Historical Events for 11th July 2023

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1244 - Khwarezmian Tatars sack Jerusalem, decimating the city's Christian population and driving out Jews
1893 - A revolution led by the liberal general and politician, José Santos Zelaya, takes over state power in Nicaragua
1939 - 7th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Yankee Stadium, New York NY Yankee/AL manager Joe McCarthy starts 6 Yankees players
1943 - US 82nd Airborne division shot at by "friendly fire" in Sicily
1978 - 49th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 7-3 at San Diego Stadium
1984 - 55th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 3-1 at Candlestick Park, San Francisco
1987 - Heart's "Alone" single goes #1 for 3 weeks
1990 - NYC police arrest "Dartman" (stabbed over 50 women with darts)
2019 - Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft lands on the Ryugu asteroid 300m km (185m miles) from earth for a second time to collect samples
2021 - Rare mass anti-government protests across Cuba due to economic hardships and effects of COVID-19 led to widespread arrests

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