SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina: Bosnian Muslims, refugees from the eastern Bosnian town of Srebrenica and Sarajevo residents pray in the streets of the Bosnian capital on July 8, 2006, while bodies of Srebrenica victims are transported by truck from the Central Identification Facility in central Bosnia to a burial site at the memorial centre in Potočari near Srebrenica. The 505 bodies are due to be buried in Potočari on July 11, 11 years after the area around Srebrenica fell under Bosnian Serb forces. AFP PHOTO ELVIS BARUKCIC (Photo by ELVIS BARUKCIC/AFP via Getty Images)
Today is Thursday, July 11th, the 193rd day of 2024. There are 173 days left this year.
Today’s History Highlights:
On July 11, 1995, the UN-designated “safe zone” in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Srebrenica (sreh-breh-NEET’-sah), fell to Bosnian Serb forces, after which more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys were killed.
This day too:
In 1798, the United States Marine Corps was formally re-established by Act of Congress, at which time the United States Marine Band was also created.
In 1804, Vice President Aaron Burr fatally shot former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton with a pistol in Weehawken, New Jersey. (Hamilton died the next day.)
In 1859, Big Ben, the great bell in London’s famous clock tower, rang for the first time.
In 1864, Confederate forces under General Jubal Early launched a failed invasion of Washington, DC, and retreated the next day.
In 1914, Babe Ruth made his major league debut as a pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, winning 4-3 against Cleveland.
In 1921, fighting in the Irish War of Independence ended with a truce.
Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird was published in 1960.
In 1972, the World Chess Championship began in Reykjavik, Iceland, with grandmaster Bobby Fischer of the United States facing off against defending champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union (Fischer won in 21 games).
In 1979, the abandoned US space station Skylab made a spectacular return to Earth, burning up in the atmosphere and scattering debris over the Indian Ocean and Australia.
In 1991, a Nigerian Airways DC-8 carrying Muslim pilgrims crashed at Jeddah International Airport in Saudi Arabia, killing all 261 passengers and crew.
In 2006, eight bombs exploded on a commuter rail network in Mumbai, India, during the evening rush hour, killing more than 200 people.
In 2022, President Joe Biden unveiled the first images from NASA’s new space telescope, the furthest in time and distance humanity has ever seen, approaching the dawn of the universe and the edge of the cosmos.
Today’s birthdays: Fashion designer Giorgio Armani is 90. Actor Susan Seaforth Hayes is 81. Actor Bruce McGill is 74. Actor Stephen Lang is 72. Actor Mindy Sterling is 71. Actor Sela Ward is 68. Reggae singer Michael Rose (Black Uhuru) is 67. Singer Peter Murphy (Bauhaus) is 67. Actor Mark Lester is 66. Saxophonist Kirk Whalum is 66. Singer Suzanne Vega is 65. Rock guitarist Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi) is 65. Actor Lisa Rinna is 61. Author Jhumpa Lahiri is 57. Wildlife expert Jeff Corwin is 57. Actor Justin Chambers (TV’s Grey’s Anatomy) is 54. Actor Michael Rosenbaum (TV’s Smallville) is 52. Rapper Lil’ Kim is 50. U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona is 49. Pro Football Hall of Famer Andre Johnson is 43. Pop-jazz singer and musician Peter Cincotti is 41. Actress Serinda Swan is 40. Actor David Henrie is 35. Actor Connor Paolo is 34. Tennis player Caroline Wozniacki is 34. R&B/pop singer Alessia Cara is 28.
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