On This Day — June 11

🕰️ Notable Events on June 11

• 2015 — Greece's public broadcaster ERT is reopened by then-prime minister Alexis Tsipras. Wikipedia ↗
• 2013 — Greece's public broadcaster ERT is shut down by then-prime minister Antonis Samaras. Wikipedia ↗
• 2012 — More than 80 people die in a landslide triggered by two earthquakes in Afghanistan; an entire village is buried. Wikipedia ↗
• 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. Wikipedia ↗
• 2008 — The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is launched into orbit. Wikipedia ↗
• 2007 — Mudslides in Chittagong, Bangladesh, kill 130 people. Wikipedia ↗
• 2004 — Cassini-Huygens makes its closest flyby of the Saturn moon Phoebe. Wikipedia ↗
• 2002 — Antonio Meucci is acknowledged as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress. Wikipedia ↗
• 2001 — Timothy McVeigh is executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing. Wikipedia ↗
• 1998 — Compaq Computer pays US$9 billion for Digital Equipment Corporation in the largest high-tech acquisition. Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Diane Abbott, Paul Boateng and Bernie Grant are elected as the first black MPs in Great Britain. Wikipedia ↗
• 1982 — E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial opens in the US. Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — A magnitude 6.9 earthquake at Golbaf, Iran, kills at least 2,000. Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — Altaf Hussain founds the student political movement All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organisation (APMSO) in Karachi University. Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — The U.S. Government forcibly removes the last holdouts to the Native American Occupation of Alcatraz, ending 19 months of control. Wikipedia ↗
• 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. Wikipedia ↗
• 1968 — Lloyd J. Old identified the first cell surface antigens that could differentiate among different cell types. Wikipedia ↗
• 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. Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — American Civil Rights Movement: Governor of Alabama George Wallace defiantly stands at the door of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama in an attempt to block two black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, from attending that school. Later in the day, accompanied by federalized National Guard troops, they are able to register. Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức burns himself with gasoline in a busy Saigon intersection to protest the lack of religious freedom in South Vietnam. Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — John F. Kennedy addresses Americans from the Oval Office proposing the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which would revolutionize American society by guaranteeing equal access to public facilities, ending segregation in education, and guaranteeing federal protection for voting rights. Wikipedia ↗
• 1962 — Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin allegedly become the only prisoners to escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island. Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Start of Gal Oya riots, the first reported ethnic riots that target minority Sri Lankan Tamils in the Eastern Province. The total number of deaths is reportedly 150. Wikipedia ↗
• 1955 — Eighty-three spectators are killed and at least 100 are injured after an Austin-Healey and a Mercedes-Benz collide at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the deadliest ever accident in motorsports. Wikipedia ↗
• 1944 — USS Missouri, the last battleship built by the United States Navy and future site of the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, is commissioned. Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — World War II: The United States agrees to send Lend-Lease aid to the Soviet Union. Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — Free French Forces retreat from Bir Hakeim after having successfully delayed the Axis advance. Wikipedia ↗
• 1938 — Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts. Wikipedia ↗
• 1937 — Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders. Wikipedia ↗
• 1936 — The London International Surrealist Exhibition opens. Wikipedia ↗
• 1935 — Inventor Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States at Alpine, New Jersey. Wikipedia ↗
• 1920 — During the U.S. Republican National Convention in Chicago, U.S. Republican Party leaders gathered in a room at the Blackstone Hotel to come to a consensus on their candidate for the U.S. presidential election, leading the Associated Press to coin the political phrase "smoke-filled room". Wikipedia ↗
• 1919 — Sir Barton wins the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first horse to win the U.S. Triple Crown. Wikipedia ↗
• 1917 — King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father, Constantine I, abdicates under pressure from allied armies occupying Athens. Wikipedia ↗
• 1903 — A group of Serbian officers stormed the royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife, Queen Draga. Wikipedia ↗
• 1901 — The boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand are extended by the UK to include the Cook Islands. Wikipedia ↗
• 1898 — The Hundred Days' Reform, a planned movement to reform social, political, and educational institutions in China, is started by the Guangxu Emperor, but is suspended by Empress Dowager Cixi after 104 days. (The failed reform led to the abolition of the Imperial examination in 1905.) Wikipedia ↗
• 1895 — Paris-Bordeaux-Paris, sometimes called the first automobile race in history or the "first motor race", takes place. Wikipedia ↗
• 1892 — The Limelight Department, one of the world's first film studios, is officially established in Melbourne, Australia. Wikipedia ↗
• 1865 — The Naval Battle of the Riachuelo is fought on the rivulet Riachuelo (Argentina), between the Paraguayan Navy on one side and the Brazilian Navy on the other. The Brazilian victory was crucial for the later success of the Triple Alliance (Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina) in the Paraguayan War. Wikipedia ↗
• 1837 — The Broad Street Riot occurs in Boston, fueled by ethnic tensions between Yankees and Irish. Wikipedia ↗
• 1825 — The first cornerstone is laid for Fort Hamilton in New York City. Wikipedia ↗
• 1805 — A fire consumes large portions of Detroit in the Michigan Territory. Wikipedia ↗
• 1788 — Russian explorer Gerasim Izmailov reaches Alaska. Wikipedia ↗
• 1776 — The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence. Wikipedia ↗
• 1775 — The American Revolutionary War's first naval engagement, the Battle of Machias, results in the capture of a small British naval vessel. Wikipedia ↗
• 1770 — British explorer Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef. Wikipedia ↗
• 1748 — Denmark adopts the characteristic Nordic Cross flag later taken up by all other Scandinavian countries. Wikipedia ↗
• 1594 — Philip II recognizes the rights and privileges of the local nobles and chieftains in the Philippines, which paved way to the stabilization of the rule of the Principalía (an elite ruling class of native nobility in Spanish Philippines). Wikipedia ↗
• 1509 — Henry VIII of England marries Catherine of Aragon. Wikipedia ↗
• 1488 — Battle of Sauchieburn: Fought between rebel Lords and James III of Scotland, resulting in the death of the King. Wikipedia ↗
• 1429 — Hundred Years' War: Start of the Battle of Jargeau. Wikipedia ↗
• 1345 — The megas doux Alexios Apokaukos, chief minister of the Byzantine Empire, is lynched by political prisoners. Wikipedia ↗
• 1157 — Albert I of Brandenburg, also called The Bear (Ger: Albrecht der Bär), becomes the founder of the Margraviate of Brandenburg, Germany and the first Margrave. Wikipedia ↗
• 1118 — Roger of Salerno, Prince of Antioch, captures Azaz from the Seljuk Turks. Wikipedia ↗
• 786 — A Hasanid Alid uprising in Mecca is crushed by the Abbasids at the Battle of Fakhkh. Idris ibn Abdallah flees to the Maghreb, where he later founds the Idrisid dynasty. Wikipedia ↗
• 631 — Emperor Taizong of Tang, the Emperor of China, sends envoys to the Xueyantuo bearing gold and silk in order to seek the release of enslaved Chinese prisoners captured during the transition from Sui to Tang from the northern frontier; this embassy succeeded in freeing 80,000 Chinese men and women who were then returned to China. Wikipedia ↗
• 173 — Marcomannic Wars: The Roman army in Moravia is encircled by the Quadi, who have broken the peace treaty (171). In a violent thunderstorm emperor Marcus Aurelius defeats and subdues them in the so-called "miracle of the rain". Wikipedia ↗
• Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned, according to calculations by Eratosthenes. Wikipedia ↗

🎂 Notable Births on June 11

• 1996 — Ayaka Sasaki, Japanese singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1994 — Ivana Baquero, Spanish actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1993 — Brittany Boyd, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1991 — Daniel Howell English Internet celebrity Wikipedia ↗
• 1990 — Christophe Lemaitre, French sprinter Wikipedia ↗
• 1989 — Maya Moore, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1988 — Jesús Fernández Collado, Spanish footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Marsel İlhan, Turkish tennis player Wikipedia ↗
• 1987 — Didrik Solli-Tangen, Norwegian singer Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Sebastian Bayer, German long jumper Wikipedia ↗
• 1986 — Shia LaBeouf, American actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1985 — Tim Hoogland, German footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Andy Lee, Irish boxer Wikipedia ↗
• 1984 — Vágner Love, Brazilian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — Chuck Hayes, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1983 — José Reyes, Dominican baseball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1982 — Vanessa Boslak, French pole vaulter Wikipedia ↗
• 1982 — Jacques Freitag, South African high jumper Wikipedia ↗
• 1982 — Joey Graham, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1982 — Stephen Graham, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1982 — Eldar Rønning, Norwegian skier Wikipedia ↗
• 1982 — Diana Taurasi, American basketball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — Emiliano Moretti, Italian footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1981 — Kristo Tohver, Estonian footballer and referee Wikipedia ↗
• 1979 — Ali Boussaboun, Moroccan-Dutch footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1978 — Joshua Jackson, Canadian-American actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1977 — Geoff Ogilvy, Australian golfer Wikipedia ↗
• 1976 — Reiko Tosa, Japanese runner Wikipedia ↗
• 1974 — Fragiskos Alvertis, Greek basketball player, coach, and manager Wikipedia ↗
• 1973 — José Manuel Abundis, Mexican footballer and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1972 — Stephen Kearney, New Zealand rugby league player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — Vladimir Gaidamașciuc, Moldovan footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — Liz Kendall, British politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1971 — Kenjiro Tsuda, Japanese voice actor Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Peter Dinklage, American actor and producer Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Bryan Fogarty, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2002) Wikipedia ↗
• 1969 — Olaf Kapagiannidis, German footballer Wikipedia ↗
• 1968 — Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein Wikipedia ↗
• 1968 — Manoa Thompson, Fijian rugby player Wikipedia ↗
• 1967 — João Garcia, Portuguese mountaineer Wikipedia ↗
• 1966 — Bruce Robison, American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Georgios Bartzokas, Greek former professional basketball player Wikipedia ↗
• 1965 — Gavin Hill, New Zealand rugby player and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Jean Alesi, French race car driver Wikipedia ↗
• 1964 — Kim Gallagher, American runner (d. 2002) Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — Gioia Bruno, American singer-songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1963 — Sandra Schmirler, Canadian curler and sportscaster (d. 2000) Wikipedia ↗
• 1962 — Mano Menezes, Brazilian footballer and coach Wikipedia ↗
• 1960 — Mehmet Oz, American surgeon, author, and television host Wikipedia ↗
• 1959 — Hugh Laurie, English actor and screenwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1958 — Barry Adamson, English singer and bass player Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Joe Montana, American football player and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Simon Plouffe, Canadian mathematician and academic Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Arthur Porter, Canadian physician and academic (d. 2015) Wikipedia ↗
• 1956 — Jamaaladeen Tacuma, American bass player and bandleader Wikipedia ↗
• 1955 — Yuriy Sedykh, Ukrainian hammer thrower Wikipedia ↗
• 1955 — Duncan Steel, English-Australian astronomer and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1954 — John Dyson, Australian cricketer Wikipedia ↗
• 1954 — Johnny Neel, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player Wikipedia ↗
• 1953 — Steve Bassam, Baron Bassam of Brighton, English politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1953 — José Bové, French farmer and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1953 — Barbara Minty, American model Wikipedia ↗
• 1952 — Yekaterina Podkopayeva, Russian runner Wikipedia ↗
• 1952 — Donnie Van Zant, American singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1951 — Matthew Engel, English journalist and author Wikipedia ↗
• 1951 — Yasumasa Morimura, Japanese painter and photographer Wikipedia ↗
• 1950 — Lynsey de Paul, English singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
• 1950 — Graham Russell, English-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1949 — Frank Beard, American drummer and songwriter Wikipedia ↗
• 1948 — Lalu Prasad Yadav, Indian politician, 20th Chief Minister of Bihar Wikipedia ↗
• 1947 — Richard Palmer-James, English singer-songwriter and guitarist Wikipedia ↗
• 1945 — Adrienne Barbeau, American actress Wikipedia ↗
• 1943 — Henry Hill, American mobster (d. 2012) Wikipedia ↗
• 1942 — Parris Glendening, American politician, 59th Governor of Maryland Wikipedia ↗
• 1939 — Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe Flint, English cricketer and journalist (d. 2017) Wikipedia ↗
• 1939 — Jackie Stewart, Scottish race car driver and sportscaster Wikipedia ↗
• 1937 — Chad Everett, American actor and director (d. 2012) Wikipedia ↗
• 1937 — Robin Warren, Australian pathologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Wikipedia ↗
• 1933 — Gene Wilder, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2016) Wikipedia ↗
• 1932 — Athol Fugard, South African-American actor, director, and playwright Wikipedia ↗
• 1932 — Tim Sainsbury, English businessman and politician, Minister of State for Trade Wikipedia ↗
• 1930 — Charles Rangel, American soldier, lawyer, and politician Wikipedia ↗
• 1929 — Ayhan Şahenk, Turkish businessman (d. 2001) Wikipedia ↗
• 1928 — Queen Fabiola of Belgium (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
• 1927 — Beryl Grey, English ballerina Wikipedia ↗
• 1927 — John W. O'Malley, American Catholic historian, academic and Jesuit priest Wikipedia ↗
• 1927 — Kit Pedler, English parapsychologist and author (d. 1981) Wikipedia ↗
• 1926 — Carlisle Floyd, American composer and educator Wikipedia ↗
• 1925 — Johnny Esaw, Canadian sportscaster (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1925 — William Styron, American novelist and essayist (d. 2006) Wikipedia ↗
• 1922 — Jean Sutherland Boggs, Peruvian-Canadian historian, academic, and civil servant (d. 2014) Wikipedia ↗
• 1922 — Michael Cacoyannis, Greek Cypriot director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2011) Wikipedia ↗
• 1920 — Shelly Manne, American drummer, composer, and bandleader (d. 1984) Wikipedia ↗
• 1920 — Hazel Scott, Trinidadian-American singer, actress, and pianist (d. 1981) Wikipedia ↗
• 1920 — Keith Seaman, Australian lawyer and politician, 29th Governor of South Australia (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1919 — Suleiman Mousa, Jordanian historian and author (d. 2008) Wikipedia ↗
• 1918 — Ruth Aarons, American table tennis player and manager (d. 1980) Wikipedia ↗
• 1917 — Joseph B. Wirthlin, American businessman and religious leader (d. 2008) Wikipedia ↗
• 1915 — Magda Gabor, Hungarian-American actress (d. 1997) Wikipedia ↗
• 1915 — Nicholas Metropolis, American mathematician and physicist (d. 1999) Wikipedia ↗
• 1914 — Jan Hendrik van den Berg, Dutch psychiatrist and academic (d. 2012) Wikipedia ↗
• 1913 — Vince Lombardi, American football player, coach, and manager (d. 1970) Wikipedia ↗
• 1913 — Risë Stevens, American soprano and actress (d. 2013) Wikipedia ↗
• 1912 — James Algar, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1998) Wikipedia ↗
• 1912 — William Baziotes, American painter and academic (d. 1963) Wikipedia ↗
• 1912 — Mohammad Hassan Ganji, Iranian meteorologist and academic (d. 2012) Wikipedia ↗
• 1910 — Carmine Coppola, American flute player and composer (d. 1991) Wikipedia ↗
• 1910 — Jacques Cousteau, French biologist, author, and inventor, co-developed the aqua-lung (d. 1997) Wikipedia ↗
• 1909 — Natascha Artin Brunswick, German-American mathematician and photographer (d. 2003) Wikipedia ↗
• 1908 — Karl Hein, German hammer thrower (d. 1982) Wikipedia ↗
• 1908 — Francisco Marto, Portuguese saint (d. 1919) Wikipedia ↗
• 1903 — Ernie Nevers, American football player and coach (d. 1976) Wikipedia ↗
• 1901 — Cap Fear, Canadian football player and rower (d. 1978) Wikipedia ↗
• 1899 — Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese novelist and short story writer Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972) Wikipedia ↗
• 1897 — Ram Prasad Bismil, Indian activist, founded the Hindustan Republican Association (d. 1927) Wikipedia ↗
• 1895 — Nikolai Bulganin, Soviet politician (d. 1975) Wikipedia ↗
• 1894 — Kiichiro Toyoda, Japanese businessman, founded Toyota (d. 1952) Wikipedia ↗
• 1889 — Hugo Wieslander, Swedish decathlete (d. 1976) Wikipedia ↗
• 1888 — Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian-American anarchist and convicted criminal (d. 1927) Wikipedia ↗
• 1881 — Spiros Xenos, Greek-Swedish painter (d. 1963) Wikipedia ↗
• 1880 — Jeannette Rankin, American social worker and politician (d. 1973) Wikipedia ↗
• 1879 — Roger Bresnahan, American baseball player and manager (d. 1944) Wikipedia ↗
• 1877 — Renée Vivien, English-French poet and author (d. 1909) Wikipedia ↗
• 1876 — Alfred L. Kroeber, American-French anthropologist and ethnologist (d. 1960) Wikipedia ↗
• 1871 — Stjepan Radić, Croatian lawyer and politician (d. 1928) Wikipedia ↗
• 1867 — Charles Fabry, French physicist and academic (d. 1945) Wikipedia ↗
• 1864 — Richard Strauss, German composer and conductor (d. 1949) Wikipedia ↗
• 1861 — Alexander Peacock, Australian politician, 20th Premier of Victoria (d. 1933) Wikipedia ↗
• 1847 — Millicent Fawcett, English academic and activist (d. 1929) Wikipedia ↗
• 1846 — William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (d. 1920) Wikipedia ↗
• 1842 — Carl von Linde, German engineer and academic (d. 1934) Wikipedia ↗
• 1832 — Lucy Pickens, American wife of Francis Wilkinson Pickens (d. 1899) Wikipedia ↗
• 1829 — Edward Braddon, English-Australian politician, 18th Premier of Tasmania (d. 1904) Wikipedia ↗
• 1818 — Alexander Bain, Scottish philosopher and academic (d. 1903) Wikipedia ↗
• 1815 — Julia Margaret Cameron, Indian-Sri Lankan photographer (d. 1879) Wikipedia ↗
• 1807 — James F. Schenck, American admiral (d. 1882) Wikipedia ↗
• 1797 — José Trinidad Reyes, Honduran philosopher and theorist (d. 1855) Wikipedia ↗
• 1776 — John Constable, English painter and academic (d. 1837) Wikipedia ↗
• 1741 — Joseph Warren, American physician and general (d. 1775) Wikipedia ↗
• 1726 — Infanta Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain (d. 1746) Wikipedia ↗
• 1723 — Johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer (d. 1788) Wikipedia ↗

📅 National Days on June 11 (Calendar.cx)

Also observed on June 11

🏀 Sports

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