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July 11, 2015

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July 5

Princess Charlotte, the daughter of Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, is set to be christened at the St. Mary Magdalene Church at Queen Elizabeth’s Sandringham Estate. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, will conduct the baptism.

July 8

Pistols dating back to 1814 and linked with Napoleon Bonaparte will go up for auction at Sotheby’s today in London and may fetch upward of $1.9 million. Napoleon gave the pair of gold-encrusted pistols to his 3-year-old son just before abdicating. The gift was given to Francois days before his exile to Elba and just a year prior to Napoleon’s defeat at Waterloo in 1815.

July 10

A Russian resupply craft will complete today the second of its orbital boosts on the International Space Station. The craft will fire its engines in hopes of lifting the station to a higher altitude allowing a Soyuz crew to rendezvous with the station in late July.

July 13

According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has preliminarily decided upon today to announce officially his bid for the GOP presidential nomination. When Walker enters the race, he’ll join a crowded field of more than 10 contenders.

July 14

The Major League Baseball All-Star Game returns to Cincinnati for the first time in 28 years when top players from both leagues gather at the Great American Ball Park for the Midsummer Classic. The Home Run Derby will occur a day before on July 13.