This Day in History: July 11th

Here are ten interesting events that took place on July 11th throughout history:

1. 1302: The Battle of the Golden Spurs occurs in present-day Belgium, where Flemish militia successfully defeat French knights.
2. 1533: Pope Clement VII excommunicates England’s King Henry VIII after he annuls his marriage to Catherine of Aragon.
3. 1796: The United States takes possession of Detroit from Great Britain under the terms of the Jay Treaty.
4. 1804: Vice President of the United States, Aaron Burr, fatally wounds Alexander Hamilton, a former Secretary of the Treasury, in a duel.
5. 1859: Big Ben, the iconic bell located in the clock tower of the Palace of Westminster in London, begins operation.
6. 1921: Mongolia gains independence from China after a period of autonomy and a revolution led by the Mongolian People’s Party.
7. 1960: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is published, eventually becoming a classic American novel.
8. 1979: The abandoned U.S. space station Skylab re-enters Earth’s atmosphere and disintegrates, scattering debris over the Indian Ocean and Western Australia.
9. 1995: The massacre in Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, begins, leading to the killing of over 8,000 Bosniak Muslims by Bosnian Serb forces.
10. 2011: The final Space Shuttle mission, STS-135, is launched by NASA, marking the end of the Space Shuttle program.

These events span various fields, including military history, politics, literature, science, and human rights, showcasing the diversity of significant occurrences on July 11th throughout history.

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