July 11 Holidays & National Days & Fun Days | July 11 Calendar
July 11th Daily Holidays include:
- All American Pet Photo Day
- Bowdler’s Day
- Cheer Up the Lonely Day
- Chick-fil-A’s Cow Appreciation Day – July 11, 2023 (Second Tuesday in July)
- Cow Appreciation Day – July 11, 2023 (Second Tuesday in July)
- Day of the Five Billion
- International Essential Oils Day
- International Sister Cities Day – July 11, 2023
- Make Your Own Sundae Day
- Major League Baseball All Star Game – July 11, 2023
- National Blueberry Muffin Day
- National Cheer Up The Lonely Day
- National Mojito Day
- National Rainier Cherries Day
- National Swimming Pool Day
- Slurpee Day or 7-11’s Birthday
- World Population Day
July 11: Famous Birthdays
- July 11,1806 – James Smith, Irish-American lawyer and politician who was a signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence as a representative of Pennsylvania (b. 1719)
- July 11,1989 – Laurence Olivier, English actor, director and producer (Wuthering Heights, Rebecca, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof) (b. 1907)
- July 11,2007 – Lady Bird Johnson, 43rd First Lady of the United States (b. 1912)
July 11: Historical Events
- July 11,1798 – The U.S. Marine Corps is re-established after they had been disbanded after the American Revolutionary War
- July 11,1804 – During a duel, the Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr mortally wounds former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton
- July 11,1848 – Waterloo railway station in London opens
- July 11,1889 – Tijuana, Mexico is founded
- July 11,1914 – The USS Nevada is launched
- July 11,1921 – Former President of the United States William Howard Taft is sworn in as the 10th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
- July 11,1922 – The Hollywood Bowl amphitheater opens
- July 11,1936 – New York City opens the Triborough Bridge to traffic for the first time
- July 11,1960 – To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is published in the United States
- July 11,1962 – First transatlantic satellite television transmission
- July 11,1973 – The FAA bans smoking in airplane lavatories after Varig Flight 820 crashes near Paris, France killing 123 of the 134 on board
- July 11,1977 – The Presidential Medal of Freedom is posthumously awarded to Martin Luther King, Jr.
- July 11,1979 – America’s first space station, Skylab is destroyed as it re-enters the Earth’s atmosphere over the Indian Ocean
- July 11,1991 – All 261 passengers and crew on board Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 crashes in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- July 11,2006 – 209 people are killed in a series of bomb attacks in Mumbai, India
- July 11,2010 – 74 people are killed in twin suicide bombings at two locations in Kampala, Uganda
July 11: Music Events
- July 11,1969 – Honky Tonk Women is released by The Rolling Stones
- July 11,1970 – The cover of Summertime Blues is released by The Who
- July 11,1970 – The Woodstock soundtrack to the film hits #1
- July 11,1970 – Mama Told Me Not to Come by Three Dog Night hits #1 (video below)
- July 11,2009 – I Gotta Feelin by the Black Eyed Peas replaces another of their songs Boom Boom Pow at #1
July 11: Astrological Sign
The Astrological Sign for July 11 is Cancer.
July Birthstone:
What is the July Birthstone? Ruby
The July birthstones are Rubies. Ruby birthstone is a sight to behold. Its deep red hue, with a hint of purple, is known as “pigeon’s blood” in the trade. It’s a variety of the mineral corundum, and its color comes from trace amounts of chromium. The more chromium, the deeper the red.
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