Today is Thursday, July 11, the 193rd day of the yr 2024. There are 173 days left within the yr.
Today’s highlight of the story:
On July 11, 1995, the town of Srebrenica (sreh-breh-NEET'-sah) in Bosnia and Herzegovina, designated as a “safe haven” by the UN, fell to Bosnian Serb forces, who subsequently killed greater than 8,000 Muslim men and boys.
Also on this date:
In 1798, the U.S. Marine Corps was officially re-established by an act of Congress, which also established the U.S. Marine Band.
In 1804, Vice President Aaron Burr fatally wounded former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton during a pistol duel in Weehawken, New Jersey. (Hamilton died the following day.)
In 1859, Big Ben, the massive bell in London’s famous clock tower, rang for the primary time.
In 1864, Confederate forces under General Jubal Early began an unsuccessful invasion of Washington, DC, but turned back the following day.
In 1914, Babe Ruth made his Major League Baseball debut, leading the Boston Red Sox to a 4-3 victory over Cleveland.
In 1921, the fighting within the Irish War of Independence ended with a ceasefire.
In 1960, Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird was published.
In 1972, the World Chess Championship opened in Reykjavik, Iceland, with matches between grandmasters Bobby Fischer of the USA and defending champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union. (Fischer won after 21 games.)
In 1979, the abandoned US space station Skylab made a spectacular return to Earth, burning up within the atmosphere and raining down debris over the Indian Ocean and Australia.
In 1991, a Nigeria Airways DC-8 carrying Muslim pilgrims crashed at Jeddah International Airport in Saudi Arabia, killing all 261 people on board.
In 2006, eight bombs hit the commuter rail network in Mumbai, India, through the evening rush hour, killing over 200 people.
In 2022, President Joe Biden released the primary image from NASA's latest space telescope. It was probably the most distant image in time and space that humanity had ever seen, closer to the dawn of the universe and the sting of the cosmos.
Today's birthdays:
- Fashion designer Giorgio Armani is 90.
- Actress Susan Seaforth Hayes is 81.
- Actor Bruce McGill is 74.
- Actor Stephen Lang is 72.
- Actress Mindy Sterling is 71.
- Actress Sela Ward is 68.
- Reggae singer Michael Rose (Black Uhuru) is 67.
- Singer Peter Murphy (Bauhaus) is 67.
- Actor Mark Lester is 66.
- Saxophonist Kirk Whalum is 66.
- Singer Suzanne Vega is 65.
- Rock guitarist Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi) is 65.
- Actress Lisa Rinna is 61.
- The writer Jhumpa Lahiri is 57.
- Wildlife expert Jeff Corwin is 57.
- Actor Justin Chambers (TV: “Grey's Anatomy”) is 54.
- Actor Michael Rosenbaum (TV: “Smallville”) is 52.
- Rapper Lil' Kim is 50.
- US Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona is 49.
- Andre Johnson, a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, is 43.
- Pop-jazz singer and musician Peter Cincotti is 41.
- Actress Serinda Swan is 40.
- Actor David Henrie is 35.
- Actor Connor Paolo is 34.
- Tennis player Caroline Wozniacki is 34.
- R&B/pop singer Alessia Cara is 28.
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