Historical Events In June - 11

1944  First Serbian Orthodox cathedral in US, Cathedral of St Sava, NYC on June - 11.  

1944  15 US aircraft carriers attack Japanese bases on Marianas on June - 11.  

1947  On June - 11 wW II sugar rationing finally ends  

1947  On this day in history wW II sugar rationing finally endd in US (began May 28, 1942)  

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 this day in history.  

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

1951  Montagu Odd, cricket bat-maker (W G Grace), dies on June - 11.  

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

1956  On June - 11 corrado Alvaro, Italian writer (Poesie grigio-verdi), dies at 61  

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

1959  Hovercraft demonstrated for the first time on June - 11.  

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

1960  On June - 11 house packed with wedding celebrants collapses killing 30 (Pakistan)  

1963  On June - 11 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 June - 11.  

1966  French & German media mistakenly report death of Roger Daltry on this day in history.  

1966  On June - 11 ethel Clayton, actress (Warning Shadows), dies at 82  

1967  Israel and Syria accept terms of a U.N. cease-fire on June - 11.  

1967  Race riot in Tampa Florida; National Guard mobilizes on June - 11.  

1967  On June - 11 billy Wells, Gong striker for Rank Films, dies at 79  

1969  On this day in history david Bowie releases "Space Oddity"  

1969  John L Lewis, formed (Congress of Industrial Org), dies at 89 on June - 11.  

1970  US leaves Wheelus AFB Libya on June - 11.  

1970  On this day in history aleksandr F Kerenski, Russian premier (1917), dies at 89  

1974  Bundy victim Georgann Hawkins disappears from UW, Seattle, Wash on June - 11.  

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 June - 11 eLO releases "Telephone Line"  

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

1979  On this day in history august Maes, Flemish actor/director (Farmer that Dies), dies at 85  

1980  On June - 11 e Bowell discovers asteroid #2531 Cambridge  

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1403  On June - 11 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  On this day in history birth of barnabe Googe, English poet (d. 1594)  

1572  Ben Jonson, England, playwright/poet (Volpone, Alchemist) was born on this day in history.  

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 June - 11.  

0323  On June - 11 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 this day in history.  

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  Johannes a San Facundo, Spanish Augustine saint, dies on this day in history.  

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

1557  On June - 11 death of king John III of Portugal (b. 1502)  

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