Censors' day
Thomas Bowdler was born in
1754 July 11th. His name is the source of the word
Bowdlerize.
Other Births
Robert I ("The Bruce") King of Scotland born in 1274
Frederick I, first king of Prussia, was born in 1657
John Wanamaker was born 1838
Blake Clark was born in 1908
Tab Hunter was born in 1931
Events
Ottobuono Feischi elected Pope Adrian V in 1276
First settlement in New Mexico begun (San Juan de los Caballeros), 1598
Michael I crowned the first Romanov Czar of Russia, 1613
Hitler signed a treaty guaranteeing Austria's frontier, 1936
U.S. Air Force Academy opened, 1955
Deaths:
St. Olga died in 969 AD. (Feast day)
Nathaniel Ames died in 1764
Alexander Hamilton is shot and killed by Arron Burr, 1804
James Smith died in 1806
Eugenie, wife of Napoleon III died in 1920