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A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
Today in History
June 11
| 1346 | Charles IV of Luxembourg is elected Holy Roman Emperor. | |
| 1509 | Henry VIII of England marries Catherine of Aragon. | |
| 1770 | Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef. | |
| 1798 | Napoleon Bonaparte takes the island of Malta. | |
| 1861 | Union forces under General George B. McClellen repulse a Confederate force at Rich Mountain in western Virginia. | |
| 1865 | Major General Henry W. Halleck finds documents and archives of the Confederate government in Richmond, Virginia. This discovery will lead to the publication of the official war records. | |
| 1895 | Charles E. Duryea receives the first U.S. patent granted to an American inventor for a gasoline-driven automobile. | |
| 1903 | King Alexander and Queen Draga of Belgrade are assassinated by members of the Serbia army. | |
| 1915 | British troops take Cameroon in Africa. | |
| 1930 | William Beebe, of the New York Zoological Society, dives to a record-setting depth of 1,426 feet off the coast of Bermuda, in a diving chamber called a bathysphere. | |
| 1934 | The Disarmament Conference in Geneva ends in failure. | |
| 1940 | The Italian Air Force bombs the British fortress at Malta in the Mediterranean. | |
| 1943 | The Italian island of Pantelleria surrenders after a heavy air bombardment. | |
| 1944 | U.S. carrier-based planes attack Japanese airfields on Guam , Rota, Saipan and Tinian islands, preparing for the invasion of Saipan. | |
| 1963 | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is arrested in Florida for trying to integrate restaurants. | |
| 1967 | Israel and Syria accept a U. N. cease-fire. | |
| 1987 | Margaret Thatcher wins her third consecutive term as Prime Minister. | |
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Born on June 11 |
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| 1572 | Ben Jonson, English playwright and poet. | |
| 1769 | Anne Newport Royall, American newspaper reporter. | |
| 1823 | James L. Kemper, Confederate general during the American Civil War. | |
| 1880 | Jeannette Rankin, U.S. Representative from Montana, the first woman in Congress. | |
| 1895 | Nikolai A. Bulganin, premier of the Soviet Union from 1955 to 1958. | |
| 1910 | Jacques-Yves Cousteau, French oceanic explorer, filmaker, author and inventor of the aqualung. | |
| 1913 | Vince Lombardi, American football coach. | |
| 1925 | William Styron, American novelist (The Confessions of Nat Turner, Sophie's Choice). | |
| 1932 | Athol Fugard, South African playwright, director and actor (The Blood Knot, "Master Harold" . . . and the Boys). | |
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[...] airfields on Guam , Rota, Saipan and Tinian islands, preparing for the invasion of Saipan. source: http://www.historynet.com/tdih0611.htm 1940 – World War II: British forces bomb Genoa and Turin in Italy. First attack of the Italian Air [...]