Historical Events In June - 11

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

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

1947  WW II sugar rationing finally ends on June - 11.   

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  Koci Xoxe, Albanian vice-premier, executed on this day in history.   

1951  Mozambique becomes an oversea province of Portugal on this day in history.   

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 June - 11.   

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

1959  On June - 11 hovercraft demonstrated for the first time   

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 June - 11.   

1963  Gov Wallace tries to prevent blacks registering at U of Alabama on June - 11.   

1963  JFK says segregation is morally wrong & that it is "time to act" on June - 11.   

1963  Quang Duc, Buddhist monk, immolates himself on a street in Saigon on June - 11.   

1966  On June - 11 french & German media mistakenly report death of Roger Daltry   

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

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

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 June - 11.   

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

1974  On June - 11 bundy victim Georgann Hawkins disappears from UW, Seattle, Wash   

1975  On June - 11 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 June - 11.   

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

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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  Barnabe Googe, English poet (d. 1594) was born on June - 11.   

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 June - 11.   

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

1696  Francis Edward James Keith, Scottish soldier and Prussian field marshal (d. 1758) was born on June - 11.   

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

0323  Death of Alexander the Great, son of Philip II of Macedon (b. 356 BC) (or the 10th June) on June - 11.   

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

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

1488  James III, king of Scotland, dies in battle on June - 11.   

1557  Death of King John III of Portugal (b. 1502) on June - 11.   

1560  Marie Guise, French wife of king Jacobus V of Scotland, dies at 44 on this day in history.