| Today in History: Monday, July 11, 2016 |
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AP Highlight in History:
On 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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| On this date in: |
| 1533 |
England’s King Henry VIII was excommunicated. |
| 1767 |
John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States, was born in Braintree, Mass. |
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| 1798 |
The U.S. Marine Corps was created by an act of Congress. |
| 1804 |
Vice President Aaron Burr mortally wounded former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton in a pistol duel near Weehawken, N.J. |
| 1859 |
Big Ben, the great bell inside the famous London clock tower, chimed for the first time. |
| 1914 |
Baseball Hall of Famer Babe Ruth made his major league debut as a pitcher for the Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston. |
| 1952 |
The Republican National Convention, meeting in Chicago, nominated Dwight D. Eisenhower for president and Richard M. Nixon for vice president. |
| 1955 |
The Air Force Academy was dedicated at Lowry Air Base in Colorado. |
| 1960 |
“To Kill a Mockingbird,” Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, was published. |
| 1977 |
The Medal of Freedom was awarded posthumously to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in a White House ceremony. |
| 1979 |
The abandoned U.S. space station Skylab returned to Earth, burning up in the atmosphere and showering debris over the Indian Ocean and Australia. |
| 1995 |
The United States normalized relations with Vietnam. |
| 2007 |
Former first lady Lady Bird Johnson died in Austin, Texas, at age 94. |
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| Today’s Birthdays: |
| Tennis player Caroline Wozniacki turns 26 years old today. |
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| Name |
Profession |
Age |
| Tab Hunter |
Actor |
85 |
| Jay Johnson |
Ventriliquist, actor (“Soap”) |
67 |
| Leon Spinks |
Boxer |
63 |
| Richie Sambora |
Rock musician (Bon Jovi) |
57 |
| Suzanne Vega |
Singer |
57 |
| Lisa Rinna |
Actress, TV host |
53 |
| Greg Grunberg |
Actor (“Heroes”) |
50 |
| Jeff Corwin |
Wildlife expert |
49 |
| Justin Chambers |
Actor (“Grey’s Anatomy”) |
46 |
| Lil’ Kim |
Rapper |
41 |
| Ben Gibbard |
Rock singer, musician (Death Cab for Cutie) |
40 |
| Actress Sela Ward (“Once and Again,” “Sisters”) turns 60 years old today. |
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| AP Photo/Evan Agostini |
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