June 11

June 11 is the 162nd day of the year (163rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 203 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

• 1184 BC – Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned, according to calculations by Eratosthenes.
• 323 BC – Alexander the Great dies in the palace of Nebuchadnezzar II in Babylon
• 173 – Marcomannic Wars: The Roman army in Moravia is encircled by the Quadi, who have broken the peace treaty (171). In a violent thunderstorm emperor Marcus Aurelius defeats and subdues them in the so-called "miracle of the rain".
• 631 – Emperor Taizong of Tang, the Emperor of China, sends envoys to the Xueyantuo bearing gold and silk in order to seek the release of enslaved Chinese prisoners captured during the transition from Sui to Tang from the northern frontier; this embassy succeeded in freeing 80,000 Chinese men and women who were then returned to China.
• 786 – A Hasanid Alid uprising in Mecca is crushed by the Abbasids at the Battle of Fakhkh. Idris ibn Abdallah flees to the Maghreb, where he later founds the Idrisid dynasty.
• 1345 – The megas doux Alexios Apokaukos, chief minister of the Byzantine Empire, is lynched by political prisoners.
• 1429 – Hundred Years' War: start of the Battle of Jargeau.
• 1488 – Battle of Sauchieburn: fought between rebel Lords and James III of Scotland, resulting in the death of the King.
• 1509 – Henry VIII of England marries Catherine of Aragon.
• 1594 – Philip II recognizes the rights and privileges of the local nobles and chieftains in the Philippines, which paved way to the stabilization of the rule of the Principalía (an elite ruling class of native nobility in Spanish Philippines).
• 1770 – British explorer Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
• 1775 – The American Revolutionary War's first naval engagement, the Battle of Machias, results in the capture of a small British naval vessel.
• 1776 – The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence.
• 1788 – Russian explorer Gerasim Izmailov reaches Alaska.
• 1805 – A fire consumes 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 occurs in Boston, fueled by ethnic tensions between Yankees and Irish.
• 1865 – The Naval Battle of Riachuelo is fought on the rivulet Riachuelo (Argentina), between the Paraguayan Navy on one side and the Brazilian Navy on the other. The Brazilian victory was crucial for the later success of the Triple Alliance (Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina) in the Paraguayan War.
• 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 set sail for Cuba.
• 1898 – The Hundred Days' Reform is started by Guangxu Emperor with a plan to change social, political and educational institutions in China, but is suspended by Empress Dowager Cixi after 104 days. The failed reform though led to the abolition of the Imperial examination in 1905.
• 1901 – New Zealand annexes the Cook Islands.
• 1903 – A group of Serbian officers stormed royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenović and his wife queen Draga.
• 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 abdicates under pressure by allied armies occupying Athens.
• 1919 – Sir Barton wins the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first horse to win the Triple Crown.
• 1920 – During the U.S. Republican National Convention in Chicago, U.S. Republican Party leaders gathered in a room at the Blackstone Hotel to come to a consensus on their candidate for the U.S. presidential election, leading the Associated Press to first coin the political phrase "smoke-filled room".
• 1935 – Inventor Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States at Alpine, New Jersey.
• 1936 – The London International Surrealist Exhibition opens.
• 1937 – Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders.
• 1938 – Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts.
• 1942 – World War II: The United States agrees to send Lend-Lease aid to the Soviet Union.
• 1942 – Free French Forces retreat from Bir Hakeim after having successfully delayed the Axis advance.
• 1944 – USS Missouri, the last battleship built by the United States Navy and future site of the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, is commissioned.
• 1955 – Eighty-three spectators are killed and at least 100 are injured after an Austin-Healey and a Mercedes-Benz collide at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the deadliest ever accident in motorsports.
• 1956 – Start of Gal Oya riots, the first reported ethnic riots that target minority Sri Lankan Tamils in the Eastern Province. The total number of deaths is reportedly 150.
• 1962 – Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin allegedly become the only prisoners to 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, Vivian Malone and James Hood, from attending that school. Later in the day, accompanied by federalized National Guard troops, they are able to register.
• 1963 – Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức burns himself with gasoline in a busy Saigon intersection to protest the lack of religious freedom in South Vietnam.
• 1963 – John F. Kennedy addresses Americans from the Oval Office proposing the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that would revolutionize American society. Proposing equal access to public facilities, end segregation in education and guarantee federal protection for voting rights.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1971 – The U.S. Government forcibly removes the last holdouts to the Native American Occupation of Alcatraz, ending 19 months of control.
• 1978 – Altaf Hussain founds the students' political movement All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organisation (APMSO) in Karachi University.
• 1981 – A Richter scale 6.9 magnitude earthquake at Golbaf, Iran, kills at least 2,000.
• 1982 – The Sentosa Musical Fountain was officially opened as part of the second phase of construction on the island of Sentosa, Singapore.
• 1987 – Diane Abbott, Paul Boateng and Bernie Grant are elected as the first black Parliamentarians in Great Britain.
• 1998 – Compaq Computer pays US$9 billion for Digital Equipment Corporation in the 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 the Saturn moon Phoebe.
• 2008 – Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper makes a historic official apology to Canada's First Nations in regard to a residential school abuse in which children are isolated from their homes, families and cultures for a century.

Births

• 1403 – John IV, Duke of Brabant (d. 1427)
• 1456 – Anne Neville, English wife of Richard III of England (d. 1485)
• 1540 – Barnabe Googe, English poet (d. 1594)
• 1588 – George Wither, English poet (d. 1667)
• 1672 – Francesco Antonio Bonporti, Italian priest and composer (d. 1749)
• 1690 – Giovanni Antonio Giay, Italian composer (d. 1764)
• 1696 – James Francis Edward Keith, Scottish-Prussian field marshal (d. 1758)
• 1697 – Francesco Antonio Vallotti, Italian organist and composer (d. 1780)
• 1704 – Carlos Seixas, Portuguese harpsichord player and composer (d. 1742)
• 1713 – Edward Capell, English critic (d. 1781)
• 1723 – Johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer (d. 1788)
• 1726 – Infanta Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain (d. 1746)
• 1741 – Joseph Warren, American physician and general (d. 1775)
• 1776 – John Constable, English painter (d. 1837)
• 1797 – José Trinidad Reyes, Honduran philosopher and theorist (d. 1855)
• 1815 – Julia Margaret Cameron, Indian photographer (d. 1879)
• 1818 – Alexander Bain, Scottish philosopher and educator (d. 1903)
• 1832 – Lucy Pickens, American wife of Francis Wilkinson Pickens (d. 1899)
• 1842 – Carl von Linde, German engineer (d. 1934)
• 1846 – William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (d. 1920)
• 1847 – Millicent Fawcett, English academic and activist (d. 1929)
• 1864 – Richard Strauss, German composer and conductor (d. 1949)
• 1867 – Charles Fabry, French physicist (d. 1945)
• 1871 – Stjepan Radić, Croatian politician (d. 1928)
• 1876 – Alfred L. Kroeber, American anthropologist (d. 1960)
• 1877 – Renée Vivien, English-French poet (d. 1909)
• 1879 – Roger Bresnahan, American baseball player and manager (d. 1944)
• 1880 – Jeannette Rankin, American politician (d. 1973)
• 1881 – Spiros Xenos, Greek-Swedish painter (d. 1963)
• 1888 – Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian-American criminal (d. 1927)
• 1889 – Hugo Wieslander, Swedish decathlete (d. 1976)
• 1894 – Kiichiro Toyoda, Japanese businessman, founded Toyota (d. 1952)
• 1894 – Dai Vernon, Canadian-American magician (d. 1992)
• 1897 – Ram Prasad Bismil, Indian activist, founded the Hindustan Republican Association (d. 1927)
• 1899 – Yasunari Kawabata, Japanese author, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1972)
• 1903 – Ernie Nevers, American football player (d. 1976)
• 1908 – Karl Hein, German hammer thrower (d. 1982)
• 1908 – Francisco Marto, Portuguese saint (d. 1919)
• 1910 – Carmine Coppola, American flute player and composer (d. 1991)
• 1910 – Jacques Cousteau, French biologist, author, and inventor, co-developed the aqua-lung (d. 1997)
• 1912 – James Algar, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1998)
• 1912 – Mohammad Hassan Ganji, Iranian meteorologist and academic (d. 2012)
• 1913 – Vince Lombardi, American football player, coach, and manager (d. 1970)
• 1913 – Risë Stevens, American soprano and actress (d. 2013)
• 1913 – Coby Whitmore, American painter and illustrator (d. 1988)
• 1914 – Gerald Mohr, American actor (d. 1968)
• 1914 – Jan Hendrik van den Berg, Dutch psychiatrist and academic (d. 2012)
• 1915 – Magda Gabor, Hungarian-American actress (d. 1997)
• 1915 – Nicholas Metropolis, American mathematician and physicist (d. 1999)
• 1917 – Joseph B. Wirthlin, American businessman and religious leader (d. 2008)
• 1918 – Ruth Aarons, American table tennis player and manager (d. 1980)
• 1919 – Helen Tobias-Duesberg, Estonian-American composer (d. 2010)
• 1919 – Richard Todd, Irish-English actor and soldier (d. 2009)
• 1920 – Irving Howe, American critic (d. 1993)
• 1920 – Robert Hutton, American actor (d. 1994)
• 1920 – Shelly Manne, American drummer, composer, and bandleader (d. 1984)
• 1920 – Hazel Scott, Trinidadian-American singer, actress, and pianist (d. 1981)
• 1920 – Keith Seaman, Australian politician, 29th Governor of South Australia (d. 2013)
• 1922 – Jean Sutherland Boggs, Peruvian-Canadian historian, academic, and civil servant
• 1922 – John Bromfield, American actor (d. 2005)
• 1922 – Michael Cacoyannis, Cypriot director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2011)
• 1922 – Douglas Campbell, Scottish-Canadian actor (d. 2009)
• 1925 – Johnny Esaw, Canadian sportscaster (d. 2013)
• 1925 – William Styron, American author (d. 2006)
• 1926 – Carlisle Floyd, American composer and educator
• 1927 – Beryl Grey, English ballerina
• 1928 – Queen Fabiola of Belgium (d. 2014)
• 1930 – Charles B. Rangel, American soldier, lawyer, and politician
• 1931 – Kenneth Cameron, Baron Cameron of Lochbroom, Scottish judge
• 1931 – Audrey Schuh, American soprano
• 1932 – Athol Fugard, South African-American actor, director, and playwright
• 1932 – Tim Sainsbury, English businessman and politician
• 1933 – Martti Soosaar, Estonian journalist and author
• 1933 – Gene Wilder, American actor, director, and screenwriter
• 1934 – Anthony Evans, English lawyer and judge
• 1934 – Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark
• 1936 – Jud Strunk, American singer-songwriter (d. 1981)
• 1937 – Johnny Brown, American actor and singer
• 1937 – Chad Everett, American actor (d. 2012)
• 1937 – Robin Warren, Australian pathologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1939 – Christina Crawford, American actress and author
• 1939 – Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe Flint, English cricketer
• 1939 – Diana Moran, English model and journalist
• 1939 – Bernard Purdie, American drummer (Hummingbird)
• 1939 – Jackie Stewart, Scottish race car driver
• 1940 – Michael Wilkes, English general (d. 2013)
• 1943 – Henry Hill, American mobster (d. 2012)
• 1944 – Alan Howarth, Baron Howarth of Newport, English politician
• 1944 – Roscoe Orman, American actor
• 1945 – Adrienne Barbeau, American actress and author
• 1945 – Patrick Joseph McGrath, Irish-American bishop
• 1945 – Robert Munsch, American-Canadian author
• 1946 – Jenny Pitman, English horse trainer and author
• 1947 – Henry Cisneros, American politician, Mayor of San Antonio
• 1947 – Bob Evans, English race car driver
• 1947 – Richard Palmer-James, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (King Crimson and Supertramp)
• 1947 – Lalu Prasad Yadav, Indian politician, 20th Chief Minister of Bihar
• 1948 – Dave Cash, American baseball player and coach
• 1948 – Stephen Schnetzer, American actor
• 1948 – Michael Swan, American actor
• 1949 – Frank Beard, American drummer and songwriter (ZZ Top and American Blues)
• 1949 – Tom Pryce, Welsh race car driver (d. 1977)
• 1950 – Lynsey de Paul, English singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress (d. 2014)
• 1950 – Graham Russell, English-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Air Supply)
• 1951 – Matthew Engel, English journalist
• 1951 – Yasumasa Morimura, Japanese painter
• 1951 – Mark D. Siljander, American politician
• 1952 – Yekaterina Podkopayeva, Russian runner
• 1952 – Donnie Van Zant, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (38 Special and Van Zant)
• 1953 – Steve Bassam, Baron Bassam of Brighton, English politician
• 1953 – Peter Bergman, American actor
• 1953 – José Bové, French farmer and politician
• 1953 – Vera Komisova, Russian hurdler
• 1954 – Johnny Neel, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (The Allman Brothers Band)
• 1955 – Yuriy Sedykh, Ukrainian hammer thrower
• 1955 – Duncan Steel, English-Australian astronomer and author
• 1956 – Steven A. Cohen, American businessman, founded SAC Capital Advisors
• 1956 – Joe Montana, American football player
• 1956 – Simon Plouffe, Canadian mathematician
• 1957 – Geoffrey Adams, English diplomat
• 1957 – Jamaaladeen Tacuma, American bass player and bandleader
• 1959 – Hugh Laurie, English actor, singer, and screenwriter
• 1959 – Magnum T.A., American wrestler
• 1960 – Mehmet Oz, American surgeon, author, and television host
• 1961 – María Barranco, Spanish actress
• 1962 – Mano Menezes, Brazilian footballer and coach
• 1962 – Erika Salumäe, Estonian cyclist
• 1963 – Gioia Bruno, American singer (Exposé)
• 1963 – Bruce Kimball, American diver and coach
• 1963 – Sandra Schmirler, Canadian curler (d. 2000)
• 1964 – Jean Alesi, French race car driver
• 1964 – Kim Gallagher, American runner (d. 2002)
• 1964 – Gunnar Sauer, German footballer
• 1965 – Manuel Uribe, Mexican computer repairman, world's heaviest man (d. 2014)
• 1967 – Clare Carey, Zimbabwean-American actress
• 1967 – João Garcia, Portuguese mountaineer
• 1968 – Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein
• 1968 – Bryan Perro, Canadian author
• 1969 – Peter Dinklage, American actor
• 1969 – Steven Drozd, American singer-songwriter and actor (The Flaming Lips)
• 1969 – Bryan Fogarty, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2002)
• 1969 – Olaf Kapagiannidis, German footballer
• 1969 – Matt McGrath, American actor
• 1969 – Kip Miller, American ice hockey player
• 1969 – Sergei Yuran, Ukrainian footballer and manager
• 1970 – Alex Barron, American race car driver
• 1970 – Kang Ho-dong, South Korean comedian and actor
• 1971 – Vladimir Gaidamaşchuc, Moldovan footballer
• 1971 – Liz Kendall, English politician
• 1973 – José Manuel Abundis, Mexican footballer and coach
• 1973 – Dana Brunetti, American film producer
• 1974 – Fragiskos Alvertis, Greek basketball player
• 1974 – Tatiana Ignatieva, Belarusian tennis player
• 1974 – David Starie, English boxer
• 1975 – Fjordman, Norwegian blogger
• 1975 – Thomas Bimis, Greek diver
• 1975 – Choi Ji-woo, South Korean model and actress
• 1976 – Gran Naniwa, Japanese wrestler (d. 2010)
• 1976 – Reiko Tosa, Japanese runner
• 1977 – Ryan Dunn, American actor and stuntman (d. 2011)
• 1977 – Shane Meier, Canadian-American actor
• 1977 – Geoff Ogilvy, Australian golfer
• 1978 – Joshua Jackson, Canadian actor
• 1978 – Ujjwala Raut, Indian model
• 1979 – Ali Boussaboun, Moroccan-Dutch footballer
• 1979 – Amy Duggan, Australian footballer
• 1979 – Tõnu Endrekson, Estonian rower
• 1979 – Rino Nakasone Razalan, Japanese-American dancer and choreographer
• 1980 – Yhency Brazobán, Dominican baseball player
• 1981 – Emiliano Moretti, Italian footballer
• 1981 – Kristo Tohver, Estonian footballer and referee
• 1982 – Marco Arment, American businessman, co-created Tumblr
• 1982 – Vanessa Boslak, French pole vaulter
• 1982 – Johnny Candido, American wrestler
• 1982 – Jacques Freitag, South African high jumper
• 1982 – Joey Graham, American basketball player
• 1982 – Stephen Graham, American basketball player
• 1982 – Eldar Rønning, Norwegian skier
• 1982 – Diana Taurasi, American basketball player
• 1983 – Chuck Hayes, American basketball player
• 1983 – Josh Ramsay, Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Marianas Trench)
• 1983 – José Reyes, Dominican baseball player
• 1984 – Andy Lee, Irish boxer
• 1984 – Vágner Love, Brazilian footballer
• 1985 – Violeta Isfel, Mexican actress and singer
• 1985 – Mason Kayne, English actor
• 1985 – Dmitry Koldun, Belarusian singer
• 1985 – Chris Trousdale, American singer, dancer, and actor (Dream Street)
• 1986 – Sebastian Bayer, German long jumper
• 1986 – Chase Clement, American football player
• 1986 – Robert Krabbendam, Dutch basketball player
• 1986 – Shia LaBeouf, American actor
• 1986 – Magaly Solier, Peruvian actress and singer
• 1987 – Dappy, English rapper and actor (N-Dubz)
• 1987 – TiA, Japanese singer
• 1987 – Cherry Dee, Welsh model
• 1987 – Didrik Solli-Tangen, Norwegian singer
• 1987 – Robert Welbourn, English swimmer
• 1988 – Yui Aragaki, Japanese actress and singer
• 1988 – Jesús Fernández Collado, Spanish footballer
• 1988 – Claire Holt, Australian actress
• 1988 – Rome Ramirez, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Sublime with Rome)
• 1989 – Keith Aulie, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1989 – Ana Clara Duarte, Brazilian tennis player
• 1989 – Maya Moore, American basketball player
• 1990 – Christophe Lemaitre, French sprinter
• 1990 – Sherina Munaf, Indonesian singer-songwriter and actress
• 1991 – Dan Howell, English radio host and blogger
• 1992 – Eugene Simon, English actor and model
• 1992 – Jordanne Whiley, English tennis player
• 1994 – Ivana Baquero, Spanish actress
• 1994 – Jessica Fox, French-Australian canoe racer

Deaths

• 1183 – Henry the Young King of England (b. 1155)
• 1323 – Bérenger Fredoli, French canon lawyer and Cardinal-Bishop of Frascati (b. 1250)
• 1488 – James III of Scotland (b. 1451)
• 1557 – John III of Portugal (b. 1502)
• 1695 – André Félibien, French historian (b. 1619)
• 1712 – Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme (b. 1654)
• 1727 – George I of Great Britain (b. 1660)
• 1796 – Samuel Whitbread, English brewer and politician, founded the Whitbread Company (b. 1720)
• 1847 – John Franklin, English admiral and politician (b. 1786)
• 1852 – Karl Bryullov, Russian painter (b. 1799)
• 1859 – Klemens von Metternich, German-Austrian politician, 1st State Chancellor of the Austrian Empire (b. 1773)
• 1879 – William, Prince of Orange (b. 1840)
• 1882 – Louis Désiré Maigret, French bishop (b. 1804)
• 1885 – Matías Ramos Mejía, Argentinian colonel (b. 1810)
• 1903 – Nikolai Bugaev, Russian mathematician and philosopher (b. 1837)
• 1903 – Alexander I of Serbia (b. 1876)
• 1903 – Draga Mašin, Serbian wife of Alexander I of Serbia (b. 1864)
• 1911 – James Curtis Hepburn, American physician and missionary (b. 1815)
• 1914 – Adolphus Frederick V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1848)
• 1920 – William F. Halsey, Sr., American captain (b. 1853)
• 1924 – Théodore Dubois, French organist, composer, and educator (b. 1837)
• 1927 – William Attewell, English cricketer (b. 1861)
• 1934 – Lev Vygotsky, Russian psychologist (b. 1896)
• 1936 – Robert E. Howard, American author (b. 1906)
• 1937 – R. J. Mitchell, English engineer, designed the Supermarine Spitfire (b. 1895)
• 1941 – Daniel Carter Beard, American author and illustrator, founded the Boy Scouts of America (b. 1850)
• 1962 – Chhabi Biswas, Indian actor (b. 1900)
• 1963 – Thích Quảng Đức, Vietnamese monk (b. 1897)
• 1965 – José Mendes Cabeçadas, Portuguese admiral and politician, 9th President of Portugal (b. 1883)
• 1970 – Frank Laubach, American missionary and mystic (b. 1884)
• 1974 – Eurico Gaspar Dutra, Brazilian general and politician, 16th President of Brazil (b. 1883)
• 1974 – Julius Evola, Italian philosopher and author (b. 1898)
• 1976 – Jim Konstanty, American baseball player (b. 1917)
• 1979 – Alice Dalgliesh, Trinidadian-American author (b. 1893)
• 1979 – John Wayne, American actor, director, and producer (b. 1907)
• 1982 – Al Rinker, American singer-songwriter (The Rhythm Boys) (b. 1907)
• 1983 – Ghanshyam Das Birla, Indian businessman (b. 1894)
• 1984 – Enrico Berlinguer, Italian politician (b. 1922)
• 1985 – Sapfo Notara, Greek actress (b. 1907)
• 1985 – Karen Ann Quinlan, American medical patient (b. 1954)
• 1986 – Chesley Bonestell, American painter and illustrator (b. 1888)
• 1991 – Cromwell Everson, South African composer (b. 1925)
• 1993 – Ray Sharkey, American actor (b. 1952)
• 1994 – A. Thurairajah, Sri Lankan engineer and academic (b. 1934)
• 1995 – Rodel Naval, Filipino singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1953)
• 1996 – Brigitte Helm, German actress (b. 1908)
• 1998 – Catherine Cookson, English author (b. 1906)
• 1999 – DeForest Kelley, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1920)
• 2001 – Timothy McVeigh, American terrorist, conducted the Oklahoma City bombing (b. 1968)
• 2001 – Amalia Mendoza, Mexican singer and actress (b. 1923)
• 2003 – David Brinkley, American journalist (b. 1920)
• 2004 – Egon von Fürstenberg, Swiss fashion designer (b. 1946)
• 2005 – Vasco Gonçalves, Portuguese general and politician, 103rd Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1922)
• 2006 – Michael Bartosh, American businessman (b. 1977)
• 2006 – Neroli Fairhall, New Zealand archer (b. 1944)
• 2006 – Bruce Shand, English soldier (b. 1917)
• 2007 – Imre Friedmann, American biologist (b. 1921)
• 2007 – Mala Powers, American actress (b. 1931)
• 2008 – Ove Andersson, Swedish race car driver (b. 1938)
• 2008 – Võ Văn Kiệt, Vietnamese politician, 5th Prime Minister of Vietnam (b. 1922)
• 2009 – Sumire, Japanese model (b. 1987)
• 2011 – Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Israeli physicist and engineer (b. 1947)
• 2011 – Seth Putnam, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Anal Cunt Upsidedown Cross, Siege, and Post Mortem) (b. 1968)
• 2012 – Lee Allen, American wrestler and coach (b. 1943)
• 2012 – Hector Bianciotti, Argentinian-French author (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Dave Boswell, American baseball player (b. 1945)
• 2012 – Stay High 149, American painter (b. 1950)
• 2012 – Ann Rutherford, Canadian-American actress (b. 1920)
• 2012 – Teófilo Stevenson, Cuban boxer (b. 1952)
• 2013 – Miller Barber, American golfer (b. 1931)
• 2013 – Carl W. Bauer, American lawyer and politician (b. 1933)
• 2013 – Robert Fogel, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926)
• 2013 – James Grimsley, Jr., American general (b. 1921)
• 2013 – Evelyn Kozak, American super-centenarian (b. 1899)
• 2013 – Rory Morrison, English journalist (b. 1964)
• 2013 – Kristiāns Pelšs, Latvian ice hockey player (b. 1992)
• 2013 – Vidya Charan Shukla, Indian politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (b. 1929)
• 2014 – Ruby Dee, American actress, singer, and poet (b. 1922)
• 2014 – Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Spanish conductor and composer (b. 1933)
• 2014 – Mipham Chokyi Lodro, Tibetan lama and educator (b. 1952)
• 2014 – Benjamin Mophatlane, South African businessman (b. 1973)
• 2014 – Carlton Sherwood, American soldier and journalist (b. 1947)
• 2014 – Gilles Ségal, Romanian-French actor and playwright (b. 1929)

Holidays and observances

• Birthday of Prince Henrik (Denmark)
• Christian feast day:
  • Barnabas the Apostle
  • Bartholomew the Apostle (Eastern Christianity)
  • June 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

• Davis Day (Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada)
• Kamehameha Day, official state holiday of Hawaii, United States
• Matralia, in honor of Mater Matuta. (Roman Empire)

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada