Historical Events In June - 11

1944  On this day in history first Serbian Orthodox cathedral in US, Cathedral of St Sava, NYC   

1944  15 US aircraft carriers attack Japanese bases on Marianas on this day in history.   

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

1947  On June - 11 wW II sugar rationing finally endd in US (began May 28, 1942)   

1949  On June - 11 49th US Golf Open: Cary Middlecoff shoots a 286 at Medinah CC ILL   

1949  On June - 11 koci Xoxe, Albanian vice-premier, executed   

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

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

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

1956  Corrado Alvaro, Italian writer (Poesie grigio-verdi), dies at 61 on June - 11.   

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

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

1959  On June - 11 postmaster General bans D.H. Lawrence's book, Lady Chatterley's Lover   

1960  On June - 11 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  On June - 11 gov Wallace tries to prevent blacks registering at U of Alabama   

1963  On June - 11 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 June - 11 french & German media mistakenly report death of Roger Daltry   

1966  On this day in history 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 this day in history billy Wells, Gong striker for Rank Films, dies at 79   

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

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  Floro Manuel Ugarte, composer, dies at 90 on June - 11.   

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

1977  ELO releases "Telephone Line" on June - 11.   

1977  Seattle Slew wins Belmont Stakes & Triple Crown on June - 11.   

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 June - 11.   

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 June - 11.   

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

1672  On June - 11 birth of francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer   

1696  On June - 11 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 June - 11.   

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

1216  On June - 11 hendrik of Constantinople, emperor of Constantinople (1206-16), dies   

1249  Adelheid van Schaarbeek, Flemish mystic/saint, dies on this day in history.   

1479  Johannes a San Facundo, Spanish Augustine saint, dies on June - 11.   

1488  James III, king of Scotland, dies in battle on this day in history.   

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

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