Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/July 11

Births

• 1274 - Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland (d. 1329)
• 1767 - John Quincy Adams, (pictured) President of the United States (d. 1848)
• 1916 - Gough Whitlam, 21st Prime Minister of Australia (d. 2014)
• 1930 - Harold Bloom, American literary critic (d. 2019)
• 1958 - Hugo Sánchez, Mexican footballer
• 1968 - David Tao, Taiwanese singer-songwriter
• 1972 - Michael Rosenbaum, American actor
• 1975 - Lil' Kim, American rapper
• 1983 - Marie Serneholt, Swedish musician (A*Teens)

Deaths

• 1920 - Empress Eugénie de Montijo of France (b. 1826)
• 1937 - George Gershwin, American composer (b. 1898)
• 1971 - John W. Campbell, American writer and editor (b. 1910)
• 1989 - Sir Laurence Olivier, English actor (b. 1907)

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