Shimla, July 11 – Keekli Bureau

This Day in History

1302

In the Battle of the Golden Spurs, an untrained Flemish infantry militia defeated a professional force of French and patrician Flemish cavalry, thus halting the growth of French control over Belgium.

1798

The U.S. Marine Corps, originally established in 1775, was formally reestablished.

1863

Angered by unfair practices in Civil War conscription, New York City workers rioted and attacked draft headquarters.

1914

George Herman (“Babe”) Ruth played in his first major league baseball game, for the Boston Red Sox.

1916

Australian politician Gough Whitlam—who served as his country’s prime minister from 1972 until 1975, when he was dismissed by the governor-general—was born in Kew, Victoria.

1936

The Triborough Bridge (later renamed the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge), designed by David Barnard Steinman, opened in New York City.

1953

Leon Spinks, who, like his brother Michael, won a world boxing title—the first set of brothers to do so—was born in St. Louis, Missouri.

1955

The U.S. Air Force Academy officially opened at temporary quarters at Lowry Air Force Base in Denver, Colorado.

1960

American author Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird was published and became a classic, noted for its sensitive treatment of a child’s awakening to racism and prejudice in the South.

1989

British actor Laurence Olivier, arguably the greatest English-speaking actor of the 20th century, died near London.

2007

American first lady (1963–69) and environmentalist Lady Bird Johnson—the wife of Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th president of the United States—died in Texas.

1924

Muslim-Hindu rebellion in Delhi, India

2006

209 people are killed in a series of bomb attacks in Mumbai, India

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