07-10-2004, 07:19 PM
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July 11th
1302 ~ Battle of the Golden Spurs - the Flemish cities beat the French army. The battle showed that mounted knights were not invincible and so marked the beginning of their decline in European warfare.
1274 ~ Birthday of Robert the Bruce, king of Scotland.
1533 ~ King Henry VIII of England was excommunicated.
1754 ~ Birthday of Thomas Bowdler, Literary Censor.
1798 ~ The United States Marine Corps is established.
1811 ~ Italian scientist Amedeo Avogadro published his memoir about molecular content of gases.
1857 ~ Birthday of Alfred Binet, Psychologist
1899 ~ Birthday of E. B. White, Writer.
1913 ~ Birthday of Cordwainer Smith, Writer.
1995 ~ Bosnian Serbs captured the Muslim city of Srebrenica. Many inhabitants were murdered.
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