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Today in History: Monday, July\u00a0 11, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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AP Highlight in History:<\/span>
\nOn July 11, 2006, eight bombs hit the commuter rail network during evening rush hour in Mumbai, India, killing more than 200 people.
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1533<\/td>\nEngland’s King Henry VIII was excommunicated.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1767<\/td>\nJohn Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States, was born in Braintree, Mass.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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1798<\/td>\nThe U.S. Marine Corps was created by an act of Congress.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1804<\/td>\nVice President Aaron Burr mortally wounded former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton in a pistol duel near Weehawken, N.J.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1859<\/td>\nBig Ben, the great bell inside the famous London clock tower, chimed for the first time.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1914<\/td>\nBaseball Hall of Famer Babe Ruth made his major league debut as a pitcher for the Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1952<\/td>\nThe Republican National Convention, meeting in Chicago, nominated Dwight D. Eisenhower for president and Richard M. Nixon for vice president.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1955<\/td>\nThe Air Force Academy was dedicated at Lowry Air Base in Colorado.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1960<\/td>\n“To Kill a Mockingbird,” Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, was published.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1977<\/td>\nThe Medal of Freedom was awarded posthumously to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in a White House ceremony.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1979<\/td>\nThe abandoned U.S. space station Skylab returned to Earth, burning up in the atmosphere and showering debris over the Indian Ocean and Australia.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1995<\/td>\nThe United States normalized relations with Vietnam.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2007<\/td>\nFormer first lady Lady Bird Johnson died in Austin, Texas, at age 94.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Today’s Birthdays:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Tennis player Caroline Wozniacki turns 26 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Tab Hunter<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n85<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jay Johnson<\/td>\nVentriliquist, actor (“Soap”)<\/td>\n67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leon Spinks<\/td>\nBoxer<\/td>\n63<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Richie Sambora<\/td>\nRock musician (Bon Jovi)<\/td>\n57<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Suzanne Vega<\/td>\nSinger<\/td>\n57<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lisa Rinna<\/td>\nActress, TV host<\/td>\n53<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Greg Grunberg<\/td>\nActor (“Heroes”)<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jeff Corwin<\/td>\nWildlife expert<\/td>\n49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Justin Chambers<\/td>\nActor (“Grey’s Anatomy”)<\/td>\n46<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lil’ Kim<\/td>\nRapper<\/td>\n41<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ben Gibbard<\/td>\nRock singer, musician (Death Cab for Cutie)<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actress Sela Ward (“Once and Again,” “Sisters”) turns 60 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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