July 11th observes Free Slurpee Day as well as World Population Day.
Italy won their second EUFA Euro soccer title after defeating England in penalty shootouts.
American comedy-drama 'Orange Is the New Black' was released on Netflix.
A series of seven bomb blasts killed 209 people in Mumbai, India.
Jamaican-American singer Shaggy released his third album, ''Boombastic.”
The United Nations declared Matej Gaspar as the five billionth person in the world.
The Skylab, America's first space station, was destroyed as it entered Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean.
Martin Luther King Jr. posthumously received the US Medal of Freedom by President Jimmy Carter.
'Space Oddity' was released by David Bowie.
Harper Lee's book 'To Kill a Mockingbird' was published by J. B. Lippincott & Co.
Legendary baseballer Babe Ruth made his Major League Baseball debut for the Boston Red Sox.
Charlotte Cooper won a gold medal, making her the first individual female Olympic champion.
The city of Tijuana in Mexico was founded.
Pope Clement VII excommunicated King Henry VIII of England for his terrible behavior.
Chinese mariner and explorer Zheng He set sail with his fleet to explore the world for the first time.
