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What Happened on July 11

2010

FIFA World Cup Final is held in Johannesburg, South Africa:
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup.

2006

Mumbai train bombings:
Over 200 people were killed and about 700 people were injured in a series of bombings on Mumbai City, India trains.

1914

Major League Baseball debut of Babe Ruth:
George Herman “Babe” Ruth, Jr., one of the world’s most well-known professional baseball player.

Births On This Day
  • 1986 Yoann Gourcuff
    French footballer
  • 1975 Lil’ Kim
    American rapper, actress
Deaths On This Day
  • 2010 Bob Sheppard
    American sportscaster
  • 2007 Lady Bird Johnson
    Wife of Lyndon B. Johnson, 38th First Lady of the United States

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