On this day in History - Jun 11

1184 BC - According to the calculations of Eratosthenes, the date that Troy was sacked and burned.
1216 - Henry of Flanders, dies (b. c. 1174). Emperor of the Latin Empire.
1509 - Marriage of King Henry VIII of England and Katherine of Aragon.
1519 - Cosimo I de Medici,was born (d. 1574). Duke of Florence.
1534 - Jacques Cartier and crew celebrate the first recorded Catholic mass in North America.
1557 - Morte do Rei D. João III de Portugal (n. 1502)
1572 - Ben Jonson, was born (d. 1637). English dramatist.
1578 - Fundación de la ciudad argentina de Buenos Aires.
1588 - George Wither, was born (d. 1667). Writer.
1671 - Colley Cibber, was born (d. 1757). English poet.
1672 - Francesco Antonio Bonporti, was born (d. 1749). Italian priest and composer.
1704 - Nascimento de Carlos de Seixas . Compositor português.
1727 - King George I of Great Britain dies (b. 1668)
1770 - Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
1776 - John Constable, was born (d. 1837). English painter.
1788 - Russian explorer Gerasim Izmailov reaches Alaska.
1801 - Morte de D. António Pio, filho de D. João VI e D. Carlota Joaquina.
1825 - The first cornerstone is laid for Fort Hamilton in New York City.
1838 - Nace el pintor Mariano Fortuny.
1842 - Carl von Linde, was born (d. 1934). Engineer and industrialist.
1847 - Millicent Fawcett, was born (d. 1929). British suffragist and feminist.
1864 - Richard Strauss, was born (d. 1949). German composer and conductor.
1867 - Charles Fabry, was born (d. 1945). Physicist.
1876 - Alfred L. Kroeber, was born. Anthropologist .
1877 - Renee Vivien,was born (d. 1909). Poet.
1879 - Max Schreck, was born (d. 1936). Actor.
1879 - Roger Bresnahan,was born (d. 1944). Major League Baseball Hall of Famer.
1880 - Jeannette Rankin,was born (d. 1973). Politician, feminist, and pacifist.
1882 - Louis Maigret, ss.cc., dies. Roman Catholic prelate.
1883 - Morte de António Cândido Gonçalves Crêspo. Poeta.
1892 - The Limelight Department, one of the world's first film studios, is officially established in Melbourne, Australia.
1898 - Spanish-American War: U.S. war ships start to sail for Cuba.
1899 - Pope Leo XIII dedicates the entire human race to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
1901 - New Zealand annexes the Cook Islands.
1902 - Ernie Nevers, was born (d. 1976). American football player.
1903 - Alexander Obrenovic, king of Serbia, was assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.
1907 - George Dennett, aided by Gilbert Jessop, dismisses Northamptonshire for 12 runs, the lowest total in first-class cricket.
1910 - Jacques Cousteau, was born (d. 1997). Explorer, inventor.
1911 - James Curtis Hepburn, dies (b. 1815). Missionary and linguist.
1913 - Vince Lombardi, was born (d. 1970). American football coach.
1920 - Hazel Scott, was born (d. 1981). Singer.
1924 - Théodore Dubois, dies (b. 1837). Composer and teacher.
1925 - William Styron, was born. Author.
1927 - William Attewell, dies (b. 1861). Nottinghamshire bowler.
1932 - Athol Fugard, was born. Playwright.
1932 - Muhammad Abid assume a presidência da Síria
1933 - Gene Wilder, was born. Actor.
1934 - Lev Vygotsky, dies. Russian psicologist
1936 - Robert E. Howard, dies (b. 1906). Author.
1936 - Nace el cineasta Jaime Camino.
1937 - Great Purge: The Soviet Union executes eight army leaders under Joseph Stalin.
1937 - R. J. (Reginald Joseph) Mitchell, dies (b. 1895). British aircraft designer, developer of the Spitfire.
1937 - Nascimento de Carlos Eduardo Dolabella, actor brasileiro.
1937 - Nascimento de Reginaldo Faria, actor e diretor brasileiro.
1939 - Jackie Stewart, was born. Race car driver.
1940 - World War II: British forces bomb Genoa and Turin, Italy.
1942 - World War II: The United States agrees to send Lend-Lease aid to the Soviet Union.
1948 - O navio dinamarquês Kjoebenhavn afunda após colidir com uma mina (140 vítimas)
1949 - Oton Župančič, dies (b. 1878). Slovenian poet.
1950 - Bjarne Stroustrup, was born. Computer scientist.
1950 - Lynsey De Paul, British singer and songwriter.
1955 - Eighty-three are killed and at least 100 are injured after an Austin-Healy and a Mercedes-Benz collide at the Le Mans Grand Prix.
1956 - Joe Montana was born. American football player.
1957 - Jamaaladeen Tacuma,was born. Jazz musician.
1959 - Hugh Laurie, was born. Actor, comedian
1962 - Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin apparently escape from Alcatraz.
1963 - American Civil Rights Movement: Alabama Governor George Wallace stands at the door of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama in an attempt to block two black students from attending that school.
1963 - Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc burns himself with gasoline in a busy Saigon intersection to protest the lack of religious freedom in South Vietnam.
1964 - World War II veteran Walter Seifert runs amok in an elementary school in Cologne, Germany, killing at least eight children and two teachers and seriously injuring several more with a home-made flamethrower and a lance.
1965 - Joey Santiago, was born. Guitarist (Pixies) .
1965 - Morte do político português José Mendes Cabeçadas Júnior
1967 - Mexico becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.
1970 - After being appointed on May 15, Anna Mae Hays officially receives her rank as a U.S. ArmyGeneral, becoming the first female to do so.
1970 - Frank Laubach, dies (b. 1884). Apostle of Literacy and Christian missionary.
1971 - John W. Campbell Jr., dies (b. 1910). Science fiction writer, publisher, editor.
1977 - Seattle Slew wins the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing.
1979 - John Wayne, dies (b. 1907). Actor.
1984 - Enrico Berlinguer, dies (b, 1922). Secretary-general of the Italian Communist Party.
1984 - Vagner Love, was born. Brazilian footballer
1985 - A Fabergé Egg Was sold for £1,375,00 in New York.
1986 - Chesley Bonestell, dies (b. 1888). Engineer, architect, artist, illustrator.
1993 - Ray Sharkey, dies. Actor ("Sonny Steelgrave" on Wiseguy).
1996 - Brigitte Helm, dies (b. 1908). German actress.
1998 - Compaq Computer pays $9 billion for Digital Equipment Corporation in largest high-tech acquisition.
1998 - Catherine Cookson, dies. Author.
1999 - DeForest Kelley, dies (b. 1920). Actor.
1999 - O diplomata brasileiro Sérgio Vieira de Mello é nomeado representante para o Kosovo
2001 - Timothy McVeigh, dies executed (b. 1968). Terrorist.
2001 - The United States carries "out the severest sentence for the gravest of crimes" as Timothy McVeigh is executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
2002 - Antonio Meucci was recognised as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress
2002 - Robbin Crosby, dies. Guitarist of rock band Ratt.
2003 - David Brinkley, dies (b. 1920). Television reporter.
2003 - O Cruzeiro Esporte Clube vence a Copa do Brasil ao derrotar o Flamengo por 3-1.
2004 - Xenophon Zolotas, dies (b. 1904). Former Greek prime minister.
2004 - Cassini-Huygens makes its closest flyby of Phoebe.
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Feast of St Barnabas
Roman Empire, Matralia in honor of Mater Matuta
Roman Empire, fifth day of the Vestalia in honor of Vesta