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Historical Events Happened In June - 11

Friday, 24 May 2013

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 this day in history.

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

1949 On this day in history koci Xoxe, Albanian vice-premier, executed

1951 On this day in history mozambique becomes an oversea province of Portugal

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

1955 Jacques Lemaigre-Dubreuil, French industrialist, murdered on this day in history.

1956 On this day in history corrado Alvaro, Italian writer (Poesie grigio-verdi), dies at 61

1957 12 die in a train crash in Vroman Colo on this day in history.

1959 Hovercraft demonstrated for the first time on this day in history.

1959 Postmaster General bans D.H. Lawrence's book, Lady Chatterley's Lover on this day in history.

1960 On this day in history house packed with wedding celebrants collapses killing 30 (Pakistan)

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

1963 Gov Wallace tries to prevent blacks registering at U of Alabama on this day in history.

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

1963 Quang Duc, Buddhist monk, immolates himself on a street in Saigon on this day in history.

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 On this day in history israel and Syria accept terms of a U.N. cease-fire.

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

1967 On this day in history billy Wells, Gong striker for Rank Films, dies at 79

1969 David Bowie releases "Space Oddity" on this day in history.

1969 John L Lewis, formed (Congress of Industrial Org), dies at 89 on this day in history.

1970 On this day in history uS leaves Wheelus AFB Libya

1970 Aleksandr F Kerenski, Russian premier (1917), dies at 89 on this day in history.

1974 On this day in history bundy victim Georgann Hawkins disappears from UW, Seattle, Wash

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

1977 Dutch marines rescued hostages from a Moluccan held train in Holland on this day in history.

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

1977 Seattle Slew wins Belmont Stakes & Triple Crown on this day in history.

1979 August Maes, Flemish actor/director (Farmer that Dies), dies at 85 on this day in history.

1980 On this day in history e Bowell discovers asteroid #2531 Cambridge

1981 Southern Iran a 6.9 quake killed 3000 with many injured, and extensive damage in Kerman Province on this day in history.

1981 Eppo Doeve, Dutch graphic artist/cartoonist/painter, dies at 73 on this day in history.

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Famous Birthdays In June - 11

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1403 On this day in history birth of john IV, Duke of Brabant (d. 1427)

1456 Anne Neville, wife of Richard III of England (d. 1485) was born on this day in history.

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

1572 On this day in history birth of ben Jonson, England, playwright/poet (Volpone, Alchemist)

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

1672 On this day in history birth of francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer

1696 On this day in history 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.

Famous Deaths In June - 11

Famous People Died On This Day In History

1183 On this day in history death of henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (b. 1155)

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

1249 On this day in history adelheid van Schaarbeek, Flemish mystic/saint, dies

1479 On this day in history johannes a San Facundo, Spanish Augustine saint, dies

1488 On this day in history james III, king of Scotland, dies in battle

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

1560 On this day in history marie Guise, French wife of king Jacobus V of Scotland, dies at 44

1666 On this day in history cornelis Evertsen the Old, Swiss vice-admiral, dies in battle at 55