Today in History
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2010 FIFA World Cup Final is held in Johannesburg, South Africa
The Netherlands and Spain fought out for the prestigious football trophy. Spain won the match 1-0 an
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2006 Mumbai train bombings
Over 200 people were killed and about 700 people were injured in a series of bombings on Mumbai city
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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 De
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1914 Major League Baseball debut of Babe Ruth
George Herman "Babe" Ruth, Jr., one of the world's most well-known professional baseball player star
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1804 A duel between two leading American politicians claims the life of one
United States Vice President Aaron Burr and former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton ende
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
