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.

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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

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

vexillology: The study of flags. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/vexillology

___________________________ 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