Today in History: July 11, the fall of Srebrenica

This day is Friday July the nd day of There are days left in the year At present in History On July the U N -designated safe haven of Srebrenica sreh-breh-NEET -sah in Bosnia-Herzegovina fell to Bosnian Serb forces who subsequently carried out the killings of more than Muslim men and boys Also on this date In the U S Marine Corps was formally re-established by a congressional act that also created the U S Marine Band Related Articles US has reclosed its southern confines after a flesh-eating parasite is seen further north in Mexico In the modern day in History July the Battle of Britain begins in World War II The US is having its worst year for measles in more than three decades Currently in History July th Amendment ratified Minnesota state Sen John Hoffman shot times by a man posing as an officer leaves the hospital In Vice President Aaron Burr mortally wounded former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton during a pistol duel in Weehawken New Jersey Hamilton died the next day In Big Ben the great bell inside the famous London clock tower chimed for the first time In Confederate forces led by Gen Jubal Early began an abortive invasion of Washington D C and his raid was turned back the next day In Babe Ruth made his Major League baseball debut pitching the Boston Red Sox to a - mastery over Cleveland In fighting in the Irish War of Independence ended with a truce In Harper Lee s novel To Kill a Mockingbird was published In the World Chess Championship opened as grandmasters Bobby Fischer of the United States and defending champion Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union began play in Reykjavik Iceland Fischer won after games In the abandoned U S space station Skylab made a spectacular return to Earth burning up in the atmosphere and showering debris over the Indian Ocean and Australia In a Nigeria Airways DC- carrying Muslim pilgrims crashed at the Jiddah Saudi Arabia international airport killing all people on board In eight bombs hit a commuter rail configuration during evening rush hour in Mumbai India killing more than people In President Joe Biden revealed the first image from NASA s new space telescope the farthest humanity had ever seen in both time and distance closer to the dawn of the universe and the edge of the cosmos In the modern day s Birthdays Fashion designer Giorgio Armani is Actor Susan Seaforth Hayes is Actor Bruce McGill is Actor Stephen Lang is Actor Mindy Sterling is Actor Sela Ward is Reggae singer Michael Rose Black Uhuru is Singer Peter Murphy Bauhaus is Actor Mark Lester is Saxophonist Kirk Whalum is Singer Suzanne Vega is Rock guitarist Richie Sambora Bon Jovi is Actor Lisa Rinna is Author Jhumpa Lahiri is Wildlife expert Jeff Corwin is Actor Justin Chambers TV Grey s Anatomy is Actor Michael Rosenbaum TV Smallville is Rapper Lil Kim is Pro Football Hall of Famer Andre Johnson is Pop-jazz singer-musician Peter Cincotti is Actor Serinda Swan is Actor David Henrie is Actor Connor Paolo is R B pop singer Alessia Cara is