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{{pp-move}} {{pp-pc}} {{calendar}} {{This date in recent years}} {{Day}} ==Events== ===Pre-1600=== * [[813]] – Byzantine emperor [[Michael I Rangabe|Michael I]], under threat by conspiracies, abdicates in favor of his general [[Leo V the Armenian|Leo the Armenian]], and becomes a [[monk]] (under the name Athanasius). *[[AD 911|911]] – Signing of the [[Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte]] between [[Charles the Simple]] and [[Rollo]] of Normandy. *[[1174]] – [[Baldwin IV]], 13, becomes [[King of Jerusalem]], with [[Raymond III, Count of Tripoli]] as regent and [[William of Tyre]] as chancellor. *[[1302]] – [[Battle of the Golden Spurs]] (''Guldensporenslag'' in Dutch): A coalition around the [[Flanders|Flemish]] cities defeats the king of France's royal army. *[[1346]] – [[Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles IV]], [[Count of Luxembourg]] and [[King of Bohemia]], is elected [[King of the Romans]]. *[[1405]] – [[Ming dynasty|Ming]] admiral [[Zheng He]] sets sail [[Ming treasure voyages|to explore the world]] for the first time. *[[1410]] – [[Ottoman Interregnum]]: [[Süleyman Çelebi]] [[Battle of Edirne (1410)|defeats]] his brother [[Musa Çelebi]] outside the Ottoman capital, [[Edirne]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Kastritsis | first = Dimitris | title = The Sons of Bayezid: Empire Building and Representation in the Ottoman Civil War of 1402–13 | publisher = BRILL | year = 2007 | isbn = 978-90-04-15836-8 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=u_evCQAAQBAJ | pages=152–153}}</ref> *[[1476]] – [[Pope Julius II|Giuliano della Rovere]] is appointed bishop of [[Coutances]]. *[[1576]] – While exploring the [[Atlantic Ocean#Northern Atlantic|North Atlantic Ocean]] in an attempt to find the [[Northwest Passage]], [[Martin Frobisher]] sights [[Greenland]], mistaking it for the hypothesized (but non-existent) island of "Frisland".<ref>{{cite book|last=McGhee|first=Robert|title=The Arctic Voyages of Martin Frobisher: An Elizabethan Adventure|location=Montréal|publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press|date=2006|isbn=9780773531550|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1mVg8wU_TsgC|pages=42–43}}</ref> ===1601–1900=== *[[1616]] – [[Samuel de Champlain]] returns to [[Quebec]]. *[[1735]] – Mathematical calculations suggest that it is on this day that [[dwarf planet]] [[Pluto]] moved inside the orbit of [[Neptune]] for the last time before 1979. *[[1789]] – [[Jacques Necker]] is dismissed as France's Finance Minister sparking the [[Storming of the Bastille]]. *[[1796]] – The United States takes possession of [[Detroit]] from [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]] under terms of the [[Jay Treaty]]. *[[1798]] – The [[United States Marine Corps]] is re-established; they had been disbanded after the [[American Revolutionary War]]. *[[1801]] – French astronomer [[Jean-Louis Pons]] makes his first [[comet]] discovery. In the next 27 years he discovers another 36 comets, more than any other person in history. *[[1804]] – [[Burr–Hamilton duel|A duel occurs]] in which the [[Vice President of the United States]] [[Aaron Burr]] mortally wounds former [[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]] [[Alexander Hamilton]]. *[[1833]] – [[Noongar]] [[Indigenous Australians|Australian aboriginal]] warrior [[Yagan]], wanted for the murder of white colonists in Western Australia, is killed. *[[1836]] – ''[[The Fly-fisher's Entomology]]'' is published by [[Alfred Ronalds]]. The book transformed the sport and went to many editions.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Ronalds |first=B.F. |title=Alfred Ronalds: Angler, Artisan and Australian Pioneer |publisher=Medlar Press |year=2022}}</ref> *[[1848]] – [[London Waterloo station|Waterloo]] railway station in London opens. *[[1864]] – [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Fort Stevens]]; [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] forces attempt to invade Washington, D.C. *[[1882]] – The British [[Mediterranean Fleet]] begins the [[Bombardment of Alexandria]] in Egypt as part of the [[Anglo-Egyptian War]]. *[[1889]] – [[Tijuana]], Mexico, is founded. *[[1893]] – The first cultured [[pearl]] is obtained by [[Mikimoto Kōkichi|Kōkichi Mikimoto]]. * 1893 – A [[revolution]] led by the liberal general and politician [[José Santos Zelaya]] takes over state power in [[Nicaragua]]. *[[1897]] – [[Salomon August Andrée]] leaves [[Spitsbergen]] to attempt to reach the [[North Pole]] by [[balloon]]. *[[1899]] – [[Fiat Automobiles|Fiat]] founded by [[Giovanni Agnelli]] in [[Turin, Italy]]. ===1901–present=== *[[1906]] – [[Murder of Grace Brown]] by [[Chester Gillette]] in the United States, inspiration for [[Theodore Dreiser]]'s ''[[An American Tragedy]]''. *[[1914]] – [[Babe Ruth]] makes his debut in [[Major League Baseball]]. * 1914 – The US Navy launches the {{USS|Nevada|BB-36}} as its first [[standard-type battleship]]. *[[1919]] – The [[eight-hour day]] and free Sunday become law for workers in the Netherlands. *[[1920]] – In the [[East Prussian plebiscite]] the local populace decides to remain with [[Weimar Republic|Weimar Germany]]. *[[1921]] – A truce in the [[Irish War of Independence]] comes into effect. * 1921 – The [[Red Army]] captures [[Mongolia]] from the [[White movement#Structure|White Army]] and establishes the [[Mongolian People's Republic]]. * 1921 – Former [[president of the United States]] [[William Howard Taft]] is sworn in as 10th [[Chief Justice of the United States|chief justice]] of the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]], becoming the only person ever to hold both offices. *[[1922]] – The [[Hollywood Bowl]] opens.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Hollywood Bowl: The Story of an L.A. Icon {{!}} Discover Los Angeles|url=https://www.discoverlosangeles.com/things-to-do/the-hollywood-bowl-the-story-of-an-la-icon|access-date=2021-07-13|website=www.discoverlosangeles.com|language=en}}</ref> *[[1924]] – [[Eric Liddell]] won the gold medal in 400m at the 1924 Paris Olympics, after refusing to run in the heats for 100m, his favoured distance, on a Sunday. *[[1934]] – [[Engelbert Zaschka]] of Germany flies his large [[human-powered aircraft]], the ''Zaschka Human-Power Aircraft'', about 20 meters at [[Berlin Tempelhof Airport]] without [[assisted take-off]]. *[[1936]] – The [[Triborough Bridge]] in New York City is opened to traffic. *[[1940]] – [[World War II]]: [[Vichy France]] regime is formally established. [[Philippe Pétain]] becomes Chief of the French State. *[[1941]] – The [[Northern Rhodesian Labour Party]] holds its first congress in [[Nkana]]. *[[1943]] – [[Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia]] by the [[Ukrainian Insurgent Army]] within the [[Reichskommissariat Ukraine]] ([[Volhynia]]) peak. * 1943 – World War II: [[Allied invasion of Sicily]]: [[Nazi Germany|German]] and Italian troops launch a [[Battle of Gela (1943)|counter-attack]] on [[Allies of World War II|Allied forces]] in [[Sicily]]. *[[1947]] – The ''[[SS Exodus|Exodus 1947]]'' heads to Palestine from France. *[[1950]] – [[Pakistan]] joins the [[International Monetary Fund]] and the International Bank. *[[1957]] – Prince Karim Husseini [[Aga Khan IV]] inherits the office of Imamat as the 49th Imam of Shia Imami [[Isma'ilism|Ismai'li]] worldwide, after the death of Sir Sultan Mahommed Shah [[Aga Khan III]]. *[[1960]] – France legislates for the independence of [[Republic of Dahomey|Dahomey]] (later [[Benin]]), [[Republic of Upper Volta|Upper Volta]] (later [[Burkina Faso]]) and [[Niger]]. * 1960 – [[Congo Crisis]]: The [[State of Katanga]] breaks away from the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]. * 1960 – ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird]]'' by [[Harper Lee]] is first published, in the United States. *[[1962]] – First transatlantic [[satellite television]] transmission. * 1962 – [[Project Apollo]]: At a press conference, [[NASA]] announces [[lunar orbit rendezvous]] as the means to land [[astronaut]]s on the Moon, and return them to Earth. *[[1971]] – The [[Chilean nationalization of copper|nationalization]] of all large [[Copper mining in Chile|copper mines in Chile]] is completed.<ref>{{Cite news |title=La Nacionalización del Cobre |url=https://www.bcn.cl/historiapolitica/archivohales/colecciones/v/participacion-politica-y-membresias/la-nacionalizacion-del-cobre. |access-date=2025-05-29 |work=Biblioteca del Congreso Nacional de Chile: Archivo Alejandro Hales Jamarne |language=es}}</ref> *[[1972]] – The first game of the [[World Chess Championship 1972]] between challenger [[Bobby Fischer]] and defending champion [[Boris Spassky]] starts. *[[1973]] – [[Varig Flight 820]] crashes near [[Paris]] on approach to [[Orly Airport]], killing 123 of the 134 on board. In response, the [[Federal Aviation Administration|FAA]] bans smoking in airplane lavatories. *[[1977]] – [[Martin Luther King Jr.]], [[Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.|assassinated in 1968]], is awarded the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]]. *[[1978]] – [[Los Alfaques disaster]]: A truck carrying liquid gas crashes and explodes at a coastal campsite in [[Tarragona]], Spain killing 216 tourists. *[[1979]] – America's first space station, ''[[Skylab]]'', is destroyed as it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean. *[[1982]] – The [[Italy National Football Team]] defeats [[West Germany national football team results|West Germany]] at [[Santiago Bernabéu Stadium]] to capture the [[1982 FIFA World Cup Final|1982 FIFA World Cup]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=1982 FIFA World Cup Spain™|url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup/origin1904-p.cxm.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup/1982spain|access-date=2021-11-27|website=www.fifa.com|language=en}}</ref> *[[1983]] – A [[TAME]] airline [[Boeing 737|Boeing 737–200]] [[1983 TAME Boeing 737 crash|crashes]] near [[Cuenca, Ecuador]], killing all 119 passengers and crew on board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=1983070229-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-2V2 HC-BIG Cuenca|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-07-06}}</ref> *[[1990]] – [[Oka Crisis]]: [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] land dispute in [[Quebec]] begins. *[[1991]] – [[Nigeria Airways Flight 2120]] crashes in [[Jeddah]], Saudi Arabia, killing all 261 passengers and crew on board. *[[1995]] – [[Yugoslav Wars]]: [[Srebrenica massacre]] begins; lasts until 22 July. *[[2006]] – [[2006 Mumbai train bombings|Mumbai train bombings]]: 209 people are killed in a series of bomb attacks in [[Mumbai]], India. *[[2010]] – The [[Islamism|Islamist]] militia group [[Al-Shabaab (militant group)|Al-Shabaab]] carries out [[2010 Kampala attacks|multiple suicide bombings]] in [[Kampala]], Uganda, killing 74 people and injuring 85 others. * 2010 – [[Spanish National Football Team|Spain]] defeats the [[Netherlands National Football Team|Netherlands]] to win the [[2010 FIFA World Cup]] in Johannesburg.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/worldcup/2010south-africa | title=2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa }}</ref> *[[2011]] – Ninety-eight containers of explosives [[Evangelos Florakis Naval Base explosion|self-detonate killing 13 people]] in [[Zygi]], Cyprus.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2011-07-11|title=Cyprus: Zygi naval base munitions blast kills 12|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-14102253|access-date=2021-07-13}}</ref> *[[2015]] – [[Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán]] escapes from the maximum security [[Federal Social Readaptation Center No. 1|Altiplano prison]] in Mexico, his second escape. *[[2021]] – [[Richard Branson]] becomes the first civilian to be launched into space via his [[Virgin Galactic]] spacecraft.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/science/virgin-galactics-branson-ready-space-launch-aboard-rocket-plane-2021-07-11/ |title=Billionaire Branson soars to space aboard Virgin Galactic flight|website=Reuters|access-date=2021-07-11}}</ref> ==Births== ===Pre-1600=== * [[154]] – [[Bardaisan]], Syrian astrologer, scholar, and philosopher (died 222) *[[1274]] – [[Robert the Bruce]], Scottish king (died 1329)<ref>{{cite book|author=G.W.S. Barrow|title=Robert Bruce|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UX-m_BdeUhoC&pg=PA37|year=1965|publisher=University of California Press|pages=37–|id=GGKEY:KAPF6W8J3A9}}</ref> *[[1406]] – [[William, Margrave of Hachberg-Sausenberg]] (died 1482) *[[1459]] – [[Kaspar, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken]], German nobleman (died 1527) *[[1558]] – [[Robert Greene (dramatist)|Robert Greene]], English author and playwright (died 1592) *[[1561]] – [[Luis de Góngora]], Spanish cleric and poet (died 1627) ===1601–1900=== *[[1603]] – [[Kenelm Digby]], English astrologer, courtier, and diplomat (died 1665) *[[1628]] – [[Tokugawa Mitsukuni]], Japanese daimyō (died 1701) *[[1653]] – [[Sarah Good (Salem witch trials)|Sarah Good]], American woman accused of [[witchcraft]] (died 1692) *[[1657]] – [[Frederick I of Prussia]] (died 1713) *[[1662]] – [[Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria]] (died 1726) *[[1709]] – [[Johan Gottschalk Wallerius]], Swedish chemist and mineralogist (died 1785) *[[1723]] – [[Jean-François Marmontel]], French historian and author (died 1799)<ref>{{cite book|author1=Ralph Griffiths|author2=George Edward Griffiths|title=The Monthly Review|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4Vra2qKjNrEC&pg=PT1|year=1801|publisher=R. Griffiths|pages=344}}</ref> *[[1754]] – [[Thomas Bowdler]], English physician and philanthropist (died 1825)<ref>{{cite book|author=Thomas Bowdler|title=Memoir of the Late John Bowdler, Esq: To which is Added Some Account of the Late Thomas Bowdler, Esq., Editor of The Family Shakspeare|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fwgEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA297|year=1825|publisher=Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green|pages=297}}</ref> *[[1760]] – [[Peggy Shippen]], American wife of [[Benedict Arnold]] and [[American Revolutionary War]] [[Espionage|spy]] (died 1804)<ref>{{cite book|title=The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography|url=https://archive.org/details/pennsylvaniamag25penngoog|year=1900|publisher=Publication Fund of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania|page=[https://archive.org/details/pennsylvaniamag25penngoog/page/n452 406]}}</ref> *[[1767]] – [[John Quincy Adams]], American lawyer and politician, 6th [[President of the United States]] (died 1848)<ref>{{cite book|author=William Henry Seward|title=Life and public services of John Quincy Adams: sixth president of the United States: with the eulogy delivered before the Legislature of New York|url=https://archive.org/details/lifeandpublicse01sewagoog|year=1860|publisher=C.M. Saxton, Barker & Co.|pages=[https://archive.org/details/lifeandpublicse01sewagoog/page/n27 22]}}</ref> *[[1826]] – [[Alexander Afanasyev]], Russian ethnographer and author (died 1871) *[[1832]] – [[Charilaos Trikoupis]], Greek lawyer and politician, 55th [[Prime Minister of Greece]] (died 1896) *[[1834]] – [[James Abbott McNeill Whistler]], American-English painter and illustrator (died 1903) *[[1836]] – [[Antônio Carlos Gomes]], Brazilian composer (died 1896) *[[1846]] – [[Léon Bloy]], French author and poet (died 1917) *[[1849]] – [[N. E. Brown]], English plant taxonomist and authority on succulents (died 1934) *[[1850]] – [[Annie Armstrong]], American missionary (died 1938) *[[1866]] – [[Princess Irene of Hesse and by Rhine]] (died 1953) *[[1875]] – [[H. M. Brock]], British painter and illustrator (died 1960) *[[1880]] – [[Friedrich Lahrs]], German architect and academic (died 1964) *[[1881]] – [[Isabel Martin Lewis]], American astronomer and author (died 1966) *[[1882]] – [[James Larkin White]], American miner, explorer, and park ranger (died 1946) *[[1886]] – [[Boris Grigoriev]], Russian painter and illustrator (died 1939) *[[1888]] – [[Carl Schmitt]], German philosopher and jurist (died 1985) *[[1892]] – [[Thomas Mitchell (actor)|Thomas Mitchell]], American actor, singer, and screenwriter (died 1962) *[[1894]] – [[Erna Mohr]], German zoologist (died 1968) *[[1895]] – [[Dorothy Wilde]], English author and poet (died 1941) *[[1897]] – [[Bull Connor]], American police officer (died 1973) *[[1899]] – [[Wilfrid Israel]], German businessman and philanthropist (died 1943) * 1899 – [[E. B. White]], American essayist and journalist (died 1985) ===1901–present=== *[[1901]] – [[Gwendolyn Lizarraga]], Belizean businesswoman, activist, and politician (died 1975)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nichbelize.org/|title=National Institute of Culture and History -|website=National Institute of Culture and History|language=en-US|format=PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425055719/http://www.nichbelize.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=25&Itemid=3|archive-date=25 April 2016|access-date=2019-01-02}}</ref> *[[1903]] – [[Rudolf Abel]], English-Russian colonel (died 1971) * 1903 – [[Sidney Franklin (bullfighter)|Sidney Franklin]], American bullfighter (died 1976) *[[1904]] – [[Niño Ricardo]], Spanish guitarist and composer (died 1972) *[[1905]] – [[Betty Allan]], Australian statistician and [[biometrician]] (died 1952)<ref>{{Citation|last=Heyde|first=C. C.|title=Allan, Frances Elizabeth (Betty) (1905–1952)|url=http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/allan-frances-elizabeth-betty-9330|work=Australian Dictionary of Biography|publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University|access-date=2019-08-02}}</ref> *[[1906]] – [[Harry von Zell]], American actor and announcer (died 1981) * 1906 – [[Herbert Wehner]], German politician, [[Minister of Intra-German Relations]] (died 1990) *[[1909]] – [[Irene Hervey]], American actress (died 1998) * 1909 – [[Jacques Clemens]], Dutch catholic priest (died 2018) *[[1910]] – [[Sally Blane]], American actress (died 1997) *[[1911]] – [[Erna Flegel]], German nurse who was still present in the ''[[Führerbunker]]'' when it was captured by Soviet troops (died 2006) *[[1912]] – [[Sergiu Celibidache]], Romanian conductor and composer (died 1996) * 1912 – [[Peta Taylor]], English cricketer (died 1989) * 1912 – [[William F. Walsh]], American captain and politician, 48th [[List of mayors of Syracuse, New York|Mayor of Syracuse]] (died 2011) *[[1913]] – [[Paul Gibb]], English cricketer (died 1977) * 1913 – [[Cordwainer Smith]], American sinologist, author, and academic (died 1966) *[[1915]] – [[Leonard Goodwin]], British protozoologist (died 2008)<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Peaker|first1=Malcolm|last2=Ogilvie|first2=Dame Bridget M.|date=2021|title=Leonard George Goodwin. 11 July 1915—25 November 2008|journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society|volume=71|pages=213–227 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.2020.0050 |s2cid=233412239 |doi-access=free}}</ref> *[[1916]] – [[Mortimer Caplin]], American tax attorney, educator, and IRS Commissioner (died 2019) * 1916 – [[Hans Maier]], Dutch water polo player (died 2018) * 1916 – [[Alexander Prokhorov]], Australian-Russian physicist and academic, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 2002) * 1916 – [[Reg Varney]], English actor and screenwriter (died 2008) * 1916 – [[Gough Whitlam]], Australian lieutenant, lawyer, and politician, 21st [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (died 2014) *[[1918]] – [[Venetia Burney]], English educator, who named [[Pluto]] (died 2009) * 1918 – [[Roy Krenkel]], American illustrator (died 1983)<ref>{{cite web|title=Krenkel, Roy G|website=Encyclopedia of Science Fiction|date=September 12, 2022|accessdate=January 29, 2024|url=https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/krenkel_roy_g}}</ref> *[[1920]] – [[Yul Brynner]], Russian actor and dancer (died 1985) * 1920 – [[Zecharia Sitchin]], Russian-American author (died 2010) *[[1922]] – [[Gene Evans]], American actor (died 1998) * 1922 – [[Fritz Riess]], German-Swiss racing driver (died 1991) *[[1923]] – [[Richard Pipes]], Polish-American historian and academic (died 2018) * 1923 – [[Tun Tun]], Indian actress and comedian (died 2003)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/jan/08/guardianobituaries.india|title=Obituary: Tun Tun|last=Pandya|first=Haresh|date=2004-01-08|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-02-24|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> *[[1924]] – [[César Lattes]], Brazilian physicist and academic (died 2005) * 1924 – [[Brett Somers]], Canadian-American actress and singer (died 2007) * 1924 – [[Charlie Tully]], Northern Irish footballer and manager (died 1971) * 1924 – [[Oscar Wyatt]], American businessman *[[1925]] – [[Charles Chaynes]], French composer (died 2016) * 1925 – [[Nicolai Gedda]], Swedish operatic tenor (died 2017) * 1925 – [[Peter Kyros]], American lawyer and politician (died 2012) * 1925 – [[Sid Smith (ice hockey)|Sid Smith]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2004) *[[1926]] – [[Frederick Buechner]], American minister, theologian, and author (died 2022) *[[1927]] – [[Theodore Maiman]], American-Canadian physicist and engineer (died 2007) * 1927 – [[Chris Leonard]], English footballer (died 1987)<ref>{{Hugman|11599| Chris Leonard}}</ref> * 1927 – [[Herbert Blomstedt]], Swedish conductor<ref>[http://www.sfsymphony.org/About-Us/Musicians-Conductors/Herbert-Blomstedt Herbert Blomstedt] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122222753/http://www.sfsymphony.org/About-Us/Musicians-Conductors/Herbert-Blomstedt |date=22 January 2013 }}</ref> *[[1928]] – [[Greville Janner, Baron Janner of Braunstone]], Welsh-English lawyer and politician (died 2015) * 1928 – [[Bobo Olson]], American boxer (died 2002) * 1928 – [[Andrea Veneracion]], Filipina choirmaster (died 2014) *[[1929]] – [[Danny Flores]], American singer-songwriter and saxophonist (died 2006) * 1929 – [[David Kelly (actor)|David Kelly]], Irish actor (died 2012) *[[1930]] – [[Jack Alabaster]], New Zealand cricketer (died 2024) * 1930 – [[Harold Bloom]], American literary critic (died 2019) * 1930 – [[Mike Foster (American politician)|Mike Foster]], American politician, 53rd [[Governor of Louisiana]] (died 2020)<ref name="mjfoster">{{cite web |last=Halter|first=Jon C. |date=Sep 2002 |url=http://www.scoutingmagazine.org/issues/0209/a-cele.html |title=Speakers Recall Lessons Learned From Scouting |work=[[Scouting (magazine)|Scouting]] |publisher=Boy Scouts of America |access-date=April 23, 2008}}</ref> * 1930 – [[Trevor Storer]], English businessman, founded [[Pukka Pies]] (died 2013) * 1930 – [[Ezra Vogel]], American sociologist (died 2020)<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/ezra-vogel-dead/2020/12/21/fc66a080-43a0-11eb-a277-49a6d1f9dff1_story.html Ezra Vogel, Harvard scholar who bridged U.S. and East Asia, dies at 90] The Washington Post. December 22, 2020. Retrieved January 22, 2021.</ref> *[[1931]] – [[Dick Gray]], American baseball player (died 2013) * 1931 – [[Thurston Harris]], American doo-wop singer (died 1990) * 1931 – [[Tab Hunter]], American actor and singer (died 2018) * 1931 – [[Tullio Regge]], Italian physicist and academic (died 2014) *[[1932]] – [[Alex Hassilev]], French-born American folk singer and musician (died 2024) * 1932 – [[Jean-Guy Talbot]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2024) *[[1933]] – [[Jim Carlen]], American football player and coach (died 2012) * 1933 – [[Frank Kelso]], American admiral and politician, [[United States Secretary of the Navy]] (died 2013) *[[1934]] – [[Giorgio Armani]], Italian fashion designer, founded the [[Armani|Armani Company]]<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.esquire.com/style/mens-fashion/a61559876/giorgio-armani-interview-q-a/|title=Q&A: Giorgio Armani Is Never Done Exploring New Ideas|last=Sullivan|first=Nick|date=11 July 2024|magazine=Esquire|page=46|issn=0194-9535}}</ref> * 1934 – [[Clark R. Rasmussen]], American politician (died 2024)<ref>{{cite web |title=Clark R. Rasmussen |url=https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislators/legislator?ga=61&personID=1480 |website=Iowa Legislature |access-date=October 12, 2024}}</ref> *[[1935]] – [[Frederick Hemke]], American saxophonist and educator (died 2019) * 1935 – [[Oliver Napier]], Northern Irish lawyer and politician (died 2011) *[[1937]] – [[Pai Hsien-yung]], Chinese-Taiwanese author *[[1941]] – [[Bill Boggs]], American journalist and producer * 1941 – [[Henry Lowther (musician)|Henry Lowther]], English trumpet player *[[1942]] – [[Darrell Eastlake]], Australian sportscaster (died 2018)<ref name="Daily Telegraph – 08Jul2010 – This Origin legend won't die quietly">{{cite news|last=Rothfield|first=Phil|title=This Origin Legend Won't Die Quietly|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/nrl/this-origin-legend-wont-die-quietly/story-e6frexnr-1225893348949|accessdate=17 April 2011|newspaper=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|date=8 July 2010}}</ref> *[[1943]] – [[Richard Carleton]], Australian journalist (died 2006) * 1943 – [[Howard Gardner]], American psychologist and academic * 1943 – [[Tom Holland (filmmaker)|Tom Holland]], American actor, director, and screenwriter * 1943 – [[Peter Jensen (bishop)|Peter Jensen]], Australian metropolitan * 1943 – [[Robert Malval]], Haitian businessman and politician, 5th [[Prime Minister of Haiti]] * 1943 – [[Rolf Stommelen]], German racing driver (died 1983) *[[1944]] – [[Lou Hudson]], American basketball player and coach (died 2014) * 1944 – [[Michael Levy, Baron Levy]], English philanthropist * 1944 – [[Patricia Polacco]], American author and illustrator *[[1946]] – [[Martin Wong]], American painter (died 1999) *[[1947]] – [[Jeff Hanna]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and drummer * 1947 – [[Norman Lebrecht]], English author and critic * 1947 – [[Bo Lundgren]], Swedish politician *[[1950]] – [[Pervez Hoodbhoy]], Pakistani physicist and academic * 1950 – [[J. R. Morgan]], Welsh author and academic * 1950 – [[Bonnie Pointer]], American singer (died 2020) *[[1951]] – [[Ed Ott]], American baseball player and coach (died 2024) *[[1952]] – [[Bill Barber]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach * 1952 – [[Stephen Lang]], American actor and playwright *[[1953]] – [[Piyasvasti Amranand]], Thai businessman and politician, [[Ministry of Energy (Thailand)|Thai Minister of Energy]] * 1953 – [[Angélica Aragón]], Mexican film, television, and stage actress and singer * 1953 – [[Peter Brown (singer)|Peter Brown]], American singer-songwriter and producer * 1953 – [[Suresh Prabhu]], Indian accountant and politician, [[Ministry of Railways (India)|Indian Minister of Railways]] * 1953 – [[Patricia Reyes Spíndola]], Mexican actress, director, and producer * 1953 – [[Leon Spinks]], American boxer (died 2021) * 1953 – [[Mindy Sterling]], American actress * 1953 – [[Ivan Toms]], South African physician and activist (died 2008) * 1953 – [[Bramwell Tovey]], English-Canadian conductor and composer (died 2022) * 1953 – [[Paul Weiland]], English director, producer, and screenwriter *[[1954]] – [[Julia King]], English engineer and academic *[[1955]] – [[Balaji Sadasivan]], Singaporean neurosurgeon and politician, [[Ministry of Health (Singapore)|Singaporean Minister of Health]] (died 2010) *[[1956]] – [[Amitav Ghosh]], Indian-American author and academic * 1956 – [[Robin Renucci]], French actor and director * 1956 – [[Sela Ward]], American actress *[[1957]] – [[Johann Lamont]], Scottish educator and politician * 1957 – [[Peter Murphy (musician)|Peter Murphy]], English singer-songwriter * 1957 – [[Patsy O'Hara]], [[Irish Republican]] hunger striker (died 1981)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bobbysandstrust.com/hungerstrikers/patsy-ohara/|title=Patsy O'Hara | Bobby Sands Trust}}</ref> * 1957 – [[Michael Rose (singer)|Michael Rose]], Jamaican singer-songwriter *[[1958]] – [[Stephanie Dabney]], American ballerina (died 2022)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/08/arts/dance/stephanie-dabney-dead.html|title=Stephanie Dabney, Electrifying Prima Ballerina, Dies at 64|last=Bauer|first=Claudia|newspaper=The New York Times|date=October 8, 2022|accessdate=October 9, 2022}}</ref> * 1958 – [[Mark Lester]], English actor * 1958 – [[Hugo Sánchez]], Mexican footballer, coach, and manager *[[1959]] – [[Richie Sambora]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer * 1959 – [[Suzanne Vega]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer *[[1960]] – [[David Baerwald]], American singer-songwriter, composer, and musician * 1960 – [[Caroline Quentin]], English actress *[[1961]] – [[Antony Jenkins]], English banker and businessman *[[1962]] – [[Gaétan Duchesne]], Canadian ice hockey player (died 2007) * 1962 – [[Pauline McLynn]], Irish actress and author * 1962 – [[Fumiya Fujii]], Japanese music artist *[[1963]] – [[Al MacInnis]], Canadian ice hockey player and coach * 1963 – [[Dean Richards (rugby union)|Dean Richards]], English rugby player and coach * 1963 – [[Lisa Rinna]], American actress and talk show host *[[1964]] – [[Craig Charles]], English actor and TV presenter *[[1965]] – [[Tony Cottee]], English footballer, manager, and sportscaster * 1965 – [[Ernesto Hoost]], Dutch kick-boxer and sportscaster * 1965 – [[Scott Shriner]], American singer-songwriter and bass player *[[1966]] – [[Nadeem Aslam]], Pakistani-English author * 1966 – [[Kentaro Miura]], Japanese author and illustrator (died 2021) * 1966 – [[Rod Strickland]], American basketball player and coach * 1966 – [[Ricky Warwick]], Northern Irish musician *[[1967]] – [[Andy Ashby]], American baseball player and sportscaster * 1967 – [[Jhumpa Lahiri]], Indian American novelist and short story writer *[[1968]] – [[Michael Geist]], Canadian journalist and academic * 1968 – [[Daniel MacMaster]], Canadian singer-songwriter (died 2008) * 1968 – [[Esera Tuaolo]], American football player *[[1969]] – [[Ned Boulting]], British sports journalist and television presenter<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mtc-uk.com/talent/ned-boulting/|title=Ned Boulting|access-date=11 July 2019}}</ref> *[[1970]] – [[Justin Chambers]], American actor * 1970 – [[Sajjad Karim]], English lawyer and politician * 1970 – [[Eric Owens (bass-baritone)|Eric Owens]], American opera singer *[[1971]] – [[Leisha Hailey]], American singer-songwriter and actress * 1971 – [[Scott Muller (cricketer)|Scott Muller]], Australian cricketer<ref name=ci>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/6665.html Scott Muller], [[CricInfo]]. Retrieved 2021-06-03.</ref> *[[1972]] – [[Cormac Battle]], English-Irish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer * 1972 – [[Michael Rosenbaum]], American actor<ref>{{cite web |date=July 5, 2021 |title=Birthdays for the week of July 11–17 |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2021/07/05/celebrity-birthdays-for-the-week-of-july-11-17.html |access-date=July 7, 2023 |website=Toronto Star}}</ref> *[[1973]] – [[Konstantinos Kenteris]], Greek runner *[[1974]] – [[Alanas Chošnau]], Lithuanian singer-songwriter * 1974 – [[Hermann Hreiðarsson]], Icelandic footballer and manager * 1974 – [[André Ooijer]], Dutch footballer and coach *[[1975]] – [[Willie Anderson (offensive tackle)|Willie Anderson]], American football player * 1975 – [[Rubén Baraja]], Spanish footballer and manager * 1975 – [[Lil' Kim]], American rapper and producer *[[1976]] – [[Eduardo Nájera]], Mexican-American basketball player and coach *[[1977]] – [[Brandon Short]], American football player and sportscaster *[[1978]] – [[Kathleen Edwards]], Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1978 – [[Massimiliano Rosolino]], Italian swimmer *[[1979]] – [[Raio Piiroja]], Estonian footballer *[[1980]] – [[Tyson Kidd]], Canadian wrestler * 1980 – [[Kevin Powers]], American soldier and author *[[1981]] – [[Andre Johnson]], American football player * 1981 – [[Susana Barreiros]], Venezuelan judge<ref name="TalCual">{{cite web|date=15 December 2015|title=De verduga de Leopoldo a Defensora Pública|url=http://www.talcualdigital.com/Nota/118588/Quien-Es-Susana-Barreiros-La-Jueza-Que-Condeno-A-Leopoldo-Lopez|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170220171438/http://www.talcualdigital.com/Nota/118588/Quien-Es-Susana-Barreiros-La-Jueza-Que-Condeno-A-Leopoldo-Lopez|archive-date=20 February 2017|access-date=19 February 2017|publisher=Tal Cual}}</ref> *[[1982]] – [[Chris Cooley (American football)|Chris Cooley]], American football player *[[1983]] – [[Engin Baytar]], German-Turkish footballer * 1983 – [[Peter Cincotti]], American singer-songwriter and pianist * 1983 – [[Marie Serneholt]], Swedish singer and dancer *[[1984]] – [[Yorman Bazardo]], Venezuelan baseball player * 1984 – [[Tanith Belbin]], Canadian-American ice dancer * 1984 – [[Jacoby Jones]], American football player (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-14 |title=Ex-WR Jones, Ravens SB XLVII star, dies at 40 |url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/40559844/jacoby-jones-scored-2-tds-ravens-sb-xlvii-win-dies-40 |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref> * 1984 – [[Joe Pavelski]], American ice hockey player * 1984 – [[Morné Steyn]], South African rugby player *[[1985]] – [[Robert Adamson (actor)|Robert Adamson]], American actor, director, and producer * 1985 – [[Orestis Karnezis]], Greek footballer *[[1986]] – [[Raúl García (footballer, born 1986)|Raúl García]], Spanish footballer * 1986 – [[Yoann Gourcuff]], French footballer * 1986 – [[Ryan Jarvis]], English footballer *[[1987]] – [[Shigeaki Kato]], Japanese singer *[[1988]] – [[Étienne Capoue]], French footballer * 1988 – [[Natalie La Rose]], Dutch singer, songwriter and dancer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/natalie-la-rose-mn0003359519/biography|title=Natalie La Rose Biography, Songs, & Albums|website=AllMusic}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7benTYvyxc| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/x7benTYvyxc| archive-date=2021-12-11 | url-status=live|title=Natalie La Rose Full Interview w/ Andy Gil on 104.3 NOW FM| date=28 May 2015|via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref> *[[1989]] – [[Tobias Sana]], Swedish footballer * 1989 – [[Travis Waddell]], Australian rugby league player * 1989 – [[Shimanoumi Koyo]], Japanese sumo wrestler<ref>{{cite web |title=Shimanoumi Koyo profile |url=http://sumo.or.jp/EnSumoDataRikishi/profile/3415/|website=sumo.or.jp |access-date=4 December 2020}}</ref> *[[1990]] – [[Mona Barthel]], German tennis player * 1990 – [[Connor Paolo]], American actor * 1990 – [[Adam Jezierski]], Polish-Spanish actor and singer * 1990 – [[Patrick Peterson]], American football player * 1990 – [[Caroline Wozniacki]], Danish tennis player *[[1992]] – [[Mohamed Elneny]], Egyptian footballer<ref>{{cite web |title=Mohamed Elneny |url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/5239/Mohamed-Elneny/overview |publisher=Premier League |access-date=25 October 2023}}</ref> *[[1993]] – [[Rebecca Bross]], American gymnast * 1993 – [[Heini Salonen]], Finnish tennis player *[[1994]] – [[Bartłomiej Kalinkowski]], Polish footballer * 1994 – [[Anthony Milford]], Australian rugby league player * 1994 – [[Nina Nesbitt]], Scottish singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1994 – [[Lucas Ocampos]], Argentinian footballer *[[1995]] – [[Joey Bosa]], American football player * 1995 – [[Tyler Medeiros]], Canadian singer-songwriter and dancer *[[1996]] – [[Alessia Cara]], Canadian singer-songwriter *[[1997]] – [[Ryan Rolison]], American baseball player<ref>{{cite web|url=http://baseball.pointstreak.com/player.html?playerid=1073646&seasonid=30631 |title=#17 Ryan Rolison |publisher=pointstreak.com |accessdate=2 November 2023}}</ref> *[[2002]] – [[Amad (footballer)|Amad]], Ivorian footballer<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/69176/Amad-Diallo/overview|title=Amad Diallo|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=15 January 2021}}</ref> ==Deaths== ===Pre-1600=== * [[472]] – [[Anthemius]], Roman emperor (born 420) * [[937]] – [[Rudolph II of Burgundy]] (born 880) * [[969]] – [[Olga of Kiev]] (born 890) *[[1174]] – [[Amalric I of Jerusalem]] (born 1136) *[[1183]] – [[Otto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria]] (born 1117) *[[1302]] – [[Robert II, Count of Artois]] (born 1250) * 1302 – [[Pierre Flotte]], French politician and lawyer *[[1344]] – [[Ulrich III, Count of Württemberg]] (born c. 1286) *[[1362]] – [[Anna von Schweidnitz]], empress of [[Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles IV]] (born 1339) *[[1382]] – [[Nicole Oresme]], French philosopher (born 1325) *[[1451]] – [[Barbara of Cilli]], Slovenian noblewoman *[[1484]] – [[Mino da Fiesole]], Italian sculptor (born c. 1429) *[[1535]] – [[Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg]] (born 1484) *[[1581]] – [[Peder Skram]], Danish admiral and politician (born 1503) *[[1593]] – [[Giuseppe Arcimboldo]], Italian painter (born 1527) *[[1599]] – [[Chōsokabe Motochika]], Japanese daimyō (born 1539) ===1601–1900=== *[[1688]] – [[Narai]], Thai king (born 1629) *[[1774]] – [[Sir William Johnson, 1st Baronet]], Irish-English general (born 1715) *[[1775]] – [[Simon Boerum]], American farmer and politician (born 1724) *[[1797]] – [[Ienăchiță Văcărescu]], Romanian historian and philologist (born 1740) *[[1806]] – [[James Smith (delegate)|James Smith]], Irish-American lawyer and politician (born 1719) *[[1825]] – [[Thomas P. Grosvenor]], American soldier and politician (born 1744) *[[1844]] – [[Yevgeny Baratynsky]], Russian philosopher and poet (born 1800) *[[1897]] – [[Patrick Jennings]], Irish-Australian politician, 11th [[Premier of New South Wales]] (born 1831) ===1901–present=== *[[1905]] – [[Muhammad Abduh]], Egyptian jurist and scholar (born 1849) *[[1908]] – [[Friedrich Traun]], German sprinter and tennis player (born 1876) *[[1909]] – [[Simon Newcomb]], Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician (born 1835) *[[1929]] – [[Billy Mosforth]], English footballer and engraver (born 1857) *[[1937]] – [[George Gershwin]], American pianist, songwriter, and composer (born 1898) *[[1959]] – [[Charlie Parker (cricketer)|Charlie Parker]], English cricketer, coach, and umpire (born 1882) *[[1966]] – [[Delmore Schwartz]], American poet and short story writer (born 1913) *[[1967]] – [[Guy Favreau]], Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician, 28th [[Minister of Justice (Canada)|Canadian Minister of Justice]] (born 1917) *[[1971]] – [[John W. Campbell]], American journalist and author (born 1910) * 1971 – [[Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver)|Pedro Rodríguez]], Mexican racing driver (born 1940) *[[1974]] – [[Pär Lagerkvist]], Swedish novelist, playwright, and poet [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (born 1891) *[[1976]] – [[León de Greiff]], Colombian poet and educator (born 1895) *[[1979]] – [[Claude Wagner]], Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician (born 1925) *[[1983]] – [[Ross Macdonald]], American-Canadian author (born 1915) *[[1987]] – [[Avi Ran]], Israeli footballer (born 1963) * 1987 – [[Yaakov Yitzchok Ruderman]], American rabbi and scholar (born 1901) *[[1989]] – [[Laurence Olivier]], English actor, director, and producer (born 1907) *[[1991]] – [[Mokhtar Dahari]], Malaysian footballer and coach (born 1953) *[[1994]] – [[Gary Kildall]], American computer scientist, founded [[Digital Research]] (born 1942) *[[1998]] – [[Panagiotis Kondylis]], Greek philosopher and author (born 1943) *[[1999]] – [[Helen Forrest]], American singer (born 1917) * 1999 – [[Jan Sloot]], Dutch computer scientist and electronics technician (born 1945) *[[2000]] – [[Pedro Mir]], Dominican lawyer, author, and poet (born 1913) * 2000 – [[Robert Runcie]], English archbishop (born 1921) *[[2001]] – [[Herman Brood]], Dutch musician and painter (born 1946) *[[2003]] – [[Zahra Kazemi]], Iranian-Canadian freelance photographer (born 1948) *[[2004]] – [[Laurance Rockefeller]], American financier and philanthropist (born 1910) * 2004 – [[Renée Saint-Cyr]], French actress and producer (born 1904) *[[2005]] – [[Gretchen Franklin]], English actress and dancer (born 1911) * 2005 – [[Jesús Iglesias]], Argentinian racing driver (born 1922) * 2005 – [[Frances Langford]], American actress and singer (born 1913) *[[2006]] – [[Barnard Hughes]], American actor (born 1915) * 2006 – [[Bronwyn Oliver]], Australian sculptor (born 1959) * 2006 – [[John Spencer (snooker player)|John Spencer]], English snooker player and sportscaster (born 1935) *[[2007]] – [[Glenda Adams]], Australian author and academic (born 1939) * 2007 – [[Lady Bird Johnson]], American beautification activist; 43rd [[First Lady of the United States]] (born 1912) * 2007 – [[Alfonso López Michelsen]], Colombian lawyer and politician, 32nd [[President of Colombia]] (born 1913) * 2007 – [[Ed Mirvish]], American-Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded [[Honest Ed's]] (born 1914) *[[2008]] – [[Michael E. DeBakey]], American surgeon and educator (born 1908) *[[2009]] – [[Reg Fleming]], Canadian-American ice hockey player (born 1936) * 2009 – [[Arturo Gatti]], Italian-Canadian boxer (born 1972) * 2009 – [[Ji Xianlin]], Chinese linguist and paleographer (born 1911) *[[2013]] – [[Emik Avakian]], Iranian-American inventor (born 1923) * 2013 – [[Egbert Brieskorn]], German mathematician and academic (born 1936) * 2013 – [[Eugene P. Wilkinson]], American admiral (born 1918) *[[2014]] – [[Charlie Haden]], American bassist and composer (born 1937)<ref>{{Cite news|title = Jazz Musicians Memorialize Charlie Haden|url = https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/15/arts/jazz-musicians-memorialize-charlie-haden.html|newspaper = The New York Times|date = January 14, 2015|access-date = February 9, 2016|issn = 0362-4331|first = Ben|last = Ratliff}}</ref> * 2014 – [[Carin Mannheimer]], Swedish author and screenwriter (born 1934) * 2014 – [[Bill McGill]], American basketball player (born 1939) * 2014 – [[Tommy Ramone]], Hungarian-American drummer and producer (born 1949) * 2014 – [[John Seigenthaler]], American journalist and academic (born 1927) * 2014 – [[Randall Stout]], American architect, designed the [[Taubman Museum of Art]] (born 1958) *[[2015]] – [[Giacomo Biffi]], Italian cardinal (born 1928) * 2015 – [[Satoru Iwata]], Japanese game programmer and businessman (born 1959) * 2015 – [[André Leysen]], Belgian businessman (born 1927) * 2017 – [[Jim Wong-Chu]], Canadian poet (born 1949)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hawthorn |first1=Tom |title=Jim Wong-Chu was a tireless promoter of Asian-Canadian writing |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/jim-wong-chu-was-a-tireless-promoter-of-asian-canadian-writing/article35840509/?ref=https://www.theglobeandmail.com& |access-date=28 January 2021 |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |date=31 July 2017}}</ref> *[[2020]] – [[Marc Angelucci]], American attorney and men's rights activist, Vice-president of the [[National Coalition for Men]] (born 1968)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Licas |first1=Eric |title=Men's rights activist fatally shot in front of home in San Bernardino Mountains |url=https://www.sbsun.com/2020/07/12/mens-rights-activist-fatally-shot-in-front-of-home-in-san-bernardino-mountains/ |access-date=5 June 2023 |work=San Bernardino Sun |date=13 July 2020}}</ref> * 2020 – [[Frank Bolling]], American baseball second baseman (born 1931)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.onthisday.com/deaths/july/11|title=Famous Deaths on July 11|website=On This Day|access-date=2020-08-25}}</ref> *[[2021]] – [[Charlie Robinson (actor)|Charlie Robinson]], American actor (born 1945)<ref>{{Cite news|date=2021-07-13|title=Charles Robinson, who played court clerk on long-running 'Night Court,' dies at 75|language=en-US|newspaper=[[Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/charlie-robinson-dead/2021/07/13/6a2102a0-e41e-11eb-b722-89ea0dde7771_story.html|access-date=2021-07-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714012200/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/charlie-robinson-dead/2021/07/13/6a2102a0-e41e-11eb-b722-89ea0dde7771_story.html|archive-date=2021-07-14|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> * 2021 – [[Renée Simonot]], French actress (born 1911)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ladepeche.fr/2021/07/15/la-mere-de-catherine-deneuve-renee-dorleac-est-morte-a-lage-de-109-ans-9673070.php|title=[VIDEO] La mère de Catherine Deneuve, Renée Dorléac, est morte à l'âge de 109 ans|website=ladepeche.fr}}</ref> *[[2023]] – [[Milan Kundera]], Czech-French writer (born 1929)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lewis |first1=Daniel |title=Milan Kundera, Czech Literary Star and Communist Party Outcast, Dies at 94 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/12/world/europe/milan-kundera-dead.html |access-date=12 July 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=12 July 2023}}</ref> *[[2024]] – [[Shelley Duvall]], American actress (born 1949)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Coyle |first1=Jake |title=Shelley Duvall, star of 'The Shining,' 'Nashville,' dies at 75 |url=https://apnews.com/article/shelley-duvall-dead-obit-2827626ebde75ac3bdfa163668e9c99c |access-date=11 July 2024 |publisher=Associated Press |date=11 July 2024}}</ref> *2024 – [[Monte Kiffin]], American football coach (born 1940)<ref>{{Cite web |agency=Associated Press |date=2024-07-12 |title=Monte Kiffin, former USC defensive coordinator and longtime NFL assistant, dies at 84 |url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/usc/story/2024-07-11/monte-kiffin-former-usc-defensive-coordinator-nfl-assistant-dies-obit |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> ==Holidays and observances== *Christian [[Calendar of saints|Feast Day]]: **[[Benedict of Nursia]] **[[Olga of Kiev]] **[[Pope Pius I]] **[[July 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] *[[China National Maritime Day]] ([[China]]) *[[Day of the bandoneon|Day of the Bandoneón]] ([[Argentina]]) *[[Day of the Flemish Community]] ([[Flemish Community]] of [[Belgium]]) *[[Eleventh Night]] ([[Northern Ireland]]) *[[National Day of Remembrance of the victims of the Genocide of the Citizens of the Polish Republic committed by Ukrainian Nationalists]] ([[Poland]], established by the 22 July 2016 resolution of [[Sejm]] in reference to the July 11, 1943 [[Volhynian Bloody Sunday]]) *[[Gospel Day]] ([[Kiribati]]) *[[National Day of Commemoration]], held on the nearest Sunday to this date (Ireland) *The first day of [[Naadam]] (July 11–15) ([[Mongolia]]) *[[World Population Day]] ([[International observance|International]])<ref>{{cite web |title=International Days |url=https://www.un.org/en/sections/observances/international-days/ |website=www.un.org |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en |date=6 January 2015}}</ref> *International Day of Reflection and Commemoration of the 1995 [[Srebrenica Massacre|Genocide in Srebrenica]], established by the [[United Nations General Assembly Resolution 78/282|U.N.]] in May 2024.<ref name="UNChiefwelcomes">{{Cite web |date=2024-05-23 |title=UN Human Rights Chief welcomes resolution to commemorate 1995 genocide in Srebrenica |url=https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2024/05/un-human-rights-chief-welcomes-resolution-commemorate-1995-genocide |access-date=2024-05-23|website=www.ohchr.org}}</ref><ref name="UNapproves">{{Cite web |date=2024-05-23 |title=UN approves annual commemoration of 1995 Srebrenica genocide |url=https://www.euronews.com/2024/05/23/un-approves-annual-commemoration-of-1995-srebrenica-genocide |access-date=2024-05-23|website=www.euronews.com}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{commons}} * {{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/11 |title=On This Day |publisher=BBC}} * {{NYT On this day|month=07|day=11}} * {{cite web |url=https://www.onthisday.com/events/july/11 |title=Historical Events on July 11 |publisher=OnThisDay.com}} {{months}} {{DEFAULTSORT:July 11}} [[Category:Days of July]]
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