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Did you know ...
- ... that the first British writer to openly support the Thirteen Colonies in the American Revolutionary War was later honoured with a statue in London (pictured)?
- ... that Cincinnati mayor Frederick S. Spiegel spent his final years as legal counsel for the city's subway project, during which an inspection accident ultimately led to his death?
- ... that the combination of Bulgarian choral music and Tuvan throat singing on Fly, Fly My Sadness was inspired by multiple albums being played at the same time?
- ... that River Moon was a mortician's assistant and managed a meme page before pursuing a DJ career?
- ... that Vietnamese writer Phạm Đoan Trang asked for permission to keep her guitar while in jail?
- ... that a Florida man in his 70s claims an internet following of Gen Zers?
- ... that Anna Van Patten learned pole dancing to prepare for her role in Euphoria?
- ... that Macrocarpaea dies-viridis was named after the band Green Day?
- ... that John W. Townsend Jr. used rockets to measure atmospheric gas over a subarctic town?
In the news
- The International Olympic Committee provisionally lifts its suspension of the Russian Committee .
- In cricket, the Women's T20 World Cup concludes with Australia defeating England in the final (player of the match Beth Mooney pictured).
- Keiko Fujimori is elected President of Peru.
On this day
July 11 : Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Genocide in Poland
- 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.
- 1864 – A riot broke out in Leicester, England, at the failed launching of a gas balloon (pictured).
- 1936 – New York City's Triborough Bridge , the "biggest traffic machine ever built", opened to traffic.
- 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.
- 1991 – Shortly after taking off from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 caught fire and crashed, killing all 261 people on board.
- Iskaq Tjokrohadisurjo (b. 1896)
- Giorgio Armani (b. 1934)
- Lady Bird Johnson (d. 2007)
- Satoru Iwata (d. 2015)
Today's featured picture
 | Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder (11 July 1890 – 3 June 1967), was a senior British air commander who played a significant role in the Allied victory in the Second World War. After serving in the Royal Flying Corps in the First World War, he rose to command RAF Middle East Command, where his organisational reforms and the "Tedder Carpet" bombing tactic helped secure victory at the Second Battle of El Alamein. He later served as deputy to Dwight D. Eisenhower during the Allied invasion of France, and went on to sign the German Instrument of Surrender on Eisenhower's behalf. After the war, Tedder became Chief of the Air Staff and later Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. He was elevated to the peerage in 1946. This photograph, in the collection of the Imperial War Museum, shows Tedder on the Italian coast in December 1943. At that time, he held the rank of air chief marshal, and later that month returned to Britain to take up his appointment as deputy commander of the Allied Expeditionary Forces. Photograph credit: unknown; restored by Adam Cuerden Recently featured: |