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June 11 is the 162nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (163rd in Leap Years ), with 203 days remaining.
Events
- was sacked and burned, according to the calculations of Eratosthenes .
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- 1509 - Marriage of King Henry VIII Of England and Katherine Of Aragon .
- 1580 - Juan De Garay founds Buenos Aires .
- 1770 - Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef .
- 1774 - Jews in Algiers escape the attacks of the Spanish Army .
- 1788 - Russia n explorer Gerasim Izmailov reaches Alaska .
- 1825 - The first cornerstone is laid for Fort Hamilton in New York City .
- 1837 - The Broad Street Riot occurred in Boston , fueled by racial tensions between English-Americans and Irish-Americans.
- 1866 - The Allahabad High Court (then Agra High Court) is established in India .
- 1892 - The Limelight Department , one of the world's first film studios, is officially established in Melbourne , Australia .
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- 1901 - New Zealand annexes the Cook Islands .
- 1907 - George Dennett , aided by Gilbert Jessop , dismisses Northamptonshire for 12 runs, the lowest total in First-class Cricket .
- 1935 - Inventor Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States, at Alpine, New Jersey .
- 1936 - International Surrealist Exhibition opens in London , England .
- executes eight army leaders under Joseph Stalin .
- declares war on Italy .
- 1940 - World War II: British forces bomb Genoa and Turin in Italy.
- 1940 - World War II: First attack of the Italian Airforce on the island of Malta .
- agrees to send Lend-Lease aid to the Soviet Union .
- 1945 - William Lyon Mackenzie King is re-elected as Canadian prime minister.
- 1945 - Franck Committee recommends against a surprise nuclear bombing of Japan. {Link without Title}
- 1955 - Eighty-three are killed and at least 100 are injured after an Austin-Healey and a Mercedes-Benz collide at the Le Mans Grand Prix .
- 1962 - Frank Morris , John Anglin and Clarence Anglin become the only prisoners to successfully escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island .
- Governor George Wallace stands at the door of Foster Auditorium at the University Of Alabama in an attempt to block two black students from attending that school.
- 1963 - Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc burns himself with gasoline in a busy Saigon intersection to protest the lack of religious freedom in South Vietnam .
- 1964 - World War II veteran Walter Seifert runs amok in an elementary school in Cologne , Germany , killing at least eight children and two teachers and seriously injuring several more with a home-made flamethrower and a lance.
- 1967 - Mexico becomes a member of the Berne Convention Copyright Treaty .
- 1970 - After being appointed on May 15 , Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington officially receive their ranks as U.S. Army General s, becoming the first females to do so.
- 1977 - Seattle Slew wins the Triple Crown Of Thoroughbred Racing .
- 1985 - A Fabergé Egg was sold for £ 1,375,00 in New York .
- 1988 - Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute Wembley Stadium , London .
- 1988 - The name of the General Public License ( GPL ) is mentioned first time.
- 1998 - Compaq Computer pays $ 9 billion for Digital Equipment Corporation in largest high-tech acquisition.
- 2001 - Timothy McVeigh is executed for his role in the Oklahoma City Bombing .
- 2002 - Antonio Meucci was recognised as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress.
- 2004 - Cassini-Huygens makes its closest flyby of Phoebe .
- 2004 - Ronald Reagan 's funeral held at Washington National Cathedral
- 2005 - G8 finance ministers agree to cancel the debt owed by 18 of the poorest countries.
Births
- 1403 - John IV, Duke Of Brabant (d. 1427 )
- 1456 - Anne Neville , wife of Richard III Of England (d. 1485 )
- 1540 - Barnabe Googe , English poet (d. 1594 )
- 1572 - Ben Jonson , English dramatist (d. 1637 )
- 1588 - George Wither , English writer (d. 1667 )
- 1671 - Colley Cibber , English poet (d. 1757 )
- 1672 - Francesco Antonio Bonporti , Italian priest and composer (d. 1749 )
- 1696 - Francis Edward James Keith , Scottish soldier and Prussian field marshal (d. 1758 )
- 1704 - Carlos Seixas , Portuguese composer (d. 1742 )
- 1713 - Edward Capell , English critic (d. 1781 )
- 1723 - Johann Georg Palitzsch , German astronomer (d. 1788 )
- 1776 - John Constable , English painter (d. 1837 )
- 1842 - Carl Von Linde , German engineer and industrialist (d. 1934 )
- 1846 - William Louis Marshall , American general and engineer (d. 1920 )
- 1847 - Millicent Fawcett , British suffragist and feminist (d. 1929 )
- 1864 - Richard Strauss , German composer and conductor (d. 1949 )
- 1867 - Charles Fabry , French physicist (d. 1945 )
- 1876 - Alfred L. Kroeber , American anthropologist (d. 1960 )
- 1877 - Renee Vivien , English-born poet (d. 1909 )
- 1879 - Roger Bresnahan , baseball player (d. 1944 )
- 1879 - Max Schreck , German actor (d. 1936 )
- 1880 - Jeannette Rankin , American politician, feminist, and pacifist (d. 1973 )
- 1888 - Bartolomeo Vanzetti , Italian anarchist and fishmonger. (d. 1927 )
- 1903 - Ernie Nevers , American football player (d. 1976 )
- 1910 - Jacques-Yves Cousteau , French explorer and inventor (d. 1997 )
- 1913 - Vince Lombardi , American football coach (d. 1970 )
- 1915 - Arnold Johnson , tuba player, a.k.a. Song and Wind (d. 1998 )
- 1919 - Richard Todd , British actor
- 1920 - Hazel Scott , West Indian-born singer (d. 1981 )
- 1922 - John Bromfield , American actor (d. 2005 )
- 1925 - William Styron , American author
- 1928 - Fabiola De Mora Y Aragón , Queen of the Belgians
- 1932 - Athol Fugard , South African playwright
- 1933 - Gene Wilder , American actor
- 1936 - Jud Strunk , American musician and comedian (d. 1981 )
- 1936 - Chad Everett , American actor
- 1937 - Robin Warren , Australian pathologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize For Physiology Or Medicine
- 1937 - Johnny Brown , American comic
- 1939 - Jackie Stewart , Scottish race car driver
- 1945 - Adrienne Barbeau , American actress
- 1947 - Laloo Prasad Yadav , Indian politician
- 1947 - Henry Cisneros , American politician, former Secretary Of Housing And Urban Development
- 1949 - Frank Beard , member of rock group ZZ Top
- 1950 - Lynsey De Paul , British singer and songwriter
- 1952 - Donnie Van Zant , American rock musician
- 1953 - Peter Bergman , American actor
- 1956 - Joe Montana . American football player
- 1957 - Jamaaladeen Tacuma , American musician
- 1959 - Hugh Laurie , English actor and comedian
- 1962 - Erika Salumäe , Estonian cyclist, Olympian
- 1965 - Joey Santiago , Filipino guitarist ( Pixies )
- 1969 - Steven Drozd , American drummer
- 1978 - Joshua Jackson , Canadian actor
- 1982 - Diana Taurasi , American basketball player
- 1982 - Eldar Rønning , Norwegian cross-country skier
- 1983 - Jose Reyes , American baseball player
- 1984 - Vagner Love , Brazilian footballer
- 1986 - Shia LaBeouf , American actor
Deaths
- 323 BC - Alexander The Great , King of Macedon (b. 356 BC )
- 1183 - Henry The Young King , son of Henry II Of England (b. 1155 )
- 1216 - Henry Of Flanders , Emperor of the Latin Empire
- 1488 - King James III Of Scotland
- 1557 - King John III Of Portugal (b. 1502 )
- 1695 - André Félibien , French architect (b. 1619 )
- 1712 - Louis Joseph, Duc De Vendôme , Marshal of France (b. 1654 )
- 1727 - King George I Of Great Britain (b. 1668 )
- 1796 - Samuel Whitbread , English brewer and politician (b. 1720 )
- 1852 - Karl Briullov , Russian painter (b. 1799 )
- 1858 - Klemens Wenzel Von Metternich , Austrian statesman (b. 1773 )
- 1882 - Louis Maigret , Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1804 )
- 1903 - Nikolai Bugaev , Russian mathematician (b. 1837 )
- 1911 - James Curtis Hepburn , American missionary and linguist (b. 1815 )
- 1924 - Théodore Dubois , French composer and teacher (b. 1837 )
- 1927 - William Attewell , English cricketer (b. 1861 )
- 1934 - Lev Vygotsky , Russian psychologist (b. 1896 )
- 1936 - Robert E. Howard , American author (b. 1906 )
- 1937 - R. J. (Reginald Joseph) Mitchell , British aircraft designer (b. 1895 )
- 1963 - Thích Quảng Đức , Vietnamese monk, self-immolation (b. 1897 )
- 1970 - Frank Laubach , Christian missionary (b. 1884 )
- 1974 - Julius Evola , Italian philosopher (b. 1898 )
- 1974 - Eurico Gaspar Dutra , President of Brazil (b. 1883 )
- 1979 - John Wayne (born Marion Morrison), American actor (b. 1907 )
- 1984 - Enrico Berlinguer , Italian politician (b. 1922 )
- 1985 - Karen Ann Quinlan , American right-to-die cause célèbre (b. 1954 )
- 1986 - Chesley Bonestell , American-born engineer, architect, and artist (b. 1888 )
- 1993 - Ray Sharkey , American actor (b. 1952 )
- 1996 - Brigitte Helm , German actress (b. 1908 )
- 1998 - Catherine Cookson , British novelist (b. 1906 )
- 1999 - DeForest Kelley , American actor (b. 1920 )
- 2001 - Timothy McVeigh , American terrorist (executed) (b. 1968 )
- 2003 - David Brinkley , American television reporter (b. 1920 )
- 2004 - Egon Von Furstenberg , Swiss fashion designer (b. 1946 )
- 2004 - Xenophon Zolotas , Prime Minister Of Greece (b. 1904 )
- 2005 - Vasco Gonçalves , Portuguese general (b. 1922 )
Holidays and Observances
- Kamehameha Day , official state holiday of Hawai'i , United States , in honor of its first monarch, celebrated with floral parades, hula competition, and festivals
- Davis Day , in remembrance of William Davis, observed in Cape Breton , Nova Scotia , Canada
- Feast of St Barnabas
- Roman Empire , Matralia in honor of Mater Matuta
- Roman Empire , fifth day of the Vestalia in honor of Vesta
External links
June 10 - June 12 - May 11 - July 11 – Listing Of All Days
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