History for July 11

History for July 11 - On-This-Day.com

John Quincy Adams 1767 - Sixth President of the United States

• 1533 - Henry VIII, who divorced his wife and became head of the church of England, was excommunicated from the Catholic Church by Pope Clement VII.
• 1786 - Morocco agreed to stop attacking American ships in the Mediterranean for a payment of $10,000.
• 1798 - The U.S. Marine Corps was formally re-established by "An Act for Establishing a Marine Corps" passed by the U.S. Congress. The act also created the U.S. Marine Band. The Marines were first commissioned by the Continental Congress on November 10, 1775.
• 1804 - The United States' first secretary of the treasury, Alexander Hamilton, was killed by Vice President Aaron Burr in a duel.
• 1955 - The U.S. Air Force Academy was dedicated in Colorado at Lowry Air Base.
• 1962 - The first transatlantic TV transmission was sent through the Telstar I satellite.
• 1998 - U.S. Air Force Lt. Michael Blassie, a casualty of the Vietnam War, was laid to rest near his Missouri home. He had been positively identified from his remains that had been enshrined in the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington, VA.