June 11

From Academic Kids

June 11 is the 162nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (163rd in leap years), with 203 days remaining.

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Contents

1 Events

2 Births

3 Deaths

4 Holidays and Observances

5 External links

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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 Faberg� 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

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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 Arag�n, 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

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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 - Th�odore 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 Gon�alves, Portuguese General, one of the leaders of the Carnation Revolution, four times Portuguese prime-minister.

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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
Feast of St Barnabas
Roman Empire, Matralia in honor of Mater Matuta
Roman Empire, fifth day of the Vestalia in honor of Vesta