What Happened On Jul 11 Events

Ottobuono belonged to a feudal family of Liguria, the Fieschi, Counts of Lavagna. His first clerical position came in 1243, when he was created a papal chaplain. Subsequently he received...

On this day in 1782, British Royal Governor Sir James Wright, along with several civil officials and military officers, flee the city of Savannah, Georgia, and head to Charleston, South C...

On July 11, 1804, two of the most famous men in America stood in a clearing at Weehawken, New Jersey, facing each other with loaded dueling pistols. It's a little hard for us to imagin...

Boyer was anxious to remove the threat of France and opened negotiations. An agreement was reached on July 11, 1825, when (with fourteen French warships off Port-au-Prince) Boyer signed a...

The Battle of Rich Mountain took place on July 11, 1861, in Randolph County, Virginia (now West Virginia) as part of the Operations in Western Virginia Campaign during the American Civil ...

Other Names: Washington Location: District of Columbia Campaign: Early’s Raid and Operations against the B&O Railroad (1864) Date(s): July 11-12, 1864 Principal Commanders: Ma...

Description: On July 11, Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early’s exhausted Confederates reached the outskirts of Washington near Silver Spring. Skirmishers advanced to feel the fortifications which at ...

Ruth appeared in five games for the Red Sox in 1914, pitching in four of them. He picked up the victory in his major league debut on July 11. The Red Sox had many star players in 1914, so...

Allied Forces, 1,000,000 General Sir Douglas Haig, Commander-in-Chief General Sir William Robertson, Chief of Staff 2d British Army—General Plumer 6th British Army—General Gough 1st ...

TWA Flight 513, registration NC86513, Star of Lisbon, was a Lockheed Constellation operated by Transcontinental and Western Air on a training flight on July 11, 1946 when it crashed near ...

Returning from four years of war, soldier John Lawrence telephones his girl friend Mary McKinley to announce that he will be with her in New York City that afternoon. Mary buys champagne ...

Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird is the rare American novel that can be discovered with excitement in adolescence and reread into adulthood without fear of disappointment. Few novels so...

Waiting for the Sun is The Doors' third studio album. It was released in 1968 and became the band's first and only number one album and spawned their second US number one single, "Hello, ...

Mari Carmen Masiá is the owner of the campsite Tarragona Aftermath in San Carlos de la Rapita, destroyed on July 11, 1978 by the explosion of a tanker truck loaded with an excess of 400 k...

High 'n' Dry is the second studio album by British heavy metal band Def Leppard, released on 11 July 1981. Its title song, "High 'n' Dry (Saturday Night)", ranked number 33 on VH1's 40 Gr...

Paolo Rossi was the hero in Spain, his six goals propelling Italy to a third world crown. The Azzurri ran out 3-1 Final winners against a German team who had survived the competition's fi...

Adler was briefly fired from the band, but was reinstated after signing a contract promising to stop using drugs. On April 7, 1990, he performed with Guns N' Roses at Farm Aid IV in India...

It was early in what pilots call the "takeoff roll" when first officer Kent Davidge signalled to his captain that he had a possible blown tire. As the Nationair DC-8 picked up speed, a...

Voodoo Lounge is the 20th studio album by The Rolling Stones, released in July 1994. As their first new release under their new alliance with Virgin Records, it ended a five-year gap sinc...

...And the Circus Leaves Town is the fourth studio album by American stoner rock/metal band Kyuss, released on July 11, 1995. Upon its release, the album was not as commercially or cri...

Sacrifice is the twelfth studio album by British band Motörhead. Released in 1995, it is the second, and last album, to feature the four man line up of Lemmy, Phil Campbell, Würzel, and M...

A young man gets lost while driving, and becomes the guest of a young woman who turns out to be a witch.

New Tattoo is the eighth studio album by the American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe released in 2000. Artistically, New Tattoo shows the band going back to their earlier musical style that...

Cartman goes medieval on Scott Tenorman's ass when ginger-haired Scott tricks our supple hero into buying his pubic hair for $16.12. Radiohead guest stars and plays a role in Cartman's el...

Pokey Reese was peeved. Mark Bellhorn was miffed. Keith Foulke seemed so mad at himself that he might take a bite out of his right arm. And while manager Terry Francona made little secret...

Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Taylor Johnson (December 22, 1912 – July 11, 2007) was First Lady of the United States from 1963 to 1969 during the presidency of her husband Lyndon B. Johnson. T...

BOSTON --The last time he faced the Baltimore Orioles at Fenway Park, Clay Buchholz overcame the nerves of his second major-league start and the mounting pressure of making baseball histo...

The brothers show how they keep themselves in shape by eating the right foods and working out.

The untitled ninth studio album by New York rapper Nas was released by Def Jam and Columbia Records on July 15, 2008 in the United States with earlier dates in some other countries. Its o...

Arturo "Thunder" Gatti (April 15, 1972 – July 11, 2009) was a Canadian and Italian professional boxer. Born in Calabria, Italy and raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Gatti relocated to J...

Auto-Tune the News features political pundits, news anchors, and politicians digitally manipulated to conform to a melody, making the figures appear to sing. The series is created by...

Melvin Mora was expecting an extra-base hit off the right-field wall in the 12th inning of Saturday night's 4-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays when the ball kept carrying. By the time ...

Red Sox manager Terry Francona does not have to use Daniel Bard in pressure situations. He has a bullpen chocked with experienced arms that, for most of the season, have delivered when ne...

CHICAGO - The Cardinals saw Ted Lilly on Saturday at Wrigley Field. Coincidentally, they never saw the lead. Celebrating his 100th career victory, Lilly extended his career mastery at ...

Twins fans are accustomed to lamenting Johan Santana as the star who got away. That is no longer a relevant complaint, because Santana was determined to leave the Twins for a bigger marke...

ANAHEIM - The way things have been going for the Angels, Mike Scioscia could probably come out of retirement today and go 3-for-3 against the Yankees. The Angels' manager watched his d...

Bullpens can be like offensive linemen. They can go unnoticed and even unacknowledged when they do their jobs well. It becomes the norm, what they are paid to do. But let them falte...

UFC 100 was a mixed martial arts event held by the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) on July 11, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event included two championship bouts (Heavyweight and W...

Bob Sheppard, whose elegant intonation as the public-address announcer at Yankee Stadium for more than half a century personified the image of Yankees grandeur, died Sunday at his home in...

TORONTO — The formula seems simple. When Daisuke Matsuzaka throws strikes, the Red Sox have a chance to win. That was the case yesterday as the Sox beat the Blue Jays, 3-2, at Roger...

A day ahead of the Home Run Derby tonight in Anaheim, Calif., the White Sox had a derby of their own against Kansas City Royals starter Anthony Lerew in the third inning of their 15-5 vic...

Corey Hart sat in the clubhouse before the first game of the season, putting on the happy, team-first face while seething inside. A season removed from his first all-star selection, th...

SEATTLE - A sizeable entourage of Yankees players and coaches took off for Anaheim Sunday night for the All-Star Game. Each had to be feeling pretty good as he left Safeco Field, having p...

In Sunday's overtime game against the Netherlands, Spain won its first-ever World Cup Trophy, 1-0. On Monday, their home country greeted the team as heroes as soon as they stepped off the...

Blake Hawksworth's 5 1/3 innings meshed neatly with the work of his former bullpen mates as the Cardinals concluded the first half with a 4-2 win over the Houston Astros. Matt Holliday's...