 11, 1991 Total solar eclipse is seen in Hawaii July 11, 1990 New York City police arrest "Dartman" (stabbed over 50 women with darts) July 11, 1989 60th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 5-3 at Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim All star MVP: Bo Jackson (Kansas City Royals) July 11, 1989 President Ronald Reagan sportscasts All Star Game July 11, 1988 Mike Tyson hires Donald Trump as an advisor July 11, 1987 Heart's "Alone," single goes #1 for 3 weeks July 11, 1987 Orioles Cal Ripkin becomes 1st to manage 2 sons, as Billy joins Cal July 11, 1986 Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway runs 10,000 m in world record 30:13.74 July 11, 1986 Maricica Puica of Romania runs 2,000 m in 5:28.69 (record for women) July 11, 1986 Mary Beth Whitehead christens surrogate Baby M, Sara July 11, 1985 Astros' Nolan Ryan, 1st to strike out 4000 (Mets' Danny Heep) July 11, 1985 Refurbished Columbia moves overland from Palmdale to Dryden July 11, 1985 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. July 11, 1984 55th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-1 at Candlestick Park, San Francisco July 11, 1984 All star MVP: Gary Carter, Mont Expos July 11, 1984 England's MusicBox begins satellite transmission to Europe July 11, 1984 Government orders air bags or seat belts would be required in cars by 1989 July 11, 1984 Lucas Mangope re-elected president of Bophuthatswana July 11, 1983 Lorraine Elizabeth Downes, 19, of NZ, crowned 32nd Miss Universe July 11, 1982 "7 Brides for 7 Brothers" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 5 performances July 11, 1982 3rd U.S. Seniors Golf Open: Miller Barber July 11, 1982 Hollis Stacy wins West Virginia LPGA Golf Classic July 11, 1982 Italy beats West Germany 3-1 for soccer's 12th World Cup in Madrid July 11, 1981 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island July 11, 1981 Neva Rockefeller is 1st woman ordered to pay her husband alimony July 11, 1981 Sebastian Coe of U.K. sets record for 1K (2:12.18) July 11, 1980 American hostage Richard I Queen freed by Iran July 11, 1979 U.S. Skylab enters atmosphere over Australia and disintegrates July 11, 1978 49th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-3 at San Diego Stadium July 11, 1978 All star MVP: Steve Garvey, Los Angeles Dodgers July 11, 1978 Auto with liquid gas crashes and explodes in Spain, 160 killed July 11, 1977 Medal of Freedom awarded posthumously to Rev Martin Luther King Jr July 11, 1976 1st U.S. football club in Austria forms (FAAFC-1st Austrian American) July 11, 1976 31st U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by JoAnne Carner July 11, 1976 France performs nuclear test at Muruora Island July 11, 1976 In pre-game promo at Atlanta County Stadium, 34 couples wed at home plate followed by Championship Wrestling "Headlocks and Wedlocks" July 11, 1975 Chinese archeologists discover a 3-acre burial site with 6,000 clay statues of warriors dating as early as 221 BC July 11, 1974 House Judiciary Committee releases evidence on Watergate inquiry July 11, 1974 World Football League plays 1st games July 11, 1973 Brazilian Boeing 707 crashes near Paris, 122 killed July 11, 1971 Chilean parliament nationalizes U.S. copper mines July 11, 1971 Jane Blalock wins LPGA George Washington Golf Classic July 11, 1971 Phillies Deron Johnson 3 home runs caps his 4 in a row July 11, 1969 David Bowie releases "Space Oddity" July 11, 1969 Rolling Stones release "Honky Tonk Woman" July 11, 1968 Earl Weaver replaces Hank Bauer as manager of Orioles July 11, 1968 Start of Colin Cowdrey's 100th Test, 1st person to do so July 11, 1967 38th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 2-1 in 15 at Anaheim Stadium, CA July 11, 1967 All star MVP: Tony Perez (Cin Reds) July 11, 1967 Kenny Rogers forms 1st Edition July 11, 1965 Israeli Mapai-party nominates David Ben-Gurion July 11, 1965 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Lady Carling Midwest Golf Open July 11, 1963 South-African ANC Walter Sisulu/Andrew Mlangeni/Govan Mbeki arrested July 11, 1962 1st transatlantic TV transmission via satellite (Telstar I) July 11, 1962 Brothers Hank and Tommie Aaron homer in same inning July 11, 1962 Cosmonaut Micolaev set then record longest space flight - 4 days July 11, 1962 Fred Baldasare is 1st to swim English Channel underwater (scuba) July 11, 1962 U.S. performs atmospheric nuclear test at Christmas Island July 11, 1962 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site July 11, 1961 30th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-4 in 10 at Candlestick Pk, SF July 11, 1961 Gene Kiniski beats Verne Gagne in Minneapolis, to become NWA champ July 11, 1960 28th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 5-3 at Municipal Stadium, KC July 11, 1960 Czechoslovakia adopts Constitution July 11, 1960 Ivory Coast, Dahomey, Upper Volta and Niger declare independence July 11, 1960 Moise Tsjombe declares Congolese county Katanga independence July 11, 1955 Congress authorizes all U.S. currency to say "In God We Trust" July 11, 1955 New USAF Academy dedicated at Lowry AFB in Colorado with 300 cadets July 11, 1954 1st White Citizens Council organizes in Indianola, Miss July 11, 1952 General Eisenhower nominated as Republican presidential candidate July 11, 1950 17th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-3 in 14 at Comiskey Park, Chic Ted Williams breaks his elbow; 1st extra inning All Star Game July 11, 1948 1st air bombing of Jerusalem July 11, 1946 Kingman Douglass, ends term as deputy director of CIA July 11, 1944 12th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-1 at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh July 11, 1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt says he would run for a 4th term July 11, 1943 7th day of battle at Kursk July 11, 1943 Counter attack by Hermann Goering Armour division in Sicily July 11, 1943 U.S. 45th Division occupies airport Comiso, Sicily July 11, 1943 U.S. 82nd Airborne division shot at, by "friendly fire" in Sicily July 11, 1941 German troops attack Dnjepr July 11, 1940 British and German dogfight above Lyme Bay July 11, 1939 7th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Yankee Stadium, New York New York Yankee/AL maanager Joe McCarthy starts 6 Yankees July 11, 1936 Triborough Bridge linking Manhattan, Bronx and Queens opens July 11, 1934 Franklin D. Roosevelt became 1st President to travel through Panama Canal July 11, 1931 New York Giants beat Phillies 23-8 July 11, 1930 Bradman scores 309 in a day vs England at Leeds, goes on to 334 July 11, 1925 Queen Wilhelmina names H Colijn head of government July 11, 1924 Moslem-Hindu rebellion in Delhi July 11, 1923 Harry Frazee, sells Red Sox to Ohio businessmen for $1M July 11, 1921 Mongolia gains independence from China (National Day) July 11, 1919 Dutch 2nd chamber approves 8-hour day/No Sunday work July 11, 1916 1st federal grant-in-aid for state roads enacted July 11, 1916 Congress passes Federal Aid Road Act July 11, 1915 Germany cruiser Konigsberg sinks off Dar-es-Salam July 11, 1914 Babe Ruth debuts as a pitcher for Boston Red Sox, he beats Cleveland 4-3 July 11, 1905 Black intellectuals and activists organize Niagara movement July 11, 1905 Niagara Movement founded by W. E. B. Dubois July 11, 1902 British premier Lord Salisbury resigns July 11, 1900 Boer general De la Rey captures Scots Greys and Lincolns July 11, 1897 Solomon Andree leaves Spitsbergen by balloon towards North Pole July 11, 1895 Auguste and Louis Lumiere show film for scientists July 11, 1892 U.S. Patent Office says J. W. Swan, rather than Thomas Edison, invented the electric light carbon for the incandescent lamp July 11, 1889 Tijuana in Mexico becomes a city July 11, 1888 118 degrees F (48 degrees C), Bennett, Colorado (state record) July 11, 1888 Pennsylvania's Monongehela River rises 32' after 24 hour rainfall July 11, 1882 British fleet bombs Alexandria July 11, 1864 Battle of Fort Stevens, DC (Early's Raid, Tennallytown, MD) July 11, 1864 Confederate forces led by Gen J Early begin invasion of Washington D.C. July 11, 1863 Japanese battle cruiser shoots at Dutch warship Medusa, kills 4 July 11, 1862 Lincoln appoints General Halleck general-in-chief July 11, 1861 Battle of Laurel Mountain Virginia - Gen Morris forces retreat of rebels July 11, 1861 Battle of Rich Mountain, Virginia - Rosecrans forces rebels to surrender July 11, 1859 Charles Dickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities" is published July 11, 1848 Edmund Hickly gets 1st known 10 wicket innings (Kent vs. England) July 11, 1848 London's Waterloo Station opens July 11, 1818 Keats writes "In the Cottage Where Burns is Born," "Lines Written in the Highlands," and "Gadfly" July 11, 1812 U.S. invades Canada (Detroit frontier) July 11, 1801 French astronomer Jean-Louis Pons discovers his 1st comet July 11, 1792 Prussia army moves into French territory July 11, 1789 U.S. Marine Corps created by an act of Congress July 11, 1781 Thomas Hutchins designated Geographer of US July 11, 1740 Czarina Anne of Little Russia, expels Jews July 11, 1740 Jews are expelled from Little Russia by order of Czarina Anne July 11, 1708 Battle at Oudenaarde: Great Alliance beats France July 11, 1690 Battle of Drogheda Boyne (Willem III (Neth-Engl) beat Jacobus II (Ire) July 11, 1673 Netherlands and Denmark signs defense treaty July 11, 1635 Armies of Savoye/Mantua/Parma occupy Milan July 11, 1588 French king Henri III accept demands of Catholic League July 11, 1533 Pope Clement VII excommunicated England's King Henry VIII July 11, 1525 Trial against "heretic" John Pistorius at The Hague July 11, 1423 Arnold van Egmont becomes duke of Gelre July 11, 1376 English "Good Parliament" meets July 11, 1347 Bohemia heir to the throne elected German anti-king Charles IV July 11, 1302 Battle of Kortrijk Belgium (France vs Flanders) July 11, 1302 Guldensporen battle of Belgium July 11, 1244 Chwarizneense Turken defeats Jerusalem |