Today In History

Tue., July 11, 2000

In 1804: Vice President Aaron Burr mortally wounded former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton in a pistol duel near Weehawken, N.J.

In 1533: Pope Clement VII excommunicated King Henry VIII.

In 1864: Confederate forces led by Gen. Jubal Early began an abortive invasion of Washington D.C., turning back the next day.

In 1955: the U.S. Air Force Academy was dedicated at Lowry Air Base in Colorado.

In 1977: The Medal of Freedom was awarded posthumously to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

In 1980: American hostage Richard I. Queen, freed by Iran after eight months of captivity because of poor health, left Tehran for Switzerland.

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