What happened on July 11 ?

1274 - Robert the Bruce, King of Scotland (d. 1329)

1366 - Anne of Bohemia, queen of Richard II of England (d. 1394)

1561 - Luis de Góngora, Spanish poet (d. 1627)

1603 - Kenelm Digby, English privateer (d. 1665)

1628 - Tokugawa Mitsukuni, Japanese warlord (d. 1701)

1657 - King Frederick I of Prussia (d. 1713)

1662 - Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria (d. 1726)

1723 - Jean-François Marmontel, French historian and writer (d. 1799)

1754 - Thomas Bowdler, English physican and censor (d. 1825)

1767 - John Quincy Adams, President of the United States (d. 1848)

1826 - Alexander Afanasyev, Russian folklorist (d. 1871)

1857 - Alfred Binet, French psychologist (d. 1911)

1864 - Petar Danov, Bulgarian spiritual teacher (d. 1944)

1886 - Boris Grigoriev, Russian painter (d. 1939)

1897 - Eugene "Bull" Connor, sheriff of Birmingham, Alabama (d. 1973)

1899 - E. B. White, American writer (d. 1985)

1906 - Herbert Wehner, German politician (d. 1990)

1910 - Irene Hervey, American actress (d. 1998)

1913 - Cordwainer Smith, American writer (d. 1966)

1916 - Aleksandr Mikhailovich Prokhorov, Russian physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2002)

1916 - Gough Whitlam, twenty-first Prime Minister of Australia

1921 - Ilse Werner, Dutch-born actress

1924 - Brett Somers, Canadian actress

1924 - César Lattes, Brazilian physicist (d. 2005)

1924 - Charlie Tully, Northern Irish footballer (d. 1971)

1925 - Nicolai Gedda, Swedish tenor

1926 - Frederick Buechner, American author

1929 - Hermann Prey, German baritone (d. 1998)

1930 - Harold Bloom, American literary critic

1931 - Tab Hunter, American actor

1931 - Tullio Regge, Italian physicist

1934 - Giorgio Armani, Italian fashion designer

1935 - Oliver Napier, Northern Irish politician

1945 - Patrick Joseph McGrath, Catholic bishop

1949 - Liona Boyd, English-born guitarist

1950 - Bruce McGill, American actor

1956 - Sela Ward, American actress

1957 - Peter Murphy, British musician (Bauhaus)

1957 - Michael Rose, Jamaican musician (Black Uhuru)

1958 - Hugo Sánchez, Mexican footballer

1959 - Richie Sambora, American guitarist (Bon Jovi)

1959 - Suzanne Vega, American singer

1963 - Al MacInnis, Canadian ice hockey player

1963 - Lisa Rinna, American actress

1965 - Ernesto Hoost, Dutch kickboxer

1968 - Esera Tuaolo, American football player

1968 - David Tao, Taiwanese singer-songwriter

1972 - Michael Rosenbaum, American actor

1973 - Konstantinos Kenteris, Greek athlete

1974 - Hermann Hreidarsson, Icelandic footballer

1975 - Lil' Kim, American rapper

1976 - Eduardo Nájera, Mexican-born basketball player

1981 - Andre Johnson, NFL Wide Receiver

1982 - Chris Cooley, American football player; Lil Zane, American rapper/actor

1983 - Marie Serneholt, Swedish musician (A*Teens)

1983 - Kelly Poon, Singapore singer

1984 - Tanith Belbin, Canadian ice dancer