On This Day — July 11

Here are some of the most significant historical events that happened on July 11.

• 2021: Virgin Galactic launches its founder, Richard Branson, into space, the first company ever to do so.
• 2015: Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán escapes from the maximum security Altiplano prison in Mexico, his second escape.
• 2011: Ninety-eight containers of explosives self-detonate killing 13 people in Zygi, Cyprus.
• 2010: The Islamist militia group Al-Shabaab carries out multiple suicide bombings in Kampala, Uganda, killing 74 people and injuring 85 others.
• 2010: In Johannesburg, Spain defeat the Netherlands 1–0 after extra time to win their first FIFA World Cup title.

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