Historical Events For June - 11

1944  First Serbian Orthodox cathedral in US, Cathedral of St Sava, NYC on this day in history.  

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 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  Mozambique becomes an oversea province of Portugal on this day in history.  

1951  On June - 11 montagu Odd, cricket bat-maker (W G Grace), dies  

1955  On this day in history jacques Lemaigre-Dubreuil, French industrialist, murdered  

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

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

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

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

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  French & German media mistakenly report death of Roger Daltry on June - 11.  

1966  Ethel Clayton, actress (Warning Shadows), dies at 82 on June - 11.  

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

1967  On June - 11 race riot in Tampa Florida; National Guard mobilizes  

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

1969  David Bowie releases "Space Oddity" on June - 11.  

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

1970  US leaves Wheelus AFB Libya on this day in history.  

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

1974  On June - 11 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  On this day in history seattle Slew wins Belmont Stakes & Triple Crown  

1979  On June - 11 august Maes, Flemish actor/director (Farmer that Dies), dies at 85  

1980  E Bowell discovers asteroid #2531 Cambridge on June - 11.  

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1403  John IV, Duke of Brabant (d. 1427) was born on this day in history.  

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

1540  On June - 11 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  Francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer was born on June - 11.  

1696  On this day in history birth of francis Edward James Keith, Scottish soldier and Prussian field marshal (d. 1758)  

1697  On June - 11 birth of francesco A Vallotti, Italian organist/composer/theorist  

0323  Death of Alexander the Great, son of Philip II of Macedon (b. 356 BC) (or the 10th June) on this day in history.  

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

1216  On this day in history hendrik of Constantinople, emperor of Constantinople (1206-16), dies  

1249  On June - 11 adelheid van Schaarbeek, Flemish mystic/saint, dies  

1479  Johannes a San Facundo, Spanish Augustine saint, dies on this day in history.  

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 June - 11.  

1560  On June - 11 marie Guise, French wife of king Jacobus V of Scotland, dies at 44