On this day...

The front page of The New York Times, July 11, 1979.

Aaron Burr fatally shoots Alexander Hamilton, July 11, 1804. (link only good today)

The U.S. Marine Corps was created by an act of the U.S. Congress on July 11, 1798.

"Mama Told Me Not To Come", by Three Dog Night, hits No. 1 on July 11, 1970.

The Coca-Cola Company announced that it would be returning Classic Coke to shelves on July 11, 1985, after the debacle that was New Coke.

Born on this day: John Quincy Adams, Giorgio Armani, Robert Bruce, Yul Brynner, Tab Hunter, Leon Spinks, Sela Ward, E. B. White and...

me!

(thanks, historychannel.com)