On This Day in History July 11, 2018

Historical Events 1405  Chinese fleet commander Zheng He sets sail to explore the world for the first time 1533  Pope Clement VII excommunicates England's King Henry VIII 1818  English poet John Keats writes "In the Cottage Where Burns is Born", "Lines Written in the Highlands", and "Gadfly" 1877  Kate Edger becomes New Zealand’s first woman graduate and first woman in the British Empire to earn a Bachelor of Arts 1900  Charlotte Cooper beats Hélène Prévost to become the 1st female Olympic tennis champion and the 1st individual female Olympic champion in any sport 1944  Franklin Roosevelt announces that he will run for a fourth term as President of the United States 1995  7,000 Bosnian Muslim men are massacred when Bosnian Serbs overrun the UN 'safe haven' of Srebrenica More Historical Events Famous Birthdays E. B. White (1899 - 1985) John Quincy Adams (1767 - 1848) Leon Spinks 65th Birthday Yul Brynner (1920 - 1985) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Gertrude Bell (1868 - 1926) Laurence Olivier (1907 - 1989) More Famous Deaths