07-11-2005, 05:13 AM
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July 11th
1798 ~ The U.S. Marine Corps was re-established after having been disbanded at the end of the American Revolutionary War.
1857 ~ Birthday of Alfred Binet, French Psychologist.
1859 ~ Charles Dickens’ A Tale Of Two Cities was published.
1899 ~ Birthday of E. B. White, American Writer. (Stuart Little, Charlotte's Web, The Trumpet of the Swan.)
1921 ~ Former U.S. President Taft was sworn in as 10th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, becoming the only man to be both President and Chief Justice.
1937 ~ Death of George Gershwin, American Composer.
1962 ~ First transatlantic satellite television transmission.
1971 ~ Death of John W. Campbell, Writer & Editor.
1989 ~ Death of Sir Laurence Olivier, Actor.
1995 ~ Bosnian Serbs capture the city of Srebrenica.
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