Today In History

Today is Tuesday, July 11, the 192nd day of 2017. There are 173 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

› 1804: Vice President Aaron Burr mortally wounded former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton during a pistol duel in Weehawken, New Jersey. (Hamilton died the next day.)

ON THIS DATE

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

› 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.

› 1960: The novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee was first published by J.B. Lippincott and Co.

› 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.

› 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.

› 1995: The U.N.-designated “safe haven” of Srebrenica in Bosnia-Herzegovina fell to Bosnian Serb forces, who then carried out the killings of more than 8,000 Muslim men and boys.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Actor Tab Hunter is

86. Actress Susan Seaforth Hayes is 74. Singer Jeff Hanna (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) is 71. Ventriloquist-actor Jay Johnson is 68. Actor Stephen Lang is 65. Actress Mindy Sterling is 64. Boxer Leon Spinks is 64. Actress Sela Ward is 61. Reggae singer Michael Rose (Black Uhuru) is 60. Actor Mark Lester is 59. Jazz musician Kirk Whalum is 59. Singer Suzanne Vega is

58. Rock musician Scott Shriner (Weezer) is 52. Actress Debbe (correct) Dunning is 51. Actor Greg Grunberg is 51. Wildlife expert Jeff Corwin is 50. Actor Justin Chambers is 47. Actress Leisha Hailey is 46. Actor Michael Rosenbaum is 45. Poprock singer Andrew Bird is 44. Country singer Scotty Emerick is 44. Rock singer Ben Gibbard is 41. Rapper Lil’ Zane is

35. Pop-jazz singer-musician Peter Cincotti is 34. Actress Serinda Swan is

33. Actor David Henrie is

28. Actor Connor Paolo is

27. Tennis player Caroline Wozniacki is 27.