Year 1801
The French astronomer John Louis Pons discovered the comet, Pons.
JULY 11
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11 July: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 11 July.
Observances & Special Days
World Population Day (International)
Year 1893
The first cultured pearl was obtained by Kokichi Mikimoto.
Year 1950
Pakistan became a member of the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Year 1979
America's first space station, Skylab, is destroyed as it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean.
Year 1987
The world population has crossed the five billion mark. The United Nations had decided to celebrate July 11 as Population Day.
Year 1994
Inspector General of Police Kiran Bedi received the Ramon Magsaysay Award.
Year 2006
Mumbai train bombings: 209 people were killed in a series of bomb attacks in Mumbai, India.
Born 1857
Chettur Sankaran Nair, an Indian politician, and author.
Born 1889
Narayan Hari Apte, an Indian-Marathi novelist.
Born 1902
Baldev Singh, an Indian Sikh political leader.
Born 1921
Shankarrao Kharat, an Indian-Marathi writer.
Born 1923
Tun Tun, Indian actress and comedian (d. 2003)
Born 1927
Theodore Maiman, an American engineer and physicist.
Born 1953
Suresh Prabhu, Indian accountant and politician, Indian Minister of Railways
Born 1956
Amitav Ghosh, an Indian writer.
Born 1967
Jhumpa Lahiri, an American-Indian author.
Died 1957
Aga Khan III, one of the founders and the first permanent president of the All-India Muslim League.
Died 2001
Qateel Shifai, a Pakistani Urdu poet and lyricist.
Died 2003
Bhisham Sahni was an Indian writer, and playwright.