Today in History
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2010 FIFA World Cup Final is held in Johannesburg, South Africa
The Netherlands and Spain competed for the coveted football trophy. Spain won the 2010 FIFA World Cup with a 1-0 victory.
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2006 Mumbai train bombings
A series of bombings on Mumbai city trains killed over 200 people and injured 700 more.
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1960 To Kill a Mockingbird is first published as Atticus
Harper Lee’s classic and Pulitzer Prize-winning book is about racial inequality during the Great Depression.
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1914 Major League Baseball debut of Babe Ruth
One of the world’s most well-known professional baseball players, George Herman “Babe” Ruth, Jr., began his major league baseball career with the Boston Red Sox.
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1804 A duel between two leading American politicians claims the life of one
A duel between United States Vice President Aaron Burr and former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton ended a life-long feud. Hamilton was killed the next day after being fatally wounded.
Births On This Day, July 11
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1986 Yoann Gourcuff
French footballer
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1975 Lil’ Kim
American rapper, actress
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1916 Gough Whitlam
Australian politician, 21st Prime Minister of Australia
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1767 John Quincy Adams
American politician, 6th President of the United States
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1274 Robert the Bruce
Scottish king
Deaths On This Day, July 11
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2010 Bob Sheppard
American sportscaster
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2007 Lady Bird Johnson
American wife of Lyndon B. Johnson, 38th First Lady of the United States
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1998 Panagiotis Kondylis
Greek writer, translator
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1989 Laurence Olivier
English actor, director, producer
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472 Anthemius
Roman Emperor
