On This Day In ...

• Jul 11 1895 – Bert Chesterfield, HBC trader and photographer, arrives at his first posting, Rigolet, on the Labrador coast, on board the Eugenie, to train as an apprentice clerk.
• Jul 11 2012 – During a test of multibeam mapping echo sounders off the southern coast of Greenland, the crew of RV Falkor, run by a private organization called the Schmidt Ocean Institute, found the wreck of SS Terra Nova, Scott's ship, which sank in September 1942.

• Jul 11 1649 – Susanna Hall, the elder daughter of William Shakespeare, died in Stratford at the age of 66.
• Jul 11 1956 – Birth of writer Amitav Ghosh in Calcutta, India.
• Jul 11 1960 – Harper Lee's influential novel To Kill a Mockingbird was published in the USA.
• Jul 11 2005 – Publication of Oak: The Frame of Civilization by William Bryant Logan.
• Jul 11 2006 – Publication of Break no Bones, the 9th Tempe Brennan novel by Kathy Reichs.

• Jul 11 1937 – George Gershwin, composer best known for Broadway tunes, died in Hollywood, California, USA, at the age of 38.
• Jul 11 1949 – Guitarist Liona Boyd born in London, England.
• Jul 11 1953 – Bramwell Tovey, conductor, born in Ilford, Essex, England.
• Jul 11 1970 – Eric Owens, bass-baritone and opera performer, born in Philadelphia, USA.

• Jul 11 1774 – Robert Jameson, natural historian who held the chair of natural history at Edinburgh University for more than 50 years, born in Leith, Scotland.
• Jul 11 1821 – Henry de la Beche writes to the Keeper at the British Museum about a small Ichthyosaur specimen that the Annings have found and recommends that the Museum should acquire it.
• Jul 11 1835 – HMS Beagle anchors in Iquique, Peru.
• Jul 11 1864 – Birth of Charles Dawson at Fulkeith Hall, Lancashire, England. Dawson was am amateur antiquary, famous as the finder of the Piltdown materials, and later identified as the most likely perpetrator of the hoax.

• Jul 11 2004 – A torrential rainstorm dumped more than 150 mm of rainfall in less than an hour on some parts of south and west Edmonton. The storm caused flooding and property damage, as drains backed up and basements flooded. Flash floods coursed along roads, especially the Whitemud Freeway, and washed out roadways.

• Jul 11 1970 – Birds of Asia exhibition closes.
• Jul 11 1970 – The Preservation of Abu Simnel exhibition opens.
• Jul 11 1984 – Vilhemina to Wilhelmina: A Long Journey to a New Life exhibition closes.
• Jul 11 1986 – Butterflies, Beauty in Evolution exhibition opens.
• Jul 11 1990 – Provincial Museum of Alberta welcomes its 8-millionth visitor.

This presentation has been compiled and is ©1998-2025 by
Alwynne B. Beaudoin (bluebulrush@gmail.com)
Last updated February 1, 2025