Today in history: July 11 Jul 11, 2023 Jul 11, 2023 Updated Jul 12, 2023 0 In 1859, Big Ben, the great bell inside the famous London clock tower, chimed for the first time. 1804: Alexander Hamilton On July 11, 1804, Vice President Aaron Burr mortally wounded former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton during a pistol duel in Weehawken, New Jersey. (Hamilton died the next day.) STF 1859: Big Ben In 1859, Big Ben, the great bell inside the famous London clock tower, chimed for the first time. Leslie Priest 1914: Babe Ruth In 1914, Babe Ruth made his Major League baseball debut, pitching the Boston Red Sox to a 4-3 victory over Cleveland. ASSOCIATED PRESS 1972: Bobby Fischer In 1972, the World Chess Championship opened as grandmasters Bobby Fischer of the United States and defending champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union began play in Reykjavik, Iceland. (Fischer won after 21 games.) RFS 1989: Laurence Olivier In 1989, actor and director Laurence Olivier died in Steyning, West Sussex, England, at age 82. Luke Letkey 1995: Srebrenica In 1995, the U.N.-designated “safe haven” of Srebrenica (sreh-breh-NEET’-sah) in Bosnia-Herzegovina fell to Bosnian Serb forces, who then carried out the killings of more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys. AP 2012: Mitt Romney Ten years ago: Unflinching before a skeptical NAACP crowd in Houston, Republican Mitt Romney declared he’d do more for African-Americans than Barack Obama, the nation’s first black president. Rick Bowmer 2013: George Zimmerman In 2013, in a potential setback for George Zimmerman, the jury at the neighborhood watch captain's second-degree murder trial in Sanford, Florida, was given the option of convicting him on the lesser charge of manslaughter in the shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. (Zimmerman ended up being acquitted of all charges.) AP 2021: Richard Branson One year ago: Billionaire Richard Branson hurtled into space aboard his own winged rocket ship over the New Mexico desert, beating out his rival Jeff Bezos and bringing astro-tourism a step closer to reality. Richard Drew 0 Comments Tags Wire Birthday Celebrity Dcc History Today-in-history Related to this collection Sweden moves closer to NATO membership; Prime Day scam warnings; and more morning headlines Here are today's top stories, celebrity birthdays and a look back at this day in history. Get caught up. Extreme weather across US; updates from the NATO summit; Milan Kundera dies; and more morning headlines Here are today's top stories, celebrity birthdays and a look back at this day in history. Get caught up.
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