Page 6: Historical Events In June - 11

1944  inaugural Serbian Orthodox cathedral in US, Cathedral of St Sava, NYC   

1944  15 US aircraft carriers attack Japanese bases on Marianas   

1947  WW II sugar rationing finally ends   

1947  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   

1949  Koci Xoxe, Albanian vice-premier, executed   

1951  Mozambique is recorded as becoming an oversea province of Portugal   

1951  Montagu Odd, cricket bat-maker (W G Grace), dies   

1955  Jacques Lemaigre-Dubreuil, French industrialist, murdered.   

1956  Corrado Alvaro, Italian writer (Poesie grigio-verdi), dies at 61   

1957  12 die in a train crash in Vroman Colo.   

1959  Hovercraft demonstrated for the inaugural time.   

1959  Postmaster General bans D.H. Lawrence's book, Lady Chatterley's Lover.   

1960  House packed with wedding celebrants collapses killing 30 (Pakistan).   

1963  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   

1963  JFK says segregation is morally wrong and that it is "time to act".   

1963  Quang Duc, Buddhist monk, immolates himself on a street in Saigon   

1966  French and German media mistakenly report death of Roger Daltry.   

1966  Ethel Clayton, actress (Warning Shadows), dies at 82.   

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

1967  Race riot in Tampa Florida; National Guard mobilizes.   

1967  Billy Wells, Gong striker for Rank Films, dies at 79.   

1969  In this year, David Bowie releases "Space Oddity".   

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

1970  US leaves Wheelus AFB Libya   

1970  Aleksandr F Kerenski, Russian premier (1917), dies at 89   

1974  Bundy victim Georgann Hawkins disappears from UW, Seattle, Wash.   

1975  Floro Manuel Ugarte, composer, dies at 90.   

1977  Dutch marines rescued hostages from a Moluccan held train in Holland   

1977  In this year, ELO releases "Telephone Line"   

1977  In this year, Seattle Slew claims Belmont Stakes and Triple Crown   

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

1980  E Bowell discovers asteroid #2531 Cambridge   

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1403  John iv: Duke of brabant   

1456  Anne neville: Wife of richard iii of england   

1540  Barnabe googe: English poet   

1572  Ben jonson: England, playwright/poet (volpone, alchemist)   

1588  George wither: English writer   

1672  Francesco antonio bonporti: Composer   

1696  Francis edward james keith: Scottish soldier and prussian field marshal   

1697  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)   

1183  Henry the young king: Son of henry ii of england (b. 1155)   

1216  Death of Hendrik of constantinople: Emperor of constantinople (1206-16),   

1249  Adelheid van schaarbeek: Flemish mystic/saint,   

1479  Death of Johannes a san facundo: Spanish augustine saint,   

1488  Death of James iii: King of scotland,   

1557  King john iii of portugal: King john iii of portugal (b. 1502)   

1560  Marie guise: French wife of king jacobus v of scotland,