Historical Events Happened In June - 11

1944  On this day in history first Serbian Orthodox cathedral in US, Cathedral of St Sava, NYC  

1944  On this day in history 15 US aircraft carriers attack Japanese bases on Marianas  

1947  On this day in history wW II sugar rationing finally ends  

1947  WW II sugar rationing finally endd in US (began May 28, 1942) on June - 11.  

1949  49th US Golf Open: Cary Middlecoff shoots a 286 at Medinah CC ILL on this day in history.  

1949  Koci Xoxe, Albanian vice-premier, executed on June - 11.  

1951  Mozambique becomes an oversea province of Portugal on June - 11.  

1951  On this day in history montagu Odd, cricket bat-maker (W G Grace), dies  

1955  On June - 11 jacques Lemaigre-Dubreuil, French industrialist, murdered  

1956  Corrado Alvaro, Italian writer (Poesie grigio-verdi), dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1957  On June - 11 12 die in a train crash in Vroman Colo  

1959  On this day in history hovercraft demonstrated for the first time  

1959  On June - 11 postmaster General bans D.H. Lawrence's book, Lady Chatterley's Lover  

1960  House packed with wedding celebrants collapses killing 30 (Pakistan) on this day in history.  

1963  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is arrested for attempts to integrate Florida restaurants on this day in history.  

1963  On this day in history gov Wallace tries to prevent blacks registering at U of Alabama  

1963  On this day in history jFK says segregation is morally wrong & that it is "time to act"  

1963  On June - 11 quang Duc, Buddhist monk, immolates himself on a street in Saigon  

1966  On this day in history french & German media mistakenly report death of Roger Daltry  

1966  Ethel Clayton, actress (Warning Shadows), dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1967  Israel and Syria accept terms of a U.N. cease-fire on this day in history.  

1967  Race riot in Tampa Florida; National Guard mobilizes on this day in history.  

1967  Billy Wells, Gong striker for Rank Films, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1969  On June - 11 david Bowie releases "Space Oddity"  

1969  On this day in history john L Lewis, formed (Congress of Industrial Org), dies at 89  

1970  On this day in history uS leaves Wheelus AFB Libya  

1970  Aleksandr F Kerenski, Russian premier (1917), dies at 89 on June - 11.  

1974  Bundy victim Georgann Hawkins disappears from UW, Seattle, Wash on this day in history.  

1975  On this day in history floro Manuel Ugarte, composer, dies at 90  

1977  On June - 11 dutch marines rescued hostages from a Moluccan held train in Holland  

1977  On this day in history eLO releases "Telephone Line"  

1977  On this day in history seattle Slew wins Belmont Stakes & Triple Crown  

1979  August Maes, Flemish actor/director (Farmer that Dies), dies at 85 on June - 11.  

1980  E Bowell discovers asteroid #2531 Cambridge on this day in history.  

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1403  On June - 11 birth of john IV, Duke of Brabant (d. 1427)  

1456  On this day in history birth of anne Neville, wife of Richard III of England (d. 1485)  

1540  Barnabe Googe, English poet (d. 1594) was born on this day in history.  

1572  On June - 11 birth of ben Jonson, England, playwright/poet (Volpone, Alchemist)  

1588  George Wither, English writer (d. 1667) was born on this day in history.  

1672  Francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer was born on June - 11.  

1696  On June - 11 birth of francis Edward James Keith, Scottish soldier and Prussian field marshal (d. 1758)  

1697  Francesco A Vallotti, Italian organist/composer/theorist was born on this day in history.  

0323  On this day in history death of alexander the Great, son of Philip II of Macedon (b. 356 BC) (or the 10th June)  

1183  Death of Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (b. 1155) on June - 11.  

1216  Hendrik of Constantinople, emperor of Constantinople (1206-16), dies on this day in history.  

1249  Adelheid van Schaarbeek, Flemish mystic/saint, dies on this day in history.  

1479  Johannes a San Facundo, Spanish Augustine saint, dies on June - 11.  

1488  James III, king of Scotland, dies in battle on this day in history.  

1557  Death of King John III of Portugal (b. 1502) on this day in history.  

1560  Marie Guise, French wife of king Jacobus V of Scotland, dies at 44 on June - 11.