July 11

2024 Calendar

July 11 is the 192nd day of the year (193rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 173 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

Up to 1900

ca. 155 – Pope Pius I
472 – Anthemius, Emperor of the Western Empire (legal murder)
937 – Rudolph II of Burgundy (b. 880)
969 – Olga of Kiev (b. 890)
1174 - Amalric I of Jerusalem (b. 1136)
1183 - Otto I Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria (b. 1117)
1302 - Robert II, Count of Artois (b. 1250)
1535 - Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1484)
1553 - Maurice, Elector of Saxony (b. 1521)
1688 – King Narai of Siam (b. 1629)
1804 – Alexander Hamilton, United States Secretary of the Treasury (duel) (b. 1757)
1825 - Thomas P. Grosvenor, American soldier and politician (b. 1744)
1844 - Yevgeny Baratynsky, Russian poet (b. 1800)
1879 - William Allen, 31st Governor of Ohio (b. 1803)

1901 – 2000

1908 - Friedrich Traun, German tennis player (b. 1876)
1909 - Simon Newcomb, Canadian-American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1835)
1916 – Jon Olafsson, Icelandic editor, journalist and poet (b. 1850)
1920 - Eugénie de Montijo, Spanish wife of Napoleon III of France (b. 1826)
1937 – George Gershwin, American composer (b. 1898)
1941 - Arthur Evans, English archaeologist (b. 1851)
1957 - Aga Khan III (b. 1877)
1959 – Charlie Parker, cricketer (b. 1882)
1962 - Owen D. Young, American lawyer, diplomat, industrialist and businessman (b. 1874)
1966 - Delmore Schwartz, American poet and author (b. 1913)
1967 - Guy Favreau, Canadian lawyer, judge and politician (b. 1917)
1971 – John W. Campbell, science fiction writer and editor (b. 1910)
1974 – Pär Lagerkvist, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1891)
1987 - Avi Ran, Israeli footballer (b. 1963)
1989 – Sir Laurence Olivier, English actor (b. 1907)
1991 – Hitoshi Igarashi, English-Japanese translator, of The Satanic Verses (b. 1947)
1991 - Mokhtar Dahari, Malaysian footballer (b. 1953)
1994 – Gary Kildall, computer programmer (b. 1942)
1995 - Don Starr, American actor (b. 1917)
1999 – Helen Forrest, American jazz singer (b. 1917)
2000 – Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1921)

From 2001

2001 – Herman Brood, singer and artist (suicide) (b. 1946)
2003 – Zahra Kazemi, Iranian-Canadian freelance photographer (b. 1949)
2004 – Laurance Rockefeller, American conservationist and philanthropist (b. 1910)
2005 – Gretchen Franklin, English actress (b. 1911)
2007 – Lady Bird Johnson, First Lady of the United States (b. 1912)
2007 – Alfonso Lopez Michelsen, 32nd President of Colombia (b. 1913)
2008 – Michael DeBakey, American surgeon and inventor (b. 1908)
2009 – Arturo Gatti, Canadian boxer (b. 1972)
2010 – Bob Sheppard, American announcer (b. 1910)
2011 - Tom Gehrels, Dutch-American astronomer (b. 1925)
2013 - Zeb Alley, American politician (b. 1928)
2013 - Egbert Brieskorn, German mathematician (b. 1936)
2014 - Charlie Haden, American jazz musician (b. 1937)
2014 - Tommy Ramone, Hungarian-American musician (b. 1952)
2014 - Howard Cooke, Governor-General of Jamaica (b. 1915)
2014 - John Seigenthaler, American journalist and writer (b. 1927)
2014 - Carin Mannheimer, Swedish writer (b. 1934)
2014 - Ray Lonnen, British actor (b. 1940)
2014 - Randall Stout, American architect (b. 1958)
2015 - Giacomo Biffi, Italian cardinal (b. 1928)
2015 - Satoru Iwata, Japanese President and CEO of Nintendo (b. 1959)
2015 - James U. Cross, American military pilot and author (b. 1920)
2015 - Hussein Fatal, American rapper (b. 1977)
2016 - John Brademas, American politician and educator (b. 1927)
2016 - Emma Cohen, Spanish actress (b. 1946)
2016 - Elaine Fantham, English classicist (b. 1933)
2016 - Corrado Farina, Italian movie director, screenwriter and novelist (b. 1939)
2016 - Jim Metzen, American politician (b. 1943)
2017 - Fikret Hakan, Turkish actor (b. 1934)
2017 - Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini, Italian musicologist and composer (b. 1929)
2017 - Denis Mack Smith, British historian (b. 1920)
2017 - Buddy Wolfe, American professional wrestler (b. 1941)
2018 - Richard John Garcia, American Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1947)
2018 - Liu Zhenhua, Chinese general and politician (b. 1921)
2018 - Pat Swindall, American politician (b. 1950)
2018 - Abdelkhader Houamel, Algerian painter (b. 1936)
2018 - Mai Tai Sing, American actress and businesswoman (b. 1923)
2019 - Brendan Grace, Irish actor, comedian and singer (b. 1951)

Births

1901 – 1950

1902 - Samuel Goudsmit, Dutch-American physicist (d. 1978)
1906 – Herbert Wehner, German politician (d. 1990)
1912 - Sergiu Celibidache, Romanian conductor and composer (d. 1996)
1916 - Mortimer Caplin, American lawyer and educator (d. 2019)
1916 – Gough Whitlam, 21st Prime Minister of Australia (d. 2014)
1916 – Alexander Prokhorov, Russian physicist (d. 2002)
1916 – Reg Varney, English actor (d. 2008)
1918 - Venetia Burney, English girl who named the dwarf planet Pluto (d. 2009)
1920 – Yul Brynner, Russian-born actor (d. 1985)
1920 - Zecharia Sitchin, Russian-American author (d. 2010)
1921 – Ilse Werner, Dutch-born actress (d. 2005)
1922 – Gene Evans, American actor (d. 1998)
1923 – Olavo Rodrigues Barbosa, Brazilian footballer (d. 2010)
1923 - Richard Pipes, Polish-American historian and academic (d. 2018)
1923 - Tun Tun, Indian playback singer, actress and comedienne (d. 2003)
1924 - Charlie Tully, Northern Irish footballer (d. 1971)
1924 - Brett Somers, Canadian-American actress and singer (d. 2007)
1925 - Sid Smith, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2004)
1927 - Theodore Maiman, American physicist (d. 2007)
1928 - Greville Janner, British politician (d. 2015)
1929 - David Kelly, Irish actor (d. 2012)
1930 - Harold Bloom, American author and critic
1930 - Murphy J. Foster Jr., American politician, former Governor of Louisiana (d. 2020)
1931 - John N. Dalton, American politician, Governor of Virginia (d. 1986)
1931 - Dick Gray, American baseball player (d. 2013)
1931 - Tab Hunter, American actor (d. 2018)
1931 - Tullio Regge, Italian physicist (d. 2014)
1932 - Jean-Guy Talbot, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
1933 - Frank Kelso, American admiral (d. 2013)
1933 - A. J. Langguth, American historian and journalist (d. 2014)
1934 – Giorgio Armani, Italian fashion designer
1935 - Oliver Napier, Irish politician (d. 2011)
1939 - Seth Gaaikema, Dutch comedian and writer (d. 2014)
1943 – Rolf Stommelen, German racing driver (d. 1983)
1943 - Howard Gardner, American psychologist
1943 - Tom Holland, American actor, director and screenwriter
1943 - Robert Malval, 5th Prime Minister of Haiti
1944 - Lou Hudson, American basketball player (d. 2014)
1947 - John Holt, Jamaican singer (d. 2014)
1950 - Bonnie Pointer, American singer (The Pointer Sisters)

1951 – 1975

1951 - Vyacheslav Anisin, Russian ice hockey player
1952 - Stephen Lang, American actor
1952 - Bill Barber, Canadian ice hockey player
1953 – Leon Spinks, American boxer
1956 - Robin Renucci, French actor and director
1957 - Johann Lamont, Scottish politician, leader of the Scottish Labour Party
1957 - Peter Oborne, English journalist
1958 - Hugo Sánchez, Mexican footballer
1959 – Richie Sambora, American singer (Bon Jovi)
1959 – Suzanne Vega, American singer
1961 - Antony Jenkins, English businessman
1962 - Pauline McLynn, Irish actress
1963 - Lisa Rinna, American actress
1964 - Kyril, Prince of Preslav
1966 - Greg Grunberg, American actor
1966 - Rod Strickland, American basketball player
1966 - Mick Molloy, Australian actor, screenwriter and producer
1970 - Justin Chambers, American actor
1970 - Sajjad Karim, English politician
1971 - Leisha Hailey, Japanese-American singer-songwriter and actress
1972 – Jussi 69, Finnish musician
1972 - Michael Rosenbaum, American actor, director and producer
1973 - Andrew Bird, American singer-songwriter and violinist
1973 - Konstantinos Kenteris, Greek athlete
1974 – Hermann Hreidarsson, Icelandic footballer
1974 – André Ooijer, Dutch footballer
1975 – Samer El Nahal, Finnish musician (Lordi)
1975 – Lil' Kim, American rapper, singer and actress
1975 - Choi Ji-woo, South Korean actress
1975 – Nadya Suleman, American, famous mother of octuplets

From 1976

1979 – Eric Abidal, French footballer
1979 - Im Soo-jung, South Korean actress
1980 - Tyson Kidd, Canadian wrestler
1983 - Marie Serneholt, Swedish singer
1984 - Rachael Taylor, Australian actress
1984 - Morné Steyn, South African rugby player
1985 - Robert Adamson, American actor
1985 - Aki Maeda, Japanese actress and singer
1986 - Ian Cathro, Scottish football manager
1986 – Yoann Gourcuff, French footballer
1986 - Jonathan Sexton, Irish rugby player
1989 - David Henrie, American actor
1990 – Caroline Wozniacki, Danish tennis player
1990 - Mona Barthel, German tennis player
1990 - Kelsey Sanders, American actress and singer
1994 - Lucas Ocampos, Argentine footballer
1994 - Nina Nesbitt, Scottish singer
1996 - Alessia Cara, Canadian singer
1996 - Tyler Medeiros, Canadian singer-songwriter and dancer

Deaths

Observances

Feast Day of Saint Benedict of Nursia
Day of the Flemish Community in Belgium
First Day of Naadam (Mongolia)
National Day of Commemoration (Republic of Ireland)
Eleventh Night (Northern Ireland)
World Population Day