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On July the 11th
2006 
A series of 11 bombs exploded in the suburban railway system of Mumbai, India. More than 200 people were killed and 700 injured in the explosions.
2006 
Microsoft announced that support for its Windows 98 and Windows Me operating systems was suspended.
1995 
Serbian armed forces captured the Bosnian town of Srebrenica. More than eight thousand people were massacred by the Serbian troops.
1995 
A Cubana de Aviacion passenger airplane crashed into the sea, southeast of Cuba. 44 people died in the crash.
1991 
A Nationair passenger flight crashed while it was attempting an emergency landing at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. 261 people died in the crash.
1989 
British actor, Laurence Olivier, was born in Surrey. He is regarded by many as the greatest English-speaking actor of the 20th century.
1987 
The United Nations announced the world population surpassed five billion people.
1983 
An Ecuadorian passenger flight crashed near Cuenca, Ecuador, resulting in the death of 119 people.
1973 
A Brazilian passenger flight crashed near Paris, resulting in the death of 123 peopl onboard. 11 people survived the crash.
1973 
Greek athlete, Konstantinos Kenteris, was born in Mytilene. He was the gold medallist in the 2000 Sydney Olympics but failed to run in the 2004 Athens Olympic games after failing to attend a drug test.
1960 
The novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, was published by Harper Lee. Lee won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1961.
1934 
Italian fashion designer, Giorgio Armani, was born in Piacenza.
1921 
Mongolia gained its independence from China. It was closely aligned with the Soviet Union and was proclaimed a democracy in 1992.
1914 
The legendary baseball player, Babe Ruth, played his first Major league baseball game.
1889 
The city of Tijuana, Mexico was founded.
1859 
The classic book, A Tale Of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens was published for the first time.
1576 
Greenland was discovered by English explorer, Martin Frobisher.
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