History for July 11

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John Quincy Adams (U.S.) 1767, E.B. White 1899, Yul Brynner 1915 



Tab Hunter 1931, Giorgio Armani 1934, 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. 


1864 - In the U.S., Confederate forces led by Gen. Jubal Early began an invasion of Washington, DC. They turned back the next day. 


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. 


1985 - Dr. H. Harlan Stone announced that he had used zippers for stitches on 28 patients. The zippers were used when he thought he may have to re-operate. 


1995 - Full diplomatic relations were established between the United States and Vietnam. 


1999 - A U.S. Air Force jet flew over the Antarctic and dropped off emergency medical supplies for Dr. Jerri Nelson after she had discovered a lump in her breast. Nelso was at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Research Center.