TODAY IN HISTORY In 1804,

On July 11, 1798, the U.S. Marine Corps was formally reestablished by a congressional act that also created the U.S. Marine Band.

Vice President Aaron Burr mortally wounded former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton during a pistol duel in Weehawken, New Jersey.

In 1859, Big Ben, the great bell inside the famous London clock tower, chimed for the first time.

In 1936, New York City’s Triborough Bridge, now officially the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge, linking Manhattan, Queens and

the Bronx was opened.

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

July 11 birthdays: Actress Mindy Sterling is 67. Former boxer Leon Spinks is

67. Actor Greg Grunberg is

54. Pop-rock singer Andrew Bird is 47. Rapper Lil’ Kim is 46. Actress Serinda Swan is 36.