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June 11

George Wallace protesting desegregation at the University of Alabama

1594 – Philip II of Spain recognized the sovereign rights of the principalía, local Philippine nobles and chieftains who had converted to Catholicism.
1724 – Johann Sebastian Bach directed his cantata O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 20 in Leipzig on the first Sunday after Trinity, beginning his chorale cantata cycle.
1914 – Around 2,000 members of European society attended a ball at Kenwood House, England, in one of the last major social events before the outbreak of the First World War.
1963 – The University of Alabama was desegregated as Governor George Wallace stepped aside after defiantly blocking the entrance to an auditorium (pictured).

Roger Bresnahan (b. 1879)
Sheila Heaney (b. 1917)
A. Thurairajah (d. 1994)
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (d. 2014)

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I took out "*1992- Lia, specialest person in the world" because the birth is irrelevant in this article. Lime (talk) 00:33, 29 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cook ran aground June 11, 1770 as cited in Cook's Journal: Queensland Coast (1770) (as annotated by Beaglehole). Ancheta Wis 16:41, 21 Mar 2004 (UTC)

1985

Was the sale of the fabergé egg described really in pounds? That seems to be an odd currency for a sale in New York. -Acjelen 21:31, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

2009

In the Bering Strait and Bering Strait bridge articles a competition's winner is to be announced on this day in 2009. It says

A purely private competition was announced February 10, 2009 for the design of a bridge across the Strait via the Diomede Islands. The winner(s) will be announced June 11, 2009.

This should be made note of and possibly be put under a new section, Future Events.

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 ==1985==
 Was the sale of the fabergé egg described really in pounds?  That seems to be an odd currency for a sale in New York. -[[User:Acjelen|Acjelen]] 21:31, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
+== 2009 ==
+In the [[Bering Strait]] and [[Bering Strait bridge]] articles a competition's winner is to be announced on this day in 2009. It says <blockquote>
+A purely private competition was announced February 10, 2009 for the design of a bridge across the Strait via the Diomede Islands. The winner(s) will be announced June 11, 2009.
+</blockquote>
+This should be made note of and possibly be put under a new section, [[Future Events]].