History for July 11

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John Quincy Adams 1767 - Sixth President of the United States, John Wanamaker 1838, E.B. White 1899


Yul Brynner 1915, Tab Hunter 1931 - Actor, Stephen Lang 1952


1533 - Henry VIII, who divorced his wife and became head of the church of England, was excommunicated from the Catholic Church by Pope Clement VII.


1786 - Morocco agreed to stop attacking American ships in the Mediterranean for a payment of $10,000.


1798 - The U.S. Marine Corps was formally re-established by "An Act for Establishing a Marine Corps" passed by the U.S. Congress. The act also created the U.S. Marine Band. The Marines were first commissioned by the Continental Congress on November 10, 1775.


1804 - The United States' first secretary of the treasury, Alexander Hamilton, was killed by Vice President Aaron Burr in a duel.


1914 - Babe Ruth debuted in the major leagues with the Boston Red Sox.


1955 - The U.S. Air Force Academy was dedicated in Colorado at Lowry Air Base.


1972 - U.S. forces broke the 95-day siege at An Loc in Vietnam.


1979 - The abandoned U.S. space station Skylab returned to Earth. It burned up in the atmosphere and showered debris over the Indian Ocean and Australia.