June 11

Events1184 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.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].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.1805 - A fire consumed large portions of Detroit in the Michigan Territory.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.1866 - The Allahabad High Court (then Agra High Court) is established in India.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.1901 - New Zealand annexes the Cook Islands.1907 - George Dennett, aided by Gilbert Jessop, dismisses Northamptonshire for 12 runs, the lowest total in first-class cricket.1917 - King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father Constantine I abdicated under pressure by allied armies occupying Athens.1932 - William Forgan Smith becomes Premier of the Australian state of Queensland.1935 - Inventor Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States, at Alpine, New Jersey.1936 - International Surrealist Exhibition opens in London, England.1937 - Great Purge: The Soviet Union executes eight army leaders under Joseph Stalin. 1938 - Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts.1938 - Second Sino-Japanese War: The Nationalist government created the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt the Japanese forces. 500000 to 900000 civilians are killed. 1940 - World War II: British forces bomb Genoa and Turin in Italy.1940 - World War II: First attack of the Italian Air force on the island of Malta. 1942 - World War II: The United States agrees to send Lend-Lease aid to the Soviet Union.1945 - William Lyon Mackenzie King is re-elected as Canadian prime minister.1955 - Eighty-three are killed and at least 100 are injured after an Austin-Healey and a Mercedes-Benz collide at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.1956 - First Puerto Rican Parade was held in Harlem, New York.1962 - Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin become the only prisoners to successfully escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island. 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.1967 - Mexico becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.1970 - After being appointed on May 15, Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington officially receive their ranks as U.S. Army Generals, becoming the first females to do so.1972 - Eltham Well Hall rail crash, caused by an intoxicated train driver, kills six people and injures 1261978 - Altaf Hussain founded students' political movement All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organisation a.k.a (APMSO) in Karachi University1985 - A Fabergé Egg was sold for £1,375,00 in New York.1988 - Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute Wembley Stadium, London.1988 - The name of the General Public License (GPL) is mentioned for the first time.1998 - Compaq Computer pays $9 billion for Digital Equipment Corporation in largest high-tech acquisition.2001 - Timothy McVeigh is executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing. 2002 - Antonio Meucci is acknowledged as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress.2004 - Cassini-Huygens makes its closest flyby of Phoebe.2004 - Ronald Reagan's funeral held at Washington National Cathedral.2005 - G8 finance ministers agree to cancel the debt owed by 18 of the poorest countries.
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