On This Day in History — June 11

• 2015 — Greece's public broadcaster ERT is reopened by then-prime minister Alexis Tsipras.
• 2013 — Greece's public broadcaster ERT is shut down by then-prime minister Antonis Samaras.
• 2012 — More than 80 people die in a landslide triggered by two earthquakes in Afghanistan; an entire village is buried.
• 2008 — Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper makes a historic official apology to Canada's First Nations in regard to abuses at a Canadian Indian residential school.
• 2008 — The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is launched into orbit.
• 2007 — Mudslides in Chittagong, Bangladesh, kill 130 people.

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Notable Births on June 11

• 1996 — Ayaka Sasaki, Japanese singer
• 1994 — Ivana Baquero, Spanish actress
• 1993 — Brittany Boyd, American basketball player
• 1991 — Daniel Howell English Internet celebrity
• 1990 — Christophe Lemaitre, French sprinter
• 1989 — Maya Moore, American basketball player

Notable Deaths on June 11

• 2016 — Rudi Altig, German track and road racing cyclist (b. 1937)
• 2015 — Jim Ed Brown, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1934)
• 2015 — Ornette Coleman, American saxophonist, violinist, trumpet player, and composer (b. 1930)
• 2015 — Ian McKechnie, Scottish footballer and manager (b. 1941)
• 2015 — Ron Moody, English actor and singer (b. 1924)
• 2015 — Dusty Rhodes, American professional wrestler (b. 1945)

Sports on June 11

• NBA: TBD @ TBD — 00:30 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Chicago Cubs @ Colorado Rockies — 00:40 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Milwaukee Brewers @ Athletics — 01:05 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Houston Astros @ Los Angeles Angels — 01:38 UTC Scheduled
• WNBA: Los Angeles Sparks @ Seattle Storm — 02:00 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Arizona Diamondbacks @ Miami Marlins — 17:10 UTC Scheduled

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Public Holidays on June 12

• 🌍 Democracy Day (Nigeria)
• 🌍 Independence Day (Philippines)
• 🌍 Russia Day (Russia)
• 🌍 День России (Russia)

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On This Day in History — June 12

• 2016 — Forty-nine civilians are killed and 58 others injured in an attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida; the gunman, Omar Mateen, is killed in a gunfight with police.
• 2009 — A disputed presidential election in Iran leads to wide-ranging local and international protests.
• 1999 — Kosovo War: Operation Joint Guardian begins when a NATO-led United Nations peacekeeping force (KFor) enters the province of Kosovo in Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
• 1997 — Queen Elizabeth II reopens the Globe Theatre in London.
• 1994 — Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman are murdered outside Simpson's home in Los Angeles. Her estranged husband, O.J. Simpson is later charged with the murders, but is acquitted by a jury.
• 1993 — An election takes place in Nigeria which is later annulled by the military Government led by Ibrahim Babangida.

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Notable Births on June 12

• 1992 — Philippe Coutinho, Brazilian footballer
• 1992 — Laura Jones, English gymnast
• 1991 — Avisail García, Venezuelan baseball player
• 1990 — Jrue Holiday, American basketball player
• 1990 — Kevin López, Spanish runner
• 1990 — David Worrall, English footballer

Notable Deaths on June 12

• 2016 — George Voinovich, American politician (b. 1936)
• 2016 — Janet Waldo, American actress and voice artist (b. 1920)
• 2015 — Fernando Brant, Brazilian journalist, poet, and composer (b. 1946)
• 2015 — Frederick Pei Li, Chinese-American physician and academic (b. 1940)
• 2015 — Patrick Lennox Tierney, American historian and academic (b. 1914)
• 2014 — Nabil Hemani, Algerian footballer (b. 1979)

Sports on June 12

• WNBA: Phoenix Mercury @ Dallas Wings — 01:00 UTC Scheduled
• WNBA: Las Vegas Aces @ Portland Fire — 02:00 UTC Scheduled
• Formula 1: ? @ MSC Cruises Barcelona-Catalunya GP — 11:30 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Miami Marlins @ Pittsburgh Pirates — 21:30 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: Seattle Mariners @ Washington Nationals — 22:45 UTC Scheduled
• MLB: San Diego Padres @ Baltimore Orioles — 23:05 UTC Scheduled

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