The 2011 Money in the Bank event was the seventh of thirteen
professional wrestling pay-per-view events held by WWE that year, and
the second installment in the annual Money in the Bank series. It took
place on July 17 at the Allstate Arena in Rosemont, Illinois, and
featured six matches, including two Money in the Bank ladder matches.
Alberto Del Rio won the match for wrestlers from the Raw brand to earn a
WWE Championship match at a time of his choosing within the next year,
while Daniel Bryan won the match for wrestlers from the SmackDown brand
for the same opportunity for the World Heavyweight Championship. In the
World Heavyweight Championship match also held at the event, Christian
defeated Randy Orton by disqualification and became the new champion
according to the match rules. The main event featured John Cena
defending his WWE Championship against CM Punk (pictured), who won and
became the new champion. Money in the Bank was broadcast globally to
195,000 pay-per-view customers (compared to 165,000 for the previous
year), and received positive reviews, with the main event receiving the
most praise.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_in_the_Bank_(2011)>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1645:
English Civil War: In the Battle of Naseby, the main army of
King Charles I was defeated by the Parliamentarian New Model Army under
Sir Thomas Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Naseby>
1775:
The United States Army was founded as the Continental Army by
an act of the Continental Congress.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army>
1822:
In a paper presented to the Royal Astronomical Society, English
mathematician Charles Babbage proposed a difference engine, an
automatic, mechanical calculator designed to tabulate polynomial
functions.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Difference_engine>
1940:
The Soviet Union issued an ultimatum to Lithuania, demanding
that the Red Army be allowed to enter the country and form a new pro-
Soviet government.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_Soviet_ultimatum_to_Lithuania>
1985:
The Schengen Agreement, a treaty to abolish systematic border
controls between participating European countries, was signed between
five of the ten member states of the European Economic Community.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Agreement>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
vexillology:
The study of flags.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vexillology>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
What makes saintliness in my view, as distinguished from
ordinary goodness, is a certain quality of magnanimity and greatness of
soul that brings life within the circle of the heroic.
--Harriet Beecher Stowe
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Harriet_Beecher_Stowe>