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June 11, 2001 Timothy McVeigh executed for the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed at least 168 June 11, 1996 Bob Dole, Sen-R-KS, resigns from U.S. senate to run for president June 11, 1995 65th French Mens Tennis: Thomas Muster beats Michael Chang (75 62 64) June 11, 1995 Julie Larsen wins Edina Realty LPGA Golf Classic June 11, 1995 Rondell White has six hits and hits for the cycle in 13-innings June 11, 1994 "Meet The Flintstones" by The BC 52's peaks to #33 June 11, 1994 126th Belmont: Pat Day aboard Tabasco Cat wins in 2:26.8 June 11, 1994 Drunken officer shoots 7 people dead in Falun Sweden June 11, 1994 Moshood Abiola becomes President of Nigeria June 11, 1994 Cbox is 39'115 long, 20'85 wide, and 8' high in Jacksonville, Florida Largest popcorn container is 6,619.76 cubic feet full of popped corn June 11, 1993 "Scattergories," game show; last airs on NBC-TV June 11, 1993 "Scrabble," second run," TV Game Show; last airs on NBC-TV June 11, 1992 Owners approve sale of Seattle Mariners to a Japanese group June 11, 1992 Tracy Austin, 29, is youngest inductee of International Tennis Hall of Fame June 11, 1992 U.S. Olympic baseball team plays 1st exhibtion game, beat Venez 20-0 June 11, 1991 Microsoft releases MS DOS 5.0 June 11, 1990 Supreme Court says law prohibiting desecration of U.S. flag unconstitutional June 11, 1990 U.N. appoints Olivia Newton-John environmental ambassador June 11, 1990 Federal judge sentenced former national security adviser John M Poindexter to 6 months for making false statements to Congress June 11, 1990 Nolan Ryan pitches his 6th no-hitter beating Oakland, in 9th he retires Ken Phelps, Rickey Henderson and Willie Randolph (all ex Yanks) June 11, 1989 59th French Mens Tennis: Michael Chang beats S Edberg (61 36 46 64 62) June 11, 1989 7th Seniors Players Golf Championship: Orville Moody June 11, 1989 Robin Hood 16 wins LPGA Planters Pat Bradley Points Golf International June 11, 1988 "Everything Your Heart Desires" by Daryl Hall and John Oates peaks at #3 June 11, 1988 "Rooty Toot Toot" by John Cougar Mellencamp peaks at #61 June 11, 1988 "We All Sleep Alone" by Cher peaks at #14 June 11, 1988 120th Belmont: Eddie Delahoussaye aboard Risen Star wins in 2:26.6 June 11, 1988 25th Curtis Cup: British Isles, 11-7 June 11, 1988 Freedomfest - Mandela addresses Wembley Stadium London June 11, 1988 Galina Chistyakova of U.S.S.R. sets long jump woman's record (24"8") June 11, 1988 Yanks' Rick Rhoden becomes 1st pitcher to DH (0 for 1 with an RBI) June 11, 1987 Margaret Thatcher is 1st British Prime Minister in 160 years to win 3rd term June 11, 1986 "Blacke's Magic," last airs on NBC-TV June 11, 1986 Amnesty International megaconcert June 11, 1985 Russian space probe Vega 1 lands on Venus June 11, 1985 Von Hayes becomes 21st to hit 2 HRS in an inning (Phils-26, Mets-7) June 11, 1985 WJW-AM/TV in Cleveland Ohio change call letters to WRMR June 11, 1984 Funeral for S Nakagawa and burial of half of his ashes June 11, 1984 Supreme Court declares illegally obtained evidence may be admitted at trial if it could be proved that it would have been discovered legally June 11, 1983 "Always Something There To Remind Me" by Naked Eyes peaks at #8 June 11, 1983 "Cool Places" by Sparks and Jane Wiedlin peaks at #49 June 11, 1983 "Faithfully" by Journey peaks at #12 June 11, 1983 "My Love" by Lionel Richie peaks at #5 June 11, 1983 "Theme From Doctor Detroit" by Devo peaks at #59 June 11, 1983 "When I'm With You" by Sheriff peaks at #61 June 11, 1983 115th Belmont: Laffit Pincay, Jr. aboard Caveat wins in 2:27.8 June 11, 1983 Cards outfielder Lonnie Smith checks into a drug rehab June 11, 1983 Don Genalo needs just 3 of 5 pins to win Southern California Open bowling tournament, miscalculates his score and intentionally gutters his ball June 11, 1983 Zhu Jianhua of China set a new world record in high jump at 7-9 14 June 11, 1982 Israel and Syria stop fighting in Lebanon June 11, 1982 Larry Holmes TKOs Gerry Cooney in 13 for heavyweight boxing title June 11, 1982 Movie "ET the Extra-Terrestrial" released (highest grossing film) June 11, 1982 Pope John Paul II visits Argentina June 11, 1981 Mariners beat Orioles 8-2 at Kingdome, then players go on strike June 11, 1980 K-Ingleside streetcar converts to METRO service (SF) June 11, 1979 Chuck Berry pleads guilty to income tax evasion, sentenced to 4 months June 11, 1978 "Grease" starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John opens June 11, 1978 24th LPGA Championship won by Nancy Lopez June 11, 1978 Bjorn Borg wins French Open Title June 11, 1978 Christa Tybus of London sets record of 24 hours of hula-hoop June 11, 1978 Joseph Freeman, Jr. is 1st black priest in Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints June 11, 1977 "Ain't Gonna Bump No More (With No Fat Woman)" by Joe Tex hits #12 June 11, 1977 "Dance and Shake Your Tambourine" by Universal Robot Band peaks at #93 June 11, 1977 "I'm Your Boogie Man" by Kansas City and Sunshine Band peaks at #1 June 11, 1977 109th Belmont: Jean Cruguet aboard Seattle Slew wins in 2:29.6 June 11, 1977 Dutch marines rescued hostages from a Moluccan held train in Holland June 11, 1977 ELO releases "Telephone Line" June 11, 1977 Main Street Electrical Parade premieres at Disney June 11, 1976 "Magnificent Marble Machine," last airs on NBC-TV June 11, 1976 Anti-apartheid advocate Dumisa Ntsebeza arrested in South Africa June 11, 1976 Australian band AC/DC begin their 1st headline tour of Britain June 11, 1976 Beatles "Rock and Roll Music" LP is released in USA June 11, 1975 1st oil pumped from North Sea oilfield June 11, 1975 Greece adopts constitution June 11, 1975 One-day international cricket debut, Javed Miandad age 17 years 364 days June 11, 1974 Mel Stottlemyre's AL record 272nd consecutive start, without relief June 11, 1972 18th LPGA Championship won by Kathy Ahern June 11, 1972 31 degrees F lowest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in June June 11, 1972 KPAT-AM in Berkeley, California returns from KRE June 11, 1971 U.S. and Japan sign accord to return Okinawa to Japan June 11, 1971 U.S. ends ban on China trade June 11, 1970 U.S. leaves Wheelus AFB Libya June 11, 1969 "The Ballad Of John and Yoko" by The Beatles hit #1 in UK June 11, 1969 David Bowie releases "Space Oddity" June 11, 1967 A. J. Foyt and Dan Gurney drove a Ford to victory in Le Mans June 11, 1967 Chicago Cubs (7) and New York Mets (4) tie record of 11 home runs in a game June 11, 1967 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Bluegrass Golf Invitational June 11, 1967 Race riot in Tampa Florida; National Guard mobilizes June 11, 1966 "(I'm A) Road Runner" by, Jr. Walker and The All-Stars peaks at #20 June 11, 1966 "I Am A Rock" by Simon and Garfunkel peaks at #3 June 11, 1966 "On A Clear Day You..." closes at Mark Hellinger New York City after 280 performances June 11, 1966 "Paint It, Black" by The Rolling Stones peaks at #1 June 11, 1966 "Skyscraper" closes at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City after 248 performances June 11, 1966 "Sloop John B" by The Beach Boys hit #1 in U.K. June 11, 1966 French and German media mistakenly report death of Roger Daltry June 11, 1966 Janis Joplin plays her 1st gig in San Francisco June 11, 1964 Chicago police break up Rolling Stones press conference June 11, 1964 Manfred Mann record Do Wah Diddy Diddy June 11, 1964 Queen Elizabeth orders Beatles to her birthday party, they attend June 11, 1964 West Germany seeks talks with Czechoslovakia June 11, 1963 Gov Wallace tries to prevent blacks registering at University of Alabama June 11, 1963 Greek government of Karamanlis resigns June 11, 1963 John F. Kennedy says segregation is morally wrong and that it is "time to act" June 11, 1962 President Franklin D. Roosevelt accepted an honorary degree from Yale June 11, 1961 "Winston Churchill," last airs on ABC-TV June 11, 1961 Mary Lena Faulk wins LPGA Triangle Round Robin Golf Tournament June 11, 1961 Norm Cash becomes 1st Det Tiger to hit a ball out of Tiger Stadium June 11, 1961 Roger Maris hits 19th and 20th of 61 HRs June 11, 1960 92nd Belmont: Bill Hartack aboard Celtic Ash wins in 2:29.2 June 11, 1960 House packed with wedding celebrants collapses killing 30 (Pakistan) June 11, 1959 Postmaster General bans D H Lawrence's book, Lady Chatterley's Lover (overruled by U.S. Court of Appeals in Mar 1960) June 11, 1958 U.N. Security council sends observers to Lebanon June 11, 1957 12 die in a train crash in Vroman Colo June 11, 1955 1st magnesium jet airplane flies June 11, 1955 87th Belmont: Eddie Arcaro aboard Nashua wins in 2:29 June 11, 1955 Le Mans race car accident kills 83 spectators, race continues June 11, 1953 "Amos 'n Andy," TV Comedy, also radio from '29; last aired on CBS June 11, 1953 Test Cricket debut of Alan Davidson at Trent Bridge June 11, 1951 Mozambique becomes an oversea province of Portugal June 11, 1951 New York Times reports the New York City subway will auction off things found June 11, 1950 Ben Hogan wins U.S. Open golf tournament June 11, 1949 49th U.S. Golf Open: Cary Middlecoff shoots a 286 at Medinah CC ILL June 11, 1949 81st Belmont: Ted Atkinson aboard Capot wins in 2:30.2 June 11, 1949 Emile Zatopek runs world record 10,000m, 29:28.2 June 11, 1947 WW II sugar rationing finally endd in U.S., began May 28, 1942 June 11, 1944 15 U.S. aircraft carriers attack Japanese bases on Marianas June 11, 1944 1st Serbian Orthodox cathedral in U.S., Cathedral of St. Sava, New York City June 11, 1944 KP gang surprise attack on Dome Arnhem jail June 11, 1943 British invades Pantelleria, tiny island south of Sicily June 11, 1943 Heinrich Himmler orders liquidation of Polish ghettos June 11, 1942 German army defeated at El-Alamein North Africa June 11, 1942 U.S. and U.S.S.R. sign Lend-Lease agreement during WW II June 11, 1941 2nd great raid on Jews of Amsterdam June 11, 1941 Vichy-French planes bomb Tel Aviv, killing 20 Jews June 11, 1940 Italy declares war on allies/raids Malta June 11, 1940 Premier Winston Churchill flies to Orleans June 11, 1939 King and Queen of England taste 1st "hot dogs" at FDR's party June 11, 1938 42nd U.S. Golf Open: Ralph Guldahl shoots a 284 at Cherry Hills Denver June 11, 1938 Cincinnati Red Johnny Vander Meer no-hits Boston Braves, 3-0 June 11, 1938 Compton scores 1st Test Cricket ton (102 vs. Aust) aged 20 years 19 days June 11, 1938 Earthquake in Belgium June 11, 1938 England declare at 8 for 658 vs. Australia at Trent Bridge June 11, 1937 Marx Brothers' "A Day At The Races" released June 11, 1936 Presbyterian Church of America founded at Philadelphia June 11, 1934 Disarmament conference in Geneva fails June 11, 1928 Alfred Hitchcock's 1st film, "Case Of Jonathan Drew," is released June 11, 1927 59th Belmont: Earl Sande aboard Chance Shot wins in 2:32.6 June 11, 1927 Babe Ruth hits 19th and 20th of 60 HRs June 11, 1927 Charles Lindbergh is awarded the 1st Distinguished Flying Cross June 11, 1924 Bene Brak Palestine founded June 11, 1924 Koos Vorrink elected President of AJC June 11, 1921 53rd Belmont: Earl Sande aboard Grey Lag wins in 2:16.8 June 11, 1921 Brazil adopts women suffrage June 11, 1920 Republicans nominate Warren G Harding for president June 11, 1919 23rd U.S. Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 301 at Brae Burn CC Mass June 11, 1919 51st Belmont: J Loftus aboard Sir Barton wins in 2:17.6 and Trip Crown June 11, 1911 Tigers trailing White Sox 13-1 come back to win 16-15 June 11, 1911 UNIA founded by Garvey June 11, 1907 Northants all out for 12 vs. Gloucestershire June 11, 1905 Penns Railroad debuts fastest train in world (NY-Chicago in 18 hrs) June 11, 1904 Cub's Bob Wicker no-hits New York Giants, wins in 12th on 1 hitter, 1-0 June 11, 1904 German Lt-Gen Lothar von Trotha lands in Swapokmund, SW-Africa June 11, 1901 Cook Islands annexed and proclaimed part of New Zealand June 11, 1900 Battle at Diamond Hill: British troops chase General Botha June 11, 1898 1st U.S. Marines land in Cuba during Spanish-American War June 11, 1898 23rd Preakness: Willie Simms aboard Sly Fox wins in 1:49.75 June 11, 1898 600 U.S. Marines land at Guantanamo Cuba June 11, 1898 Emperor De Zong proclaims reforms in Peking June 11, 1896 U.S. Assay Office in Deadwood South Dakota authorized June 11, 1895 Charles E Duryea patents a gas-driven automobile June 11, 1891 Puerto Rican flag adopted June 11, 1878 DC is given a new government by Congress, 3 commissioners appointed by president (change in 1974) June 11, 1876 Republicans pick Rutherford B Hayes as presidental candidate June 11, 1870 1st-stone Amstel Brewery opens in Amsterdam June 11, 1864 Battle of Trevillian Station, Virginia, Central Railroad June 11, 1864 300' (90 m) of Meigg's Wharf washed away in storm June 11, 1864 Battle at Cynthiana Kentucky: Gen Hobsons unit caught June 11, 1864 Battle of Laurel Hill, West Virginia June 11, 1864 Battle of Trevillian Station, Virginia, Central Railroad June 11, 1864 Confederate warship CSS Alabama runs into harbor of Cherbourg June 11, 1859 Comstock silver load discovered near Virginia City, Nevada June 11, 1838 Iowa Territory is organized June 11, 1816 Gas Light Co of Baltimore founded June 11, 1793 1st American stove patent is granted to Robert Haeterick June 11, 1788 1st British ship built on Pacific coast begun at Nootka Sound June 11, 1776 Continental Congress create a committee to draft Decl of Independence June 11, 1774 Jews of Algiers escape attack of Spanish Army June 11, 1770 Capt. James Cook discovers Great Barrier Reef off Australia June 11, 1742 Benjamin Franklin invents his Franklin stove June 11, 1726 Cardinal Fleury succeeds duke of Bourbon as French premier June 11, 1699 England, France and Netherlands agree on 2nd Extermination treaty of Spain June 11, 1690 English king Willem III departs to Ireland June 11, 1685 James Scott, Duke of Monmouth, rebels against Catholic king James II June 11, 1676 Battle at land: Danish and Dutch fleet under CM Tromp beats Sweden June 11, 1666 Vierdaagse Sea battle (Ruyter-Monk vs Prince Ruprecht) June 11, 1644 Florentine scientist describe invention of barometer June 11, 1578 England grants Sir Humphrey Gilbert a patent to explore and colonize US June 11, 1572 Spanish co-land guardian duke of Medinaceli arrives in Lock June 11, 1517 Sir Thomas Pert reaches Hudson Bay June 11, 1509 King Henry VIII marries wife #1 Catharina of Aragon June 11, 1488 Battle of Sauchieburn, Scotland June 11, 1231 Harderwijk becomes a city |