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Amedeo Avogadro
Aaron Burr
Alexander Hamilton
Hamilton–Burr dueling pistols
Philippe Pétain
Ratko Mladić
Jacques Necker
Harper Lee
Jean-Louis Pons
Bombardment of Alexandria
Sculpture of Zheng He
Woodblock print of Zheng He's ships
Statue of Yagan
Robert F. Kennedy (Triborough) Bridge
Leicester balloon riot, 1864
Depiction of Michael I Rangabe (centre)
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| Day of the Flemish Community of Belgium; | refimprove |
| ; Naadam begins in Mongolia | refimprove section |
| 1804 – U.S. vice president Aaron Burr mortally wounded former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton during a duel in Weehawken, New Jersey. | refimprove section |
| 1811 – Italian scientist Amedeo Avogadro published a hypothesis on the molecular content of gases, now known as Avogadro's law. | Avogadro: Needs more footnotes; Avogadro's law: date not in article |
| 1882 – Anglo-Egyptian War: British naval forces began their bombardment of Alexandria against Urabi forces. | unreferenced sections |
| 1889 – Tijuana, the westernmost city in Mexico, was founded. | cleanup section |
| 1893 – Japanese entrepreneur and inventor Kokichi Mikimoto first created the hemispherical cultured pearl. | refimprove section, date not cited |
| 1921 – The Irish War of Independence ended with a truce, resulting in negotiations that eventually led to the Anglo-Irish Treaty and the establishment of the Irish Free State. | refimprove section |
| 1940 – French World War I veteran Philippe Pétain became Chief of State of Vichy France. | unreferenced sections |
| 1943 – The bloodiest day of Volhynia genocide took place, where units of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army attacked and burned various Polish villages in the Volhynia region of present-day Ukraine | 8 citation needed tags plus other uncited bits |
| 1947 – The passenger ship Exodus departed France with the intent of taking Jewish emigrants to British-controlled Palestine. | refimprove |
| 1957 – Prince Karīm al-Hussaynī succeeded Sultan Mahommed Shah as the Aga Khan, becoming the 49th Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims. | unreferenced section (Ancestry) |
| 1978 – A tanker truck loaded with 23 tons of highly flammable liquid propylene caught fire and exploded in Alcanar, Spain, killing 217 people and severely burning 200 others. | refimprove |
| 1990 – The Oka Crisis, a 77-day land dispute between a group of Mohawk people and the Canadian town of Oka, Quebec, began. | refimprove |
| 1995 – Bosnian Genocide: Bosnian Serb forces began the Srebrenica massacre in the region of Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, eventually killing an estimated total of 8,000 Bosniaks. | undue weight |
| 2006 – A series of seven bombs exploded over a period of 11 minutes on the Suburban Railway in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, killing 209 people and injuring over 700 others. | refimprove sections |
| Pedro Rodríguez |d|1971 | refimprove section |
| Annie Armstrong |b|1850| | Date not cited |
| John Spencer |d|2006 | Recent TFA on February 18, 2024 |
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- 813 – Byzantine emperor Michael I Rangabe (depicted), under threat by conspiracies, abdicated in favor of his general Leo the Armenian, and became a monk.
- 1302 – Franco-Flemish War: Flemish infantry defeated a large French army near Kortrijk at the Battle of the Golden Spurs.
- 1405 – Marking the start of the Ming treasure voyages, a Chinese expeditionary fleet led by Zheng He set sail for foreign regions of the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean.
- 1789 – French Revolution: Jacques Necker was dismissed as Director-General of Finances of France, sparking public demonstrations in Paris that led to the storming of the Bastille.
- 1792 – The Belfast Harp Festival, an early event in the Gaelic revival, began at the Assembly Rooms.
- 1801 – French astronomer Jean-Louis Pons co-discovered the first of his 37 comets, more than any other person in history.
- 1846 – British soldier Frederick John White died after a flogging, leading to a campaign to end the practice in the British Army.
- 1848 – Waterloo Bridge Station, which later became Britain's busiest railway station by passenger usage, was opened by the London and South Western Railway.
- 1864 – American Civil War: Confederate forces under Jubal Early began an unsuccessful attempt to capture Washington, D.C..
- 1864 – A riot broke out in Leicester, England, at the failed launching of a gas balloon (pictured).
- 1914 – The US Navy launched the USS Nevada (BB-36) as its first Standard-type battleship.
- 1928 – Archaeologist Ivan Borkovský discovered a medieval skeleton at Prague Castle; competing factions claimed the skeleton as Germanic or Slavic in origin.
- 1960 – To Kill a Mockingbird, a novel by Harper Lee featuring themes of racial injustice and the loss of innocence in the Deep South of America, was published.
- 2010 – The Islamist militia group Al-Shabaab carried out multiple suicide bombings in Kampala, Uganda, killing 74 people and injuring 85 others.
- 2011 – An explosion at the Evangelos Florakis Naval Base killed 13 people, including the head of the Cyprus Navy.
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July 11: Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Genocide in Poland
Spain squad celebrating
- 1833 – Yagan, a Noongar warrior wanted for leading attacks on British colonists in Western Australia, was killed, becoming a symbol of the unjust and sometimes brutal treatment of indigenous Australians by colonial settlers.
- 1936 – New York City's Triborough Bridge, the "biggest traffic machine ever built", opened to traffic.
- 1982 – Italy defeated West Germany 3–1 to win their third FIFA World Cup title.
- 1991 – Shortly after taking off from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 caught fire and crashed, killing all 261 people on board.
- 2010 – Spain defeated the Netherlands 1–0 after extra time to win their first FIFA World Cup title (pictured lifting the trophy).
- Iskaq Tjokrohadisurjo (b. 1896)
- Giorgio Armani (b. 1934)
- Lady Bird Johnson (d. 2007)
- Satoru Iwata (d. 2015)