📅 July 11 · Yagan, Leicester balloon riot, To Kill a Mockingbird, Nigeria Airways Flight…
July 11 in history: • 1833 – Yagan, a Noongar warrior, was killed for leading attacks on British colonists in Western Australia. → go there • 1864 – A riot broke out in Leicester, England, at the failed launching of a gas balloon (pictured). → go there • 1960 – To Kill a Mockingbird, a novel by Harper Lee featuring themes of racial injustice and the loss of innocence in the Deep South of America, was published. → go there • 1991 – Shortly after taking off from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 caught fire and crashed, killing all 261 people on board. → go there Born 1896: Iskaq Tjokrohadisurjo Wiki link Born 1934: Giorgio Armani Wiki link Died 2007: Lady Bird Johnson Wiki link Died 2015: Satoru Iwata Wiki link Pictured: Leicester balloon riot, 1864.