On This Day for July 11 - Duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton, Robert the Bruce is featured, and more

Created: 2020-07-11 10:02 Updated: 2020-07-11 10:02 Notebook: On this Day in History

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July 11

FEATURED BIOGRAPHY

Robert the Bruce

FEATURED EVENT

1804

Duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton

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MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY

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. [Take our quiz about the first ladies of the United States.]

1989: British actor Laurence Olivier, arguably the greatest English-speaking actor of the 20th century, died near London. [ Test your knowledge of actors and acting.]

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. [How much do you know about To Kill a Mockingbird?]

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. [ Take our sports quiz.]

1936: The Triborough Bridge (later renamed the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge), designed by David Barnard Steinman, opened in New York City. [Test your knowledge of bridges.]

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. [Sort fact from fiction in our quiz about Australia.]

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ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY

1903

Rudolf Abel
Soviet spy

1767

John Quincy Adams
president of United States

1920

Yul Brynner
Russian-born actor

1274

Robert the Bruce
king of Scotland

1967

Jhumpa Lahiri
American author