JULY 11
1804:Vice President Aaron Burr and his bitter personal and political
rival, former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton, duel with
pistols near Weehawken, N.J. Hamilton is mortally wounded and dies a day
later. Although Burr is charged with murder, he never faces trial and
ultimately completes his term as vice president.
1955: President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs a bill, introduced
by Rep. Charles Bennett of Florida, requiring the printing of "In God We
Trust" on all U.S. paper currency.
1987: United Nations Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
announces that the birth of Matej Gaspar on this day in Zagreb,
Yugoslavia makes the infant the 5 billionth person on Earth. Current
estimates predict that the world population will reach 7 billion within the next year.
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