June 11
June 11 is the 162nd day of the year in the 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 Algier 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.
- 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.
- 1899 - Pope Leo XIII dedicates the entire human race to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
- 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.
- 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 apparently escape from Alcatraz prison.
- 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 officially receives her rank as a U.S. Army General, becoming the first female 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.
- 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
Births
- 1572 - Ben Jonson, English dramatist (d. 1637)
- 1588 - George Wither, writer (d. 1667)
- 1671 - Colley Cibber, English poet (d. 1757)
- 1672 - Francesco Antonio Bonporti, Italian priest and composer (d. 1749)
- 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, physicist (d. 1945)
- 1876 - Alfred L. Kroeber, anthropologist (d. 1960)
- 1877 - Renee Vivien, poet (d. 1909)
- 1879 - Max Schreck, actor (d. 1936)
- 1879 - Roger Bresnahan, Major League Baseball Hall of Famer (d. 1944)
- 1880 - Jeannette Rankin, politician, feminist, and pacifist (d. 1973)
- 1897 - Bruno Frey, writer
- 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, singer (d. 1981)
- 1925 - William Styron, author
- 1928 - Fabiola de Mora y Aragón, Queen-Dowager of the Belgians
- 1932 - Athol Fugard, playwright
- 1933 - Gene Wilder, actor
- 1939 - Jackie Stewart, race car driver
- 1945 - Adrienne Barbeau, actress
- 1947 - Laloo Prasad Yadav, Indian politician
- 1950 - Bjarne Stroustrup, computer scientist
- 1950 - Lynsey De Paul, British singer and songwriter
- 1956 - Joe Montana. American football player
- 1957 - Jamaaladeen Tacuma, jazz musician
- 1959 - Hugh Laurie, actor, comedian
- 1965 - Joey Santiago, guitarist (Pixies)
- 1969 - Steven Drozd, drummer
- 1984 - Vagner Love, Brazilian footballer
- 1988 - Julian Bentley, Actor, Runner
Deaths
- 1216 - Henry of Flanders, emperor of the Latin Empire (b. c. 1174)
- 1557 - John III of Portugal (b. 1502)
- 1727 - King George I of Great Britain (b. 1668)
- 1882 - Louis Maigret, ss.cc., Roman Catholic prelate
- 1903 - Alexander Obrenovich, King of Serbia (b. 1876) and Queen Draga
- 1911 - James Curtis Hepburn, missionary and linguist (b. 1815)
- 1924 - Théodore Dubois, composer and teacher (b. 1837)
- 1927 - William Attewell, Nottinghamshire (England) bowler (b. 1861)
- 1934 - Lev Vygotsky, Russian developmental psychologist (b. 1896)
- 1936 - Robert E. Howard, author (b. 1906)
- 1937 - R. J. (Reginald Joseph) Mitchell, British aircraft designer, developer of the Spitfire (b. 1895)
- 1949 - Oton Župančič, Slovenian poet (b. 1878)
- 1970 - Frank Laubach, Apostle of Literacy and Christian missionary (b. 1884)
- 1979 - John Wayne, actor (b. 1907)
- 1984 - Enrico Berlinguer, secretary-general of the Italian Communist Party (b. 1922)
- 1986 - Chesley Bonestell, engineer, architect, artist, illustrator (b. 1888)
- 1993 - Ray Sharkey, US actor ("Sonny Steelgrave" on Wiseguy)
- 1996 - Brigitte Helm, German actress (b. 1908)
- 1998 - Catherine Cookson, author
- 1999 - DeForest Kelley, US actor (b. 1920)
- 2001 - Timothy McVeigh, US terrorist (executed) (b. 1968)
- 2002 - Robbin Crosby, guitarist of rock band Ratt
- 2003 - David Brinkley, television reporter (b. 1920)
- 2004 - Xenophon Zolotas, former Greek prime minister (b. 1904)
- 2005 - Vasco Gonçalves, Portuguese General, one of the leaders of the Carnation Revolution, four times Portuguese prime-minister.
Holidays and Observances
External links
June 10 - June 12 - May 11 - July 11 – listing of all days
See also: June 11, 1174, 1184 BC, 1216, 1502
