Wikivideo - It happened on this day - 11 July

1533: Henry VIII is excommunicated by Pope Clement VII, as is Archbishop Cranmer.

1943: United States Army forces make an assault on Piano Lupo, just outside Gela, Sicily.

1979: NASA's first orbiting space station Skylab begins its return to Earth, after being in orbit for 6 years and 2 months.

1982: Italy beats West Germany 3–1 to win the 1982 FIFA World Cup in Spain.

1987: World population is estimated to have reached five billion people, according to the United Nations.