The nationalization of all large copper mines in Chile is completed. Date: July 11, 1971 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 11 📅 Events on this day in 1971 📅 On This Day (Today)

The first game of the World Chess Championship 1972 between challenger Bobby Fischer and defending champion Boris Spassky starts. Date: July 11, 1972 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 11 📅 Events on this day in 1972 📅 On This Day (Today)

Varig Flight 820 crashes near Paris on approach to Orly Airport, killing 123 of the 134 on board. In response, the FAA bans smoking in airplane lavatories. Date: July 11, 1973 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 11 📅 Events on this day in 1973 📅 On This Day (Today)

Martin Luther King Jr., assassinated in 1968, is posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Date: July 11, 1977 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 11 📅 Events on this day in 1977 📅 On This Day (Today)

America's first space station, Skylab, is destroyed as it re-enters the Earth's atmosphere over the Indian Ocean. Date: July 11, 1979 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 11 📅 Events on this day in 1979 📅 On This Day (Today)

Italy defeats West Germany 3–1 to win the FIFA World Cup. Date: July 11, 1982 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 11 📅 Events on this day in 1982 📅 On This Day (Today)

A TAME airline Boeing 737-200 crashes near Cuenca, Ecuador, killing all 119 passengers and crew on board. Date: July 11, 1983 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 11 📅 Events on this day in 1983 📅 On This Day (Today)

Oka Crisis: First Nations land dispute in Quebec begins. Date: July 11, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 11 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today)

Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 crashes in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 261 passengers and crew on board. Date: July 11, 1991 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 11 📅 Events on this day in 1991 📅 On This Day (Today)