What Happened on July 11
Historical Events
- 1405 Chinese fleet commander Zheng He sets sail on his first major expedition, to the Spice Islands, leading 208 vessels, including 62 treasure ships with 27,800 sailors
- 1533 Pope Clement VII excommunicates England's King Henry VIII
- 1818 English poet John Keats writes "In the Cottage Where Burns is Born", "Lines Written in the Highlands", and "Gadfly"
- 1877 Kate Edger becomes New Zealand’s first woman graduate and first woman in the British Empire to earn a Bachelor of Arts
- 1944 Franklin Roosevelt announces that he will run for a fourth term as President of the United States
- 1995 More than 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys are massacred by Bosnian Serbs after they overrun the UN 'safe haven' of Srebrenica on directive of Radovan Karadžić
- More Historical Events
Jul 11 in Film & TV
- 1967 "The Newlywed Game" premieres in the US on ABC TV
- 2013 "Orange Is the New Black" premieres on Netflix starring Taylor Schilling, first series to be nominated for comedy and drama Emmy awards
Jul 11 in Music
- 1969 David Bowie releases the single "Space Oddity" 9 days before Apollo 11 lands on the moon
Jul 11 in Sport
- 1900 Charlotte Cooper beats Hélène Prévost to become the 1st female Olympic tennis champion and the 1st individual female Olympic champion in any sport
Did You Know?
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee is first published by J. B. Lippincott & Co.
On July 11, 1960
Robert the Bruce
John Quincy Adams
E. B. White
Yul Brynner
Leon Spinks
Giorgio ArmaniFamous Weddings
- 1867 Businesswoman Hetty Green (32) weds Edward Henry Green
- 1877 Scientist and inventor Alexander Graham Bell (30) weds Mabel Hubbard (19) at the Hubbard estate in Cambridge, Massachusetts
- 1895 Dutch exotic dancer, courtesan and accused spy Mata Hari (18) weds Dutch colonial army Captain Rudolph MacLeod in Amsterdam
More Weddings
Nathaniel Niles
George Gershwin
Aga Khan III
Owen D. Young
Laurence Olivier
Gary KildallArticles, Photos and Quiz
Spiderman! Web Feat Inspires Woebegone Warrior
Battle-weary, defeated and dejected, it took a spider to convince Robert the Bruce, born on this day, that his cause was not lost.
July 11, 1274
The Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior
The Rainbow Warrior sunk in Auckland harbour
July 11, 1985
Weekly Quiz for July 8-14
Test your knowledge of historical events and famous people in our multi-choice, weekly history quiz for July 8-14. Then challenge your friends!
