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 - Carlos Seixas was born (d. 25 Aug 1742)., Portuguese composer.
• 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.
• 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 dies. Roman Catholic prelate.
• 1883 - Gonçalves Crespo dies (b. 1846). Portuguese poet.
• 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.
• 1908 - Francisco Marto was born. One of the Portuguese vidents of the Fátima aparitions.
• 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 - Jaime Camino was born in Barcelona. Spanish film director.
• 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 - Carlos Eduardo Dolabella was born (d. 26 May 2003). Brazilian actor.
• 1937 - Reginaldo Faria was born. Brazilian actor and film director.
• 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 was born. 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 - José Mendes Cabeçadas Júnior dies. Portuguese politician.
• 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.
• 1974 - Eurico Gaspar Dutra dies (b. 1883). President of Brazil.
• 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 (CSKA Moscow)
• 1985 - A Fabergé Egg Was sold for £1,375,00 in New York.
• 1986 - Chesley Bonestell dies (b. 1888). Engineer, architect, artist, illustrator.
• 1990 - Óscar Acúrcio dies (b. 7 Aug 1916). Portuguese actor (Costa do Castelo , Leão da Estrela, O Parque das Ilusões, etc).
• 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 - David Mestre dies at 49. Portuguese poet and journalist.
• 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.
• 2004 - Egon von Furstenberg dies (b. 1946). Swiss fashion designer
• 2004 - Xenophon Zolotas dies (b. 1904). Prime Minister of Greece
• 2005 - G8 finance ministers agree to cancel the debt owed by 18 of the poorest countries.
• 2005 - Vasco Gonçalves dies (b. 1922). Portuguese general.
• Kamehameha Day, official state holiday of Hawai'i, United States, in honor of its first monarch, celebrated with floral parades, hula competition and festivals
• Feast of St Barnabas
• Roman Empire, Matralia in honor of Mater Matuta
• Roman Empire, fifth day of the Vestalia in honor of Vesta
• Trinity Sunday (2006)