TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY IS TUESDAY, July 11, the 192nd day of 2017. There are 173 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT IN HISTORY: On this date in 1767, John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States, was born in Braintree, Mass..

In 1798, the U.S. Marine Corps was formally re-established by a congressional act that also created the U.S. Marine Band.

In 1804, Vice President Aaron Burr mortally wounded former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton during a pistol duel in Weehawken, N.J. (Hamilton died the next day.)

In 1952, the Republican National Convention, meeting in Chicago, nominated Dwight D. Eisenhower for president and Richard M. Nixon for vice president.

In 1955, the U.S. Air Force Academy swore in its first class of cadets at its temporary quarters at Lowry Air Force Base in Colorado.

In 1960, the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee was first published by J.B. Lippincott and Co.

In 1977, the Presidential Medal of Freedom was presented to polio vaccine pioneer Dr. Jonas Salk and (posthumously) to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. by President Jimmy Carter.

In 1979, the abandoned U.S. space station Skylab made a spectacular return to Earth, burning up in the atmosphere and showering debris over the Indian Ocean and Australia.

In 1991, a Nigeria Airways DC-8 carrying Muslim pilgrims crashed at the Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, international airport, killing all 261 people on board.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Actor Tab Hunter is 86. Actress Susan Seaforth Hayes is 74. Singer Jeff Hanna (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) is 70. Ventriloquistactor Jay Johnson is 68. Actor Bruce McGill is 67. Actor Stephen Lang is 65. Actress Mindy Sterling and boxer Leon Spinks are 64. Actress Sela Ward is 61. Reggae singer Michael Rose (Black Uhuru) is 60. Singer Suzanne Vega and rock guitarist Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi) are 58. Actress Lisa Rinna is 54. Wildlife expert Jeff Corwin is 50. Actress Leisha Hailey is 46. Actor Michael Rosenbaum is 45. Rapper Lil’ Kim and actor Jon Wellner are 42. Rock singer Ben Gibbard is 41. Rapper Lil’ Zane is 35. Pop-jazz singermusician Peter Cincotti is 34. Actress Serinda Swan is 33. Actor Robert Adamson is 32. Actor David Henrie is 28. Actor Connor Paolo and tennis player Caroline Wozniacki are 27.