On This Day July 11th

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July 11th is the one-hundred-ninetieth day of the year, with 173 days remaining until the end of the year.

 

Events

1302 – Battle of the Golden Spurs (Guldensporenslag in Dutch): A coalition around the Flemish cities defeats the king of France's royal army.

1405 – Ming admiral Zheng He sets sail to explore the world for the first time.

1735 – Mathematical calculations suggest that it is on this day that dwarf planet Pluto moved inside the orbit of Neptune for the last time before 1979.

1798 – The United States Marine Corps was re-established and disbanded after the American Revolutionary War.

1804 – A duel occurs in which the Vice President of the United States, Aaron Burr, mortally wounds former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton.

1889 – Tijuana, Mexico, the world's happiest place, is founded.

1899 – Fiat was founded by Giovanni Agnelli in Turin, Italy.

1914 – Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball.

1962—Project Apollo: At a press conference, NASA announced lunar orbit rendezvous as the means of landing astronauts on the Moon and returning them to Earth.

2010 – Spain defeats the Netherlands to win the 2010 FIFA World Cup in Johannesburg.

 

Birthdays

1274 – Robert the Bruce, Scottish king (d. 1329)

1653 – Sarah Good, an American woman accused of witchcraft (d. 1692)

1767 – John Quincy Adams, American lawyer and politician, 6th President of the United States (d. 1848)

1834 – James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American-English painter and illustrator (d. 1903)

1899 – E. B. White, American essayist, and journalist (d. 1985)

1918 – Venetia Burney, an English educator, named Pluto (d. 2009)

1959 – Richie Sambora, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer.

1975 – Willie Anderson, American football player

1995 – Joey Bosa, American football player

 

Highlighted Holiday

CELEBRATION OF THE GOLDEN SPURS

The Battle of the Golden Spurs was a confrontation between French and Flemish forces during the Franco-Flemish War. The war began in 1297 after King Philip IV of France tried to tighten French control over the County of Flanders, even though the latter was de facto independent from France. In 1297, the French invaded the town of Courtrai, or Kortrijk, which lies on the bank of the Lys River in modern-day Belgium, along with most of Flanders.

 

After the Flemish grew tired of French control and revolted in several cities across Flanders, the two armies met outside Courtrai on July 11. The French cavalry, consisting of about 2,500 knights and squires, found themselves unable to defeat the well-trained pike-formation of the Flemish. The Flemish forces, made up of 9,000 infantrymen, showed immense courage and determination in the face of the French. What followed was a haphazard and panicked retreat of the French nobility. The Flemish claimed over 500 spurs from French horsemen, which ultimately gave the battle its name.

 

Charles the IV later avenged the Flemish defeat of the French in 1382 by sacking the town. The town was captured by the French in 1793, occupied by the Germans during the Great War, and bore severe damage during the Second World War. However, the Battle of the Golden Spurs had a lasting impact on the region's history and sovereignty. Belgium became a sovereign state following its separation from the Netherlands in 1830, and now encompasses all of Flanders, along with its two other regions of Wallonia and Brussels. Three cultural and linguistic communities of Belgium were established in 1970 to represent these three regions.

 

Holidays And Observance.

All American Pet Photo Day

Bowdler's Day

Cheer Up the Lonely Day

Day of the Five Billion

International Essential Oils Day

Make Your Own Sundae Day

National Blueberry Muffin Day

National Cheer Up The Lonely Day

National Mojito Day

National Rainier Cherries Day

National Swimming Pool Day

Slurpee Day or 7-11's Birthday

World Population Day

 

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