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June 11 Gregorian Calendar (163rd in leap years ), with 203 days remaining.
Events
1184 BC - According to the calculations of Eratosthenes , the date that Troy was sacked and burned.1509 - Marriage of King Henry VIII of England and Katherine of Aragon .1770 - Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef .1774 - Jews in Algiers escape the attacks of the Spanish army .1788 - Russian explorer Gerasim Izmailov reaches Alaska .1825 - The first cornerstone is laid for Fort Hamilton in New York City .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 .1898 - Spanish-American War : U.S. war ships start to sail for Cuba .1901 - New Zealand annexes the Cook Islands .1903 - Alexander Obrenovic , king of Serbia , was assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka ) organization.1907 - George Dennett , aided by Gilbert Jessop , dismisses Northamptonshire for 12 runs, the lowest total in first-class cricket .1937 - Great Purge : The Soviet Union executes eight army leaders under Joseph Stalin .1838 - An earthquake occurs in Belgium .1935 - Inventor Edwin Howard Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States, at Alpine, New Jersey.1940 - World War II : British forces bomb Genoa and Turin , Italy .1940 - World War II : First attack of the Italian Airforce on the island of Malta .1942 - World War II: The United States agrees to send Lend-Lease aid to the Soviet Union .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 apparently successfully escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island . No conclusive evidence has ever been found that they survived the escape attempt.1963 - American Civil Rights Movement : Alabama 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 Generals , 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 .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 , queen 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 )1776 - John Constable , English painter (d. 1837 )1842 - Carl von Linde , German engineer and industrialist (d. 1934 )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 - Max Schreck , German actor (d. 1936 )1879 - Roger Bresnahan , baseball player (d. 1944 )
1880 - Jeannette Rankin , American politician, feminist, and pacifist (d. 1973 )1903 - Ernie Nevers , American football player (d. 1976 )1910 - Jacques Cousteau , explorer, inventor (d. 1997 )1913 - Vince Lombardi , American football coach (d. 1970 )1920 - Hazel Scott , West Indian-born singer (d. 1981 )1925 - William Styron , American author1928 - Fabiola de Mora y Aragón , Queen of the Belgians1932 - Athol Fugard , South African playwright1933 - Gene Wilder , American actor1937 - Robin Warren , Australian pathologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine 1939 - Jackie Stewart , Scottish race car driver1945 - Adrienne Barbeau , American actress1947 - Laloo Prasad Yadav , Indian politician1950 - Bjarne Stroustrup , Danish computer scientist1950 - Lynsey De Paul , British singer and songwriter
1956 - Joe Montana . American football player1957 - Jamaaladeen Tacuma , American musician1959 - Hugh Laurie , English actor and comedian1962 - Erika Salumäe , Estonian cyclist, Olympian1965 - Joey Santiago , Filipino guitarist (Pixies )1969 - Steven Drozd , American drummer1982 - Diana Taurasi , American basketball player, Olympian1984 - Vagner Love , Brazilian footballer
Deaths
1183 - Henry the Young King , son of Henry II of England (b. 1155 )1216 - Henry of Flanders , Emperor of the Latin Empire1488 - 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 )1852 - Karl Briullov , Russian painter (b. 1799 )1858 - Klemens Wenzel von Metternich , Austrian statesman (b. 1773 )1882 - Louis Maigret , Roman Catholic prelate (b. 1904 )1903 - Alexander Obrenovich , King of Serbia (b. 1876 )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 )1970 - Frank Laubach , Christian missionary (b. 1884 )1974 - Julius Evola , Italian philosopher (b. 1898 )1979 - John Wayne , 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 , engineer, architect, artist, illustrator (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 )2002 - Robbin Crosby , American guitarist (Ratt ) (b. 1959 )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
External links
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