World War II: Allied invasion of Sicily: German and Italian troops launch a counter-attack on Allied forces in Sicily. Date: July 11, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 11 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today)

Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army within the Reichskommissariat Ukraine (Volhynia) peak. Date: July 11, 1943 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 11 📅 Events on this day in 1943 📅 On This Day (Today)

The Exodus 1947 heads to Palestine from France. Date: July 11, 1947 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 11 📅 Events on this day in 1947 📅 On This Day (Today)

Pakistan joins the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank. Date: July 11, 1950 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 11 📅 Events on this day in 1950 📅 On This Day (Today)

Prince Karim Husseini Aga Khan IV inherits the office of Imamat as the 49th Imam of Shia Imami Ismai'li worldwide, after the death of Sir Sultan Mahommed Shah Aga Khan III. Date: July 11, 1957 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 11 📅 Events on this day in 1957 📅 On…

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is first published, in the United States. Date: July 11, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 11 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today)

Congo Crisis: The State of Katanga breaks away from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Date: July 11, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 11 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today)

France legislates for the independence of Dahomey (later Benin), Upper Volta (later Burkina Faso) and Niger. Date: July 11, 1960 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 11 📅 Events on this day in 1960 📅 On This Day (Today)

Project Apollo: At a press conference, NASA announces lunar orbit rendezvous as the means to land astronauts on the Moon, and return them to Earth. Date: July 11, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 11 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today)

First transatlantic satellite television transmission. Date: July 11, 1962 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 11 📅 Events on this day in 1962 📅 On This Day (Today)