On This Date July 11,1798 & 1804- the United States Marine Corps is reestablished, and a duel occurs on the Hudson River

July 11, 1798 – The United States Marine Corps is re-established; they had been disbanded
after the American Revolutionary War

July 11, 1804 – A duel occurs on the banks of the Hudson River in Weehawken, New Jersey, in
which the Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr mortally wounds former Secretary of
the Treasury Alexander Hamilton