July 11
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Art and culture
- 1302 - Battle of the Golden Spurs (Guldensporenslag in Dutch) - a coalition around the Flemish cities defeats the king of France's huge knightly army.
- 1740 - Pogrom: Jews are expelled from Little Russia.
- 1776 - Captain James Cook begins third voyage.
- 1789 - Jacques Necker dismissed as Finance Minister for France sparking the Storming of the Bastille.
- 1796 - The U.S. takes possession of Detroit from Great Britain under terms of the Jay Treaty.
- 1859 - A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens is published.
- 1960 - To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is first published.
- 1995 - * 1995 - Srebrenica Genocide: Serb army from Yugoslavia and Bosnia, capture the Bosniak town of Srebrenica. More than eight thousands inhabitants are murdered. It is generally regarded to be the most horrific event in recent European history.
Births
- 1754 - Thomas Bowdler, English physician and censor (d. 1825)
- 1846 - Leon Bloy, French writer (d. 1917)
- 1857 - Alfred Binet, French psychologist (d. 1911)
- 1899 - E. B. White, American writer (d. 1985)
- 1930 - Harold Bloom, American literary critic
- 1934 - Giorgio Armani, Italian fashion designer
- 1953 - Peter Brown, American singer, songwriter and producer
- 1968 - Michael Geist, Canadian academic
- 1975 - Lil' Kim, American rapper
Deaths
- 2001 - Herman Brood, Dutch singer and artist (suicide) (b. 1946)
Notes
- Giuseppe Arcimboldo 1527 - July 11 1593) was an Italian painter
- James McNeill Whistler
Harold Rosenberg (February 2, 1906, New York City - July 11, 1978, New York City) was a U.S. writer, educator, and philosopher and art critic. ...
- 1967 - Margot Fonteyn & Rudolf Nureyev and Richard Cornwell are arrested for illegal drug possion in Haight-Ashbury, but released quickly without being charged.
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