WHAT HAPPENED ON 11. JULY
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The British Mediterranean Fleet begins the Bombardment of Alexandria in Egypt as part of the Anglo-Egyptian War. (11. July 1882)

Tijuana, Mexico, is founded. (11. July 1889)

The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kokichi Mikimoto. (11. July 1893)

A revolution led by the liberal general and politician, José Santos Zelaya, takes over state power in Nicaragua. (11. July 1893)

Brothers Auguste and Louis Lumière demonstrate movie film technology to scientists. (11. July 1895)

Salomon August Andrée leaves Spitsbergen to attempt to reach the North Pole by balloon. He later crashes and dies. (11. July 1897)

Murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in the United States, inspiration for Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy. (11. July 1906)

Babe Ruth makes his debut in Major League Baseball. (11. July 1914)

USS Nevada (BB-36) is launched. (11. July 1914)

The eight-hour day and free Sunday become law for workers in the Netherlands. (11. July 1919)

In the East Prussian plebiscite the local populace decides to remain with Weimar Germany. (11. July 1920)

A truce in the Irish War of Independence comes into effect. (11. July 1921)

The Red Army captures Mongolia from the White Army and establishes the Mongolian People's Republic. (11. July 1921)

Former President of the United States William Howard Taft is sworn in as 10th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, becoming the only person ever to hold both offices. (11. July 1921)

The Hollywood Bowl opens. (11. July 1922)

Australian cricketer Donald Bradman scores a world record 309 runs in one day, on his way to the highest individual Test innings of 334, during a Test match against England. (11. July 1930)

Engelbert Zaschka of Germany flies his large human-powered aircraft, the Zaschka Human-Power Aircraft, about 20 meters at Berlin Tempelhof Airport without assisted take off. (11. July 1934)

The Triborough Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic. (11. July 1936)

World War II: Vichy France regime is formally established. Philippe Pétain becomes Prime Minister of France. (11. July 1940)

Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army within the Reichskommissariat Ukraine (Volhynia) peak. (11. July 1943)