June 11
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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.
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Events
- 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy falls to the Achaeans
- 1509 - Marriage of King Henry VIII of England and Katherine of Aragon
- 1534 - Jacques Cartier and crew celebrate the first recorded Catholic mass in North America
- 1770 - Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef
- 1788 - Russian explorer Gerrasim Izmailov reaches Alaska
- 1901 - New Zealand annexes the Cook Islands
- 1940 - World War II: British forces bomb Genoa and Turin, Italy
- 1963 - The University of Alabama is desegregated
- 1977 - Seattle Slew wins the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing
Births
- 1519 - Cosimo I de Medici, duke of Florence (+ 1574)
- 1572 - Ben Jonson, dramatist (+ 1637)
- 1776 - John Constable, painter (+ 1837)
- 1842 - Carl von Linde, engineer and industrialist (+ 1934)
- 1864 - Richard Strauss, composer and conductor (+ 1949)
- 1867 - Charles Fabry, physicist (+ 1945)
- 1879 - Max Schreck, actor (+ 1936)
- 1880 - Jeannette Rankin, politician, feminist, pacifist (+ 1973)
- 1902 - Ernie Nevers, American football player (+ 1976)
- 1910 - Jacques Cousteau, explorer, inventor (+ 1997)
- 1913 - Vince Lombardi, American football coach
- 1920 - Hazel Scott, singer (+ 1981)
- 1925 - William Styron, author
- 1932 - Athol Fugard, playwright
- 1935 - Gene Wilder, actor
- 1939 - Jackie Stewart, Formula One racing driver
- 1956 - Joe Montana. American football player
- 1957 - Jamaaladeen Tacuma, jazz musician
- 1959 - Hugh Laurie, actor, comedian
Deaths
- 1216 - Henry of Flanders, emperor of the Latin Empire (* c1174)
- 1903 - Alexander Obrenovic, King of Serbia and Queen Draga
- 1924 - [[Th�odore Dubois]], composer and teacher
- 1936 - Robert E. Howard, author
- 1979 - John Wayne, actor
- 1971 - John W. Campbell Jr., science fiction writer, publisher, editor
- 1986 - Chesley Bonestell, engineer, architect, artist, illustrator
- 1998 - Catherine Cookson, author
- 1999 - DeForest Kelley, actor
- 2001 - Timothy McVeigh, terrorist (executed)
- 2003 - David Brinkley, television reporter
Holidays and observances
- Feast of St Barnabas
- Roman Empire - Matralia in honor of Mater Matuta
- Roman Empire - fifth day of the Vestalia in honor of Vesta
See Also:
June 10 - June 12 - May 11 - July 11 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "June 11" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_11 January 1, 2004
