June 11
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[edit] Events
- 1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy was sacked and burned, according to the calculations of Eratosthenes.
- 1429 - Hundred Years' War: The start of the Battle of Jargeau.
- 1509 - Marriage of King Henry VIII of England and Catherine of Aragon.
- 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.
- 1788 - Russian explorer Gerasim Izmailov reaches Alaska.
- 1837 - The Broad Street Riot occurred in Boston, fueled by ethnic tensions between English-Americans and Irish-Americans.
- 1898 - Spanish-American War: U.S. war ships start to sail for Cuba.
- 1901 - New Zealand annexes the Cook Islands.
- 1937 - Great Purge: The Soviet Union executes eight army leaders under Joseph Stalin.
- 1942 - World War II: The United States agrees to send Lend-Lease aid to the Soviet Union.
- 1962 - Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin become the only prisoners to successfully escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island.
- 1963 - 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.
- 2001 - Timothy McVeigh is executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
[edit] Births
- 1864 - Richard Strauss, German composer and conductor (d. 1949)
- 1888 - Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian anarchist (d. 1927)
- 1910 - Jacques-Yves Cousteau, French explorer and inventor (d. 1997)
- 1930 - Charles B. Rangel, American politician
- 1947 - Israel Shamir, Anti-Zionist Jew
[edit] Deaths
- 1936 - Robert E. Howard, American author (b. 1906)
- 1974 - Julius Evola, Italian philosopher (b. 1898)
- 1979 - John Wayne (born Marion Morrison), American actor (b. 1907)
- 2001 - Timothy McVeigh, American terrorist (b. 1968)
- 2003 - David Brinkley, American television reporter (b. 1920)
