On this day in History - Jun 11
- 1184 BC - According to the calculations of Eratosthenes, the date that Troy was sacked and burned.
- 1183 - Henry the Young King dies (b. 1155). Son of Henry II of England.
- 1216 - Henry of Flanders dies (b. c. 1174). Emperor of the Latin Empire.
- 1403 - John IV, Duke of Brabant was born (d. 1427)
- 1429 - Hundred Years' War: The start of the Battle of Jargeau.
- 1456 - Anne Neville was born (d. 1485). Wife of Richard III of England
- 1488 - King James III of Scotland dies.
- 1509 - Marriage of King Henry VIII of England and Katherine of Aragon.
- 1519 - Cosimo I de Medici was born (d. 1574). Duke of Florence.
- 1540 - Barnabe Googe was born (d. 1594). English poet.
- 1557 - King John III of Portugal dies (b. 1502).
- 1572 - Ben Jonson was born (d. 1637). English dramatist.
- 1580 - Juan de Garay founds Buenos Aires.
- 1588 - George Wither was born (d. 1667). English poet and Puritan pamphleteer.
- 1594 - Philip II recognized the rights and privileges of the local nobles and chieftains in the Philippines, which paved way to the creation of the Principalía [i.e., elite ruling class of native nobility in Spanish Philippines].
- 1671 - Colley Cibber was born (d. 1757). English poet.
- 1672 - Francesco Antonio Bonporti was born (d. 1749). Italian priest and composer.
- 1695 - André Félibien dies (b. 1619). French architect.
- 1696 - Francis Edward James Keith was born (d. 1758). Scottish soldier and Prussian field marshal.
- 1712 - Louis Joseph, duc de Vendôme dies (b. 1654). Marshal of France
- 1713 - Edward Capell was born (d. 1781). English critic.
- 1723 - Johann Georg Palitzsch was born (d. 1788). German astronomer.
- 1727 - King George I of Great Britain dies (b. 1668)
- 1741 - Joseph Warren was born (d. 1775). American doctor and soldier.
- 1770 - Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
- 1774 - Jews in Algiers escape the attacks of the Spanish army.
- 1776 - Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to a committee to draft a declaration of independence.
- 1776 - John Constable was born (d. 1837). English painter.
- 1796 - Samuel Whitbread dies (b. 1720). English brewer and politician.
- 1801 - Morte de D. António Pio, filho de D. João VI e D. Carlota Joaquina.
- 1815 - Julia Margaret Cameron was born (d. 1879). English photographer.
- 1825 - The first cornerstone is laid for Fort Hamilton in New York City.
- 1837 - The Broad Street Riot occurred in Boston, fueled by ethnic tensions between English-Americans and Irish-Americans.
- 1842 - Carl von Linde was born (d. 1934). Engineer and industrialist.
- 1846 - William Louis Marshall was born (d. 1920). American general and engineer.
- 1847 - Millicent Fawcett was born (d. 1929). British suffragist and feminist.
- 1847 - John Franklin dies (b. 1786). English sea captain and explorer.
- 1852 - Karl Briullov dies (b. 1799). Russian painter.
- 1858 - Klemens Wenzel von Metternich dies (b. 1773). Austrian statesman.
- 1864 - Richard Strauss was born (d. 1949). German composer and conductor.
- 1866 - The Allahabad High Court (then Agra High Court) is established in India.
- 1867 - Charles Fabry was born (d. 1945). French physicist.
- 1876 - Alfred L. Kroeber was born. American anthropologist .
- 1877 - Renee Vivien was born (d. 1909). English-born poet.
- 1879 - Max Schreck was born (d. 1936). German actor.
- 1879 - Roger Bresnahan was born (d.1944). Baseball player.
- 1880 - Jeannette Rankin was born (d. 1973). American politician, feminist, and pacifist.
- 1882 - Louis Maigret dies (b. 1804). Roman Catholic prelate.
- 1883 - Gonçalves Crespo dies (b. 11 Jan 1846). Brazilian-born Portuguese poet.
- 1888 - Bartolomeo Vanzetti was born (d. 1927). Italian anarchist.
- 1989 - Gagan Multani was born (d. 1889). Indian-born, Living In Canada, and a basketball player.
- 1892 - The Limelight Department, one of the world's first film studios, is officially established in Melbourne, Australia.
- 1895 - Nikolai Bulganin was born (d. 1975). Soviet politician.
- 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.
- 1899 - Kawabata Yasunari was born (d. 16 Apr 1972). Japanese Nobel-Prize winning novelist (1968).
- 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.
- 1903 - Ernie Nevers was born (d. 1976). American football player.
- 1903 - Nikolai Bugaev dies (b. 1837). Russian mathematician.
- 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). French explorer and inventor.
- 1910 - Jacques-Yves Cousteau was born (d. 1997). French explorer and inventor.
- 1910 - Carmine Coppola was born (d. 1991). American composer, director and songwriter.
- 1911 - James Curtis Hepburn dies (b. 1815). American missionary and linguist.
- 1913 - Vince Lombardi was born (d. 1970). American football coach.
- 1915 - Nicholas Metropolis was born (d. 1999). Greek-American mathematician, physicist and computer scientist.
- 1919 - Richard Todd was born. British actor
- 1920 - Hazel Scott was born (d. 1981). West Indian-born singer.
- 1920 - Irving Howe was born (d. 1993). American literary and social critic.
- 1920 - Hazel Scott was born (d. 1981). Singer.
- 1922 - John Bromfield was born (d. 2005). American actor.
- 1922 - Michael Cacoyannis was born. Greek Cypriot film maker
- 1924 - Ed Farhat was born. American professional wrestler
- 1924 - Théodore Dubois dies (b. 1837). French composer and teacher.
- 1925 - William Styron was born. American author.
- 1927 - William Attewell dies (b. 1861). English cricketer.
- 1928 - Fabiola de Mora y Aragón was born. Queen of the Belgians
- 1932 - William Forgan Smith becomes QLD Premier
- 1932 - Athol Fugard was born. South African playwright.
- 1933 - Gene Wilder was born. American actor
- 1934 - Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark was born.
- 1934 - Lev Vygotsky dies (b. 1896). Russian psicologist
- 1935 - Inventor Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States, at Alpine, New Jersey.
- 1935 - Liberia gains official recognition by the US.
- 1936 - Jud Strunk was born (d. 1981). American musician and comedian.
- 1936 - Chad Everett was born. American actor
- 1936 - Robert E. Howard dies (b. 1906). American author.
- 1936 - Jaime Camino was born in Barcelona. Spanish film director.
- 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.
- 1937 - Robin Warren was born. Australian pathologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine
- 1937 - Johnny Brown was born. American comic
- 1937 - R. J. (Reginald Joseph) Mitchell dies (b. 1895). British aircraft designer.
- 1939 - Jackie Stewart was born. Scottish race car driver.
- 1940 - World War II: First attack of the Italian Airforce on the island of Malta.
- 1940 - Joey Dee was born. American musician (Joey Dee and the Starliters)
- 1941 - Daniel Carter Beard dies (b. 1850). Founder of the Boy Scouts of America.
- 1945 - William Lyon Mackenzie King is re-elected as Canadian prime minister.
- 1945 - Adrienne Barbeau was born. American actress
- 1947 - Laloo Prasad Yadav was born. Indian politician
- 1947 - Henry Cisneros, American politician, former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
- 1947 - Richard Palmer-James was born. British lyricist and guitarist (King Crimson and Supertramp)
- 1948 - O navio dinamarquês Kjoebenhavn afunda após colidir com uma mina (140 vítimas)
- 1948 - Dave Cash was born. Major league baseball player
- 1949 - Frank Beard was born. Member of rock group ZZ Top
- 1949 - Benjamin Vasserman was born. Estonian graphic artist
- 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.
- 1950 - Lynsey De Paul was born. British singer and songwriter
- 1950 - Graham Russell was born. British guitarist and vocalist (Air Supply)
- 1952 - Donnie Van Zant was born. American rock musician
- 1953 - Peter Bergman was born. American actor
- 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 - First Puerto Rican Parade was held in Harlem, New York.
- 1956 - Joe Montana was born. American football player.
- 1957 - Jamaaladeen Tacuma was born. American jazz musician.
- 1959 - Hugh Laurie was born. English actor and comedian
- 1962 - Erika Salumäe was born. Estonian cyclist, Olympian
- 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 (b. 1897) 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.
- 1964 - Jean Alesi was born. French Formula One driver
- 1965 - Joey Santiago was born. Guitarist (Pixies) .
- 1965 - Isadora Ribeiro was born. Brazilian actress.
- 1965 - José Mendes Cabeçadas Júnior dies. Portuguese politician.
- 1967 - Isabela Garcia was born. Brazilian actress.
- 1968 - Prince Alois of Liechtenstein was born. Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein
- 1969 - Peter Dinklage was born. American actor.
- 1969 - Steven Drozd was born. American drummer.
- 1969 - Bryan Fogarty was born (d. 2002). Professional ice hockey player.
- 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.
- 1970 - William 'Billy Batts' Devino dies (b. 1921). American crime figure.
- 1971 - John W. Campbell Jr. dies (b. 1910). Science fiction writer, publisher, editor.
- 1972 - Eltham Well Hall rail crash, caused by an intoxicated train driver, kills six people and injures 126
- 1974 - David Starie was born. British boxer
- 1974 - Eurico Gaspar Dutra dies (b. 1883). President of Brazil.
- 1974 - Julius Evola dies (b. 1898). Italian philosopher.
- 1975 - British author and lecturer Denis Hill is found guilty by a Ugandan tribunal of treason for criticizing Idi Amin.
- 1975 - Choi Ji Woo was born. South Korean actress and model
- 1975 - Thomas Bimis was born. Greek diver.
- 1976 - Jim Konstanty dies (b. 1917). American baseball player.
- 1977 - Seattle Slew wins the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing.
- 1977 - Geoff Ogilvy was born. Australian golfer.
- 1978 - Altaf Hussain founded students' political movement All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organisation a.k.a (APMSO) in Karachi University
- 1978 - Joshua Jackson was born. Canadian actor.
- 1979 - John Wayne dies (b. 1907). American actor.
- 1981 - Emiliano Moretti was born. Italian footballer
- 1982 - Diana Taurasi was born. American basketball player
- 1982 - Eldar Rønning was born. Norwegian cross-country skier
- 1982 - Johnny Candido was born. American professional wrestler
- 1982 - Joey Graham was born. American basketball player
- 1983 - Jose Reyes was born. American baseball player
- 1984 - Vagner Love was born. Brazilian footballer
- 1984 - Enrico Berlinguer dies (b. 1922). Italian politician, 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.
- 1985 - Anja Rubik was born. Polish supermodel
- 1985 - Karen Ann Quinlan dies (b. 1954). American right-to-die cause célèbre
- 1985 - Sapfo Notara dies (b. 1907). Greek actress.
- 1986 - A divided Supreme Court struck down a Pennsylvania abortion law while reaffirming its 1973 decision establishing a constitutional right to abortion.
- 1986 - Shia LaBeouf was born. American actor
- 1986 - Chesley Bonestell dies (b. 1888). American-born engineer, architect, artist, illustrator.
- 1987 - Margaret Thatcher became the first British prime minister in 160 years to win a third consecutive term in office.
- 1988 - The name of the General Public License (GPL) is mentioned for the first time.
- 1988 - Yui Aragaki was born. Japanese actress and model
- 1990 - Óscar Acúrcio dies (b. 7 Aug 1916). Portuguese actor (Costa do Castelo , Leão da Estrela, O Parque das Ilusões, etc).
- 1991 - Cromwell Everson dies (b. 1925). South African composer.
- 1993 - Ray Sharkey dies. American actor ("Sonny Steelgrave" on Wiseguy).
- 1994 - Ivana Baquero was born. Spanish actress
- 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. British novelist.
- 1999 - DeForest Kelley dies (b. 1920). American actor.
- 2001 - Silvio Berlusconi sworn as Italian Prime-Minister (Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri)
- 2001 - Timothy McVeigh dies executed (b. 1968). American 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.
- 2003 - David Brinkley dies (b. 1920). American television reporter.
- 2004 - Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols was again spared the death penalty when jurors who'd convicted him of 161 murder counts deadlocked over his sentence.
- 2004 - Cassini-Huygens makes its closest flyby of Phoebe.
- 2004 - Ronald Reagan's funeral held at Washington National Cathedral.
- 2004 - Egon von Furstenberg dies (b. 1946). Swiss fashion designer
- 2004 - Xenophon Zolotas dies (b. 1904). Prime Minister of Greece and economist.
- 2005 - G8 finance ministers agree to cancel the debt owed by 18 of the poorest countries.
- 2005 - Vasco Gonçalves dies (b. 1922). Portuguese general and Prime-minister.
- 2005 - Juan José Saer dies (b. 1937). Argentine writer.
- 2006 - Portugal beat Angola 1-0 in Germany 2006 World Cup
- 2006 - Major Bruce Shand dies (b. 1917). Father of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
- 2006 - Michael Bartosh dies (b. 1977). Computer expert and author.
- 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
- Davis Day, in remembrance of William Davis, observed in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
- National Puerto Rican Day, Started in 1956, Festivals and Parades will be held
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