June 11

Saturday 11, 2005:

G8 finance ministers agree to cancel the debt owed by 18 of the poorest countries.

Friday 11, 2004:

Ronald Reagan's funeral held at Washington National Cathedral

Tuesday 11, 2002:

Antonio Meucci was recognised as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress.

Monday 11, 2001:

Timothy McVeigh is executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.

Thursday 11, 1998:

Compaq Computer pays $9 billion for Digital Equipment Corporation in largest high-tech acquisition.

Saturday 11, 1988:

Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute Wembley Stadium, London.

Tuesday 11, 1985:

A Fabergé Egg was sold for £1,375,00 in New York.

Saturday 11, 1977:

Seattle Slew wins the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing.

Thursday 11, 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.

Sunday 11, 1967:

Mexico becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty.

Thursday 11, 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.

Tuesday 11, 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.

Monday 11, 1962:

Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin become the only prisoners to apparently successfully escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island. No conclusive evidence has ever been found that they survived the escape attempt.

Saturday 11, 1955:

Eighty-three are killed and at least 100 are injured after an Austin-Healey and a Mercedes-Benz collide at the Le Mans Grand Prix.

Thursday 11, 1942:

World War II: The United States agrees to send Lend-Lease aid to the Soviet Union.

Tuesday 11, 1940:

World War II: First attack of the Italian Airforce on the island of Malta.

Tuesday 11, 1935:

1935 - Inventor Edwin Howard Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States, at Alpine, New Jersey.

Monday 11, 1838:

An earthquake occurs in Belgium.

Friday 11, 1937:

Great Purge: The Soviet Union executes eight army leaders under Joseph Stalin.

Tuesday 11, 1907:

George Dennett, aided by Gilbert Jessop, dismisses Northamptonshire for 12 runs, the lowest total in first-class cricket.

Thursday 11, 1903:

Alexander Obrenovic, king of Serbia, was assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.

Tuesday 11, 1901:

New Zealand annexes the Cook Islands.

Saturday 11, 1898:

Spanish-American War: U.S. war ships start to sail for Cuba.

Saturday 11, 1892:

The Limelight Department, one of the world's first film studios, is officially established in Melbourne, Australia.

Monday 11, 1866:

The Allahabad High Court (then Agra High Court]] is established in India.

Saturday 11, 1825:

The first cornerstone is laid for Fort Hamilton in New York City.

Wednesday 11, 1788:

Russian explorer Gerasim Izmailov reaches Alaska.

Saturday 11, 1774:

Jews in Algiers escape the attacks of the Spanish army.

Monday 11, 1770:

Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.

Friday 11, 1509:

Marriage of King Henry VIII of England and Katherine of Aragon.

Monday 11, -1184:

According to the calculations of Eratosthenes, the date that Troy was sacked and burned.

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