Today is Friday, July 11, the 193rd day of 2007. There are 173 days left in the year.
1804 _ V.P. Aaron Burr kills Alex Hamilton in a pistol duel near Weehawken
1818 _ Keats writes ``In the Cottage Where Burns Was Born," ``Lines Written in the Highlands," & ``The Gadfly"
1921 _ Mongolia gains independence from China (National Day)
1969 _ David Bowie releases ``Space Oddity"
1974 _ House Judiciary Committee releases evidence on Watergate inquiry
1977 _ Medal of Freedom awarded posthumously to Rev Martin Luther King Jr.
1982 _ Italy beats West Germany 3-1 for soccer's 12th World Cup in Madrid
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