Portal:United States/Anniversaries/July/July 11
- 1767 – John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the United States and considered to be one of the greatest diplomats in American history, is born.
- 1796 – The United States takes possession of Detroit from Great Britain under terms of the Jay Treaty.
- 1804 – Vice President Aaron Burr mortally wounds former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton in a duel.
- 1921 – Former President William Howard Taft (pictured) is sworn in as 10th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, becoming the only person to ever serve as both President and Chief Justice.
- 1955 – The phrase In God We Trust is added to all US currency.
- 1960 – To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is first published.
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Events
- 1796 – The U.S. takes possession of Detroit from Great Britain under terms of the Jay Treaty.
- 1798 – The United States Marine Corps is re–established; they had been disbanded after the American Revolutionary War.
- 1804 – Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr mortally wounds former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton in a duel.
- 1864 – Confederate forces attempt an invasion of Washington, D.C.
- 1906 – Gillette–Brown murder inspires Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy
- 1914 – Babe Ruth debuts in Major league baseball.
- 1921 – Former US President William Howard Taft sworn in as 10th Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, becoming the only person to ever be both President and Chief Justice.
- 1922 – Hollywood Bowl opens.
- 1936 – Triborough Bridge in New York City is opened to traffic.
- 1944 – Franklin D. Roosevelt says he will run for a fourth term as President of the United States.
- 1955 – The phrase In God We Trust is added to all US currency.
- 1960 – To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is first published.
- 1977 – Martin Luther King is posthumously awarded the Medal of Freedom.
- 1979 – The space station Skylab returns to Earth.
- 1991 – Total solar eclipse in Hawaii and Mexico.
- 1995 – Full diplomatic relations are established between the United States and Vietnam.
- 2004 – CIA Director George Tenet leaves his position at the agency.