SATURDAY, JULY 11, 2015

Today is Saturday, July 11, the 192nd day of 2015. There are 173 days left in the year.

1533 ― Pope Clement VII excommunicated England’s King Henry VIII

1740 ― Jews are expelled from Little Russia by order of Czarina Anne

1804 ― V.P. Aaron Burr kills Alex Hamilton in a pistol duel near Weehawken

1921 ― Mongolia gains independence from China (National Day)

1955 ― Congress authorizes all U.S. currency to say “In God We Trust”

1962 ― Fred Baldasare is first to swim English Channel underwater (scuba)

1969 ― David Bowie releases “Space Oddity”

1985 ― Astros' Nolan Ryan, first to strike out 4000 (Mets' Danny Heep)

1986 ― Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway runs 10,000 m in world record 30:13.74

1988 ― Mike Tyson hires Donald Trump as an advisor

1989 ― President Ronald Reagan sportscasts the All Star Game

1991 ― Total solar eclipse is seen in Hawaii