11TH
JULY
NATIONAL DAY OF MONGOLIA.
FEAST DAY OF
"ST BENEDICT; ST JOHN OF BERGAMO; ST
DROSTAN; ST OLGA; & ST HIDULF." |
| 11TH |
1533 |
POPE, "CLEMENT VII" EXCOMMUNICATED ENGLAND’S
"KING HENRY VIII" FOR DIVORCING "CATHERINE OF ARAGON" & AFTERWARD
MARRYING "ANNE BOLEYN." |
| 11TH |
1798 |
U.S. MARINE CORPS ARE FORMED. |
| 11TH |
1812 |
U.S. INVADES CANADA ON THE DETROIT FRONTIER. |
| 11TH |
1836 |
"THOMAS PETTY" OPENS
PETTY’S HOTEL IN YORK STREET, SYDNEY. |
| 11TH |
1901 |
"ANTHONY HORDERN’S & SONS" SYDNEY STORE
WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED BY FIRE; 1 WORKER TRAPPED BY THE FLAMES JUMPED 150 ft TO HIS DEATH. |
| 11TH |
1955 |
U.S. CONGRESS AUTHORISES ALL U.S.
CURRENCY TO SAY, "IN GOD WE TRUST." |
| 11TH |
1956 |
AMERICAN POP ARTIST, "JACKSON POLLOCK" 44, DIES
INSTANTLY OF A FRACTURED SKULL WHEN HIS CAR HIT AN OAK TREE NEAR EAST HAMPTON, NEW YORK. |
| 11TH |
1962 |
U.S. SCUBA DIVER, "FRED
BALDASARE" SWAM THE ENGLISH CHANNEL UNDERWATER. |
| 11TH |
1966 |
THE ARBITRATION COMMISSION INTRODUCES A MINIMUM WAGE FOR
ADULT MALE EMPLOYEES UNDER FEDERAL AWARDS. |
| 11TH |
1967 |
"DAME MARGOT FONTEYN" AND
"RUDOLPH NUREYEV" ARE ARRESTED IN SAN FRANCISCO WHEN POLICE RAIDED A MARIJUANA
PARTY; CHARGES WERE LATER DROPPED. |
| 11TH |
1967 |
"KENNY ROGERS" FORMS "1st EDITION." |
| 11TH |
1973 |
AT LEAST 124 PEOPLE DIE WHEN A
BRAZILIAN VARIG AIRLINES BOEING 707 CRASHES JUST BEFORE LANDING AT ORLY AIRPORT, PARIS. |
| 11TH |
1974 |
"SIR JOHN KERR" IS APPOINTED GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF
AUSTRALIA ON THIS "GOUGH WHITLAMS" 58th BIRTHDAY. |
| 11TH |
1975 |
6,000 LIFE SIZE TERRACOTTA STATUES ARE
DISCOVERED IN THE ANCIENT CITY OF XI’AN. IT IS THOUGHT
THEY WERE MADE TO GUARD THE TOMB OF EMPEROR, "QIN SHIHAUGDI" WHO DIED IN 206bc |
| 11TH |
1977 |
THE GAY NEWS IN BRITAIN, WAS FINED 1,000 POUNDS FOR
PUBLISHING A POEM WHICH PORTRAYED JESUS AS A HOMOSEXUAL. |
| 11TH |
1978 |
A GAS EXPLOSION AT A SPANISH CAMP SITE
KILLS 188 HOLIDAY MAKERS & HORRIFICALLY INJURES 200. |
| 11TH |
1979 |
"SKYLAB" THE 77 TON UNMANNED U.S. SPACE STATION
BREAKS UP IN EARTHS ATMOSPHERE AND SCATTERS DEBRIS OVER THE INDIAN OCEAN AND THE DESERT OF
SOUTH WESTERN AUSTRALIA. |
| 11TH |
1982 |
AT LEAST 120 PEOPLE DIE WHEN THE
‘LA BALA’ (BULLETT TRAIN) RUNS OFF THE TRACK IN MEXICO AND CRASHES INTO A
MOUNTAIN RAVINE NEAR TEPIC. |
| 11TH |
1987 |
‘BOB HAWKE’ WINS A THIRD CONSECUTIVE TERM AS PRIME
MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA. |
| 11TH |
1990 |
NEW YORK CITY POLICE ARREST THE
‘DARTMAN’ WHO STABBED OVER 50 WOMEN WITH DARTS. |
| 11TH |
1996 |
THE AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT APPROVES AN INCREASE IN
WOODCHIP EXPORTS. |
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