Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/July 11
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July 11: Total solar eclipse visible from over much of the southern Pacific Ocean (18:15–20:52 UTC, 2010); National Day of Commemoration in Ireland (2010); Naadam in Mongolia begins; Day of the Flemish Community of Belgium
- 1789 – French Revolution: Jacques Necker was dismissed as Director-General of Finances of France, sparking public demonstrations in Paris that led to the Storming of the Bastille three days later.
- 1921 – The Irish War of Independence ended with a truce between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Irish Republican Army, resulting in negotiations that eventually led to the Anglo-Irish Treaty and the establishment of the Irish Free State.
- 1960 – To Kill a Mockingbird, a novel by Harper Lee (pictured), featuring themes of racial injustice and the destruction of innocence in the American Deep South, was first published.
- 1995 – Bosnian Genocide: Bosnian Serb forces began the Srebrenica massacre in the region of Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, eventually killing an estimated total of 8,000 Bosniaks.
- 2006 – A series of seven bombs exploded over a period of 11 minutes on the Suburban Railway in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, killing 209 people and injuring over 700 others.