June 11th All Events |
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| June 11th, 2008 (June 11 2008) | Event | Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper made an official historic apology to Canada s First Nations in regard to a residential school abuse in which children were isolated from their homes, families and cultures for a century. | |
| June 11th, 2008 (June 11 2008) | Death | Vo Van Ki?t, former prime minister of Vietnam (born in 1922) | |
| June 11th, 2008 (June 11 2008) | Death | Ove Andersson, Swedish rally driver (born in 1938) | |
| June 11th, 2008 (June 11 2008) | Death | Miroslav Dvorak, Czechoslovak ice hockey player (born in 1951) | |
| June 11th, 2007 (June 11 2007) | Death | Imre Friedmann, American scientist (born in 1921) | |
| June 11th, 2007 (June 11 2007) | Death | Mala Powers, American film actress (born in 1931) | |
| June 11th, 2006 (June 11 2006) | Death | Bruce Shand, father of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (born in 1917) | |
| June 11th, 2006 (June 11 2006) | Death | Michael Bartosh, computer expert and author (born in 1977) | |
| June 11th, 2006 (June 11 2006) | Death | Neroli Fairhall, New Zealand archer (born in 1944) | |
| June 11th, 2005 (June 11 2005) | Death | Vasco Goncalves, Portuguese general (born in 1922) | |
| June 11th, 2004 (June 11 2004) | Event | Cassini-Huygens makes its closest flyby of Phoebe. | |
| June 11th, 2004 (June 11 2004) | Event | Ronald Reagan s funeral is held at Washington National Cathedral. | Ronald Reagan Quotes |
| June 11th, 2004 (June 11 2004) | Death | Egon von Furstenberg, Swiss fashion designer (born in 1946) | |
| June 11th, 2004 (June 11 2004) | Death | Xenophon Zolotas, Greek politician (born in 1904) | Xenophon Quotes |
| June 11th, 2003 (June 11 2003) | Death | David Brinkley, American television reporter (born in 1920) | |
| June 11th, 2002 (June 11 2002) | Event | Antonio Meucci is acknowledged as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress. | |
| June 11th, 2001 (June 11 2001) | Event | Timothy McVeigh is executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing. | |
| June 11th, 2001 (June 11 2001) | Death | Timothy McVeigh, American terrorist (by execution; born in 1968) | |
| June 11th, 2001 (June 11 2001) | Death | Amalia Mendoza, Mexican singer (born in 1923) | |
| June 11th, 1999 (June 11 1999) | Death | DeForest Kelley, American actor (born in 1920) | |
| June 11th, 1998 (June 11 1998) | Event | Compaq Computer pays $9 billion for Digital Equipment Corporation in the largest high-tech acquisition. | |
| June 11th, 1998 (June 11 1998) | Death | Catherine Cookson, British novelist (born in 1906) | |
| June 11th, 1996 (June 11 1996) | Death | Brigitte Helm, German actress (born in 1908) | |
| June 11th, 1994 (June 11 1994) | Birth | Ivana Baquero, Spanish actress | |
| June 11th, 1993 (June 11 1993) | Death | Ray Sharkey, American actor (born in 1952) | |
| June 11th, 1991 (June 11 1991) | Death | Cromwell Everson, South African composer (born in 1925) | |
| June 11th, 1988 (June 11 1988) | Birth | Yui Aragaki, Japanese actress and model | |
| June 11th, 1987 (June 11 1987) | Birth | TiA, Japanese R&B singer | |
| June 11th, 1986 (June 11 1986) | Birth | Shia LaBeouf, American actor | |
| June 11th, 1986 (June 11 1986) | Death | Chesley Bonestell, American-born engineer, architect, and artist (born in 1888) | |
| June 11th, 1985 (June 11 1985) | Birth | Anja Rubik, Polish supermodel | |
| June 11th, 1985 (June 11 1985) | Birth | Chris Trousdale, American pop singer and dancer | |
| June 11th, 1985 (June 11 1985) | Death | Karen Ann Quinlan, American right-to-die cause celebre (born in 1954) | |
| June 11th, 1985 (June 11 1985) | Death | Sapfo Notara, Greek actress (born in 1907) | |
| June 11th, 1984 (June 11 1984) | Birth | Vagner Love, Brazilian footballer | |
| June 11th, 1984 (June 11 1984) | Death | Enrico Berlinguer, Italian politician (born in 1922) | |
| June 11th, 1983 (June 11 1983) | Birth | Jose Reyes, Dominican baseball player | |
| June 11th, 1983 (June 11 1983) | Birth | Chuck Hayes, American basketball player | |
| June 11th, 1982 (June 11 1982) | Birth | Eldar Ronning, Norwegian cross-country skier | |
| June 11th, 1982 (June 11 1982) | Birth | Johnny Candido, American professional wrestler | |
| June 11th, 1982 (June 11 1982) | Birth | Joey Graham, American basketball player | |
| June 11th, 1982 (June 11 1982) | Birth | Steven Graham, American basketball player | |
| June 11th, 1982 (June 11 1982) | Birth | Diana Taurasi, American basketball player | |
| June 11th, 1981 (June 11 1981) | Event | Richter Scale 6.9 magnitude Golbaf earthquake at Iran, killing at least 2,000. | |
| June 11th, 1981 (June 11 1981) | Birth | Emiliano Moretti, Italian footballer | |
| June 11th, 1980 (June 11 1980) | Birth | Yhency Brazoban, Dominican born baseball player | |
| June 11th, 1979 (June 11 1979) | Birth | Amy Taylor, Australian football (soccer) player, television presenter and model | |
| June 11th, 1979 (June 11 1979) | Death | John Wayne, American actor (born in 1907) | |
| June 11th, 1978 (June 11 1978) | Event | Altaf Hussain founds the students political movement All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organisation a.k.a (APMSO) in Karachi University. | |
| June 11th, 1978 (June 11 1978) | Birth | Joshua Jackson, Canadian actor | |
| June 11th, 1978 (June 11 1978) | Birth | Ujjwala Raut, Indian supermodel | |
| June 11th, 1977 (June 11 1977) | Birth | Geoff Ogilvy, Australian golfer | |
| June 11th, 1977 (June 11 1977) | Birth | Ryan Dunn, American actor | |
| June 11th, 1977 (June 11 1977) | Birth | Shane Meier, Canadian actor | |
| June 11th, 1976 (June 11 1976) | Birth | Tai Anderson, American musician (bass player for Third Day) | |
| June 11th, 1976 (June 11 1976) | Death | Jim Konstanty, American baseball player (born in 1917) | |
| June 11th, 1975 (June 11 1975) | Birth | Choi Ji Woo, South Korean actress and model | |
| June 11th, 1975 (June 11 1975) | Birth | Thomas Bimis, Greek diver | |
| June 11th, 1974 (June 11 1974) | Birth | David Starie, British boxer | |
| June 11th, 1974 (June 11 1974) | Death | Julius Evola, Italian philosopher (born in 1898) | Julius Evola Quotes |
| June 11th, 1974 (June 11 1974) | Death | Eurico Gaspar Dutra, President of Brazil (born in 1883) | |
| June 11th, 1973 (June 11 1973) | Birth | Jose Manuel Abundis, Mexican football (soccer) forward | |
| June 11th, 1972 (June 11 1972) | Event | Eltham Well Hall rail crash, caused by an intoxicated train driver, kills six people and injures 126. | |
| June 11th, 1970 (June 11 1970) | Event | 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. | |
| June 11th, 1970 (June 11 1970) | Birth | Chris Rice, singer/songwriter | |
| June 11th, 1970 (June 11 1970) | Death | Earl Grant, American musician and singer (born in 1931) | |
| June 11th, 1970 (June 11 1970) | Death | Frank Laubach, Christian missionary (born in 1884) | |
| June 11th, 1970 (June 11 1970) | Death | William Billy Batts Devino, American crime figure (born in 1921) | |
| June 11th, 1969 (June 11 1969) | Birth | Peter Dinklage, American actor | |
| June 11th, 1969 (June 11 1969) | Birth | Steven Drozd, American drummer | |
| June 11th, 1969 (June 11 1969) | Birth | Bryan Fogarty, professional ice hockey player (died in 2002) | |
| June 11th, 1969 (June 11 1969) | Birth | Matt McGrath, American actor | |
| June 11th, 1968 (June 11 1968) | Birth | Prince Alois of Liechtenstein, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein | |
| June 11th, 1967 (June 11 1967) | Event | Mexico becomes a member of the Berne Convention copyright treaty. | |
| June 11th, 1965 (June 11 1965) | Birth | Manuel Uribe Garza, morbidly obese Mexican | |
| June 11th, 1965 (June 11 1965) | Birth | Joey Santiago, Filipino guitarist (Pixies) | |
| June 11th, 1965 (June 11 1965) | Death | Jose Mendes Cabecadas, 95th Prime Minister of Portugal and 9th President of Portugal (born in 1883) | |
| June 11th, 1964 (June 11 1964) | Event | 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. | |
| June 11th, 1964 (June 11 1964) | Birth | Jean Alesi, French Formula One driver | |
| June 11th, 1963 (June 11 1963) | Event | 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 from attending that school. | |
| June 11th, 1963 (June 11 1963) | Event | Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc burns himself with gasoline in a busy Saigon intersection to protest the lack of religious freedom in South Vietnam. | |
| June 11th, 1963 (June 11 1963) | Birth | Bruce Kimball, American diver | |
| June 11th, 1963 (June 11 1963) | Birth | Sandra Schmirler, Canadian curler (died in 2000) | |
| June 11th, 1963 (June 11 1963) | Death | Thich Qu?ng D?c, Vietnamese monk, self-immolation (born in 1897) | |
| June 11th, 1962 (June 11 1962) | Event | Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin become the only prisoners to successfully escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island. | |
| June 11th, 1962 (June 11 1962) | Birth | Erika Salumae, Estonian cyclist, Olympian | |
| June 11th, 1961 (June 11 1961) | Birth | Caroline Quentin, English actress | |
| June 11th, 1961 (June 11 1961) | Birth | Maria Barranco, Spanish actress | |
| June 11th, 1959 (June 11 1959) | Birth | Hugh Laurie, English actor and comedian | |
| June 11th, 1957 (June 11 1957) | Birth | Jamaaladeen Tacuma, American musician | |
| June 11th, 1956 (June 11 1956) | Birth | Joe Montana. American football player | |
| June 11th, 1955 (June 11 1955) | Event | Eighty-three are killed and at least 100 are injured after an Austin-Healey and a Mercedes-Benz collide at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. | |
| June 11th, 1955 (June 11 1955) | Birth | Yuriy Sedykh, Soviet hammer thrower | |
| June 11th, 1953 (June 11 1953) | Birth | Peter Bergman, American actor | |
| June 11th, 1952 (June 11 1952) | Birth | Donnie Van Zant, American rock musician | |
| June 11th, 1951 (June 11 1951) | Birth | Yasumasa Morimura, Japanese appropriation artist | |
| June 11th, 1951 (June 11 1951) | Birth | Mark D. Siljander, former Republican U.S. Representative from the state of Michigan | |
| June 11th, 1950 (June 11 1950) | Birth | Lynsey De Paul, British singer and songwriter | |
| June 11th, 1950 (June 11 1950) | Birth | Graham Russell, British guitarist and vocalist (Air Supply) | |
| June 11th, 1949 (June 11 1949) | Birth | Frank Beard, American drummer (ZZ Top) | |
| June 11th, 1949 (June 11 1949) | Birth | Tom Pryce, British racing driver (died in 1977) | |
| June 11th, 1949 (June 11 1949) | Birth | Benjamin Vasserman, Estonian graphic artist | |
| June 11th, 1948 (June 11 1948) | Birth | Dave Cash, Major league baseball player | |
| June 11th, 1947 (June 11 1947) | Birth | Laloo Prasad Yadav, Indian politician | |
| June 11th, 1947 (June 11 1947) | Birth | Henry Cisneros, American politician, former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | |
| June 11th, 1947 (June 11 1947) | Birth | Richard Palmer-James, British lyricist and guitarist (King Crimson and Supertramp) | |
| June 11th, 1947 (June 11 1947) | Birth | Bob Evans, British racing driver | Evans Quotes |
| June 11th, 1945 (June 11 1945) | Birth | Adrienne Barbeau, American actress | |
| June 11th, 1942 (June 11 1942) | Event | World War II: The United States agrees to send Lend-Lease aid to the Soviet Union. | |
| June 11th, 1941 (June 11 1941) | Death | Daniel Carter Beard, founder of the Boy Scouts of America (born in 1850) | |
| June 11th, 1940 (June 11 1940) | Event | World War II: British forces bomb Genoa and Turin in Italy. | |
| June 11th, 1940 (June 11 1940) | Event | World War II: First attack of the Italian Air force on the island of Malta. | |
| June 11th, 1940 (June 11 1940) | Birth | Joey Dee, American musician (Joey Dee and the Starliters) | |
| June 11th, 1939 (June 11 1939) | Birth | Sir Jackie Stewart, Scottish race car driver, three-time F1 world champion and former F1 team principal | |
| June 11th, 1939 (June 11 1939) | Birth | Bernard Purdie, American session drummer | |
| June 11th, 1939 (June 11 1939) | Birth | Christina Crawford, American actress and writer | |
| June 11th, 1938 (June 11 1938) | Event | Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts. | |
| June 11th, 1938 (June 11 1938) | Event | Second Sino-Japanese War: The Nationalist government creates the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt Japanese forces. 500,000 to 900,000 civilians are killed. | |
| June 11th, 1937 (June 11 1937) | Event | Great Purge: The Soviet Union executes eight army leaders under Joseph Stalin. | Joseph Stalin Quotes |
| June 11th, 1937 (June 11 1937) | Birth | Robin Warren, Australian pathologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine | |
| June 11th, 1937 (June 11 1937) | Birth | Johnny Brown, American comic | |
| June 11th, 1937 (June 11 1937) | Death | R. J. (Reginald Joseph) Mitchell, British aircraft designer (born in 1895) | |
| June 11th, 1936 (June 11 1936) | Event | International Surrealist Exhibition opens in London, England. | |
| June 11th, 1936 (June 11 1936) | Birth | Jud Strunk, American musician and comedian (died in 1981) | |
| June 11th, 1936 (June 11 1936) | Birth | Chad Everett, American actor | |
| June 11th, 1936 (June 11 1936) | Death | Robert E. Howard, American author (born in 1906) | Robert E. Howard Quotes |
| June 11th, 1935 (June 11 1935) | Event | Inventor Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States, at Alpine, New Jersey. | |
| June 11th, 1934 (June 11 1934) | Birth | Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark | |
| June 11th, 1934 (June 11 1934) | Death | Lev Vygotsky, Russian psychologist (born in 1896) | |
| June 11th, 1933 (June 11 1933) | Birth | Gene Wilder, American actor | |
| June 11th, 1932 (June 11 1932) | Birth | Athol Fugard, South African playwright | |
| June 11th, 1931 (June 11 1931) | Birth | Audrey Schuh, American soprano | |
| June 11th, 1930 (June 11 1930) | Birth | Charles B. Rangel, American politician | |
| June 11th, 1928 (June 11 1928) | Birth | Fabiola de Mora y Aragon, Queen of the Belgians | |
| June 11th, 1927 (June 11 1927) | Death | William Attewell, English cricketer (born in 1861) | |
| June 11th, 1926 (June 11 1926) | Birth | Carlisle Floyd, American composer | |
| June 11th, 1925 (June 11 1925) | Birth | William Styron, American author (died in 2006) | |
| June 11th, 1924 (June 11 1924) | Birth | Ed Farhat, American professional wrestler (died in 2003) | |
| June 11th, 1924 (June 11 1924) | Death | Theodore Dubois, French composer and teacher (born in 1837) | |
| June 11th, 1922 (June 11 1922) | Birth | John Bromfield, American actor (died in 2005) | |
| June 11th, 1922 (June 11 1922) | Birth | Michael Cacoyannis, Greek Cypriot film maker | Yanni Quotes |
| June 11th, 1920 (June 11 1920) | Birth | Hazel Scott, West Indian-born singer (died in 1981) | |
| June 11th, 1920 (June 11 1920) | Birth | Irving Howe, American literary and social critic (died in 1993) | |
| June 11th, 1919 (June 11 1919) | Event | Sir Barton wins the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first horse to win the Triple Crown. | |
| June 11th, 1919 (June 11 1919) | Birth | Richard Todd, British actor | |
| June 11th, 1917 (June 11 1917) | Event | King Alexander assumes the throne of Greece after his father Constantine I abdicated under pressure by allied armies occupying Athens. | |
| June 11th, 1915 (June 11 1915) | Birth | Nicholas Metropolis, Greek-American mathematician, physicist and computer scientist (died in 1999) | |
| June 11th, 1914 (June 11 1914) | Birth | Gerald Mohr, American actor (died in 1968) | |
| June 11th, 1914 (June 11 1914) | Death | Adolf Friedrich V, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (born in 1848) | |
| June 11th, 1913 (June 11 1913) | Birth | Vince Lombardi, American football coach (died in 1970) | |
| June 11th, 1913 (June 11 1913) | Birth | Rise Stevens, American operatic soprano | |
| June 11th, 1912 (June 11 1912) | Birth | James Algar, American film director (died in 1998) | |
| June 11th, 1911 (June 11 1911) | Death | James Curtis Hepburn, American missionary and linguist (born in 1815) | |
| June 11th, 1910 (June 11 1910) | Birth | Jacques-Yves Cousteau, French explorer and inventor (died in 1997) | |
| June 11th, 1910 (June 11 1910) | Birth | Carmine Coppola, American composer, director and songwriter (died in 1991) | |
| June 11th, 1907 (June 11 1907) | Event | George Dennett, aided by Gilbert Jessop, dismisses Northamptonshire for 12 runs, the lowest total in first-class cricket. | |
| June 11th, 1903 (June 11 1903) | Birth | Ernie Nevers, American football player (died in 1976) | |
| June 11th, 1903 (June 11 1903) | Death | Nikolai Bugaev, Russian mathematician (born in 1837) | |
| June 11th, 1903 (June 11 1903) | Death | Alexander Obrenovich, King of Serbia (born in 1876) | |
| June 11th, 1901 (June 11 1901) | Event | New Zealand annexes the Cook Islands. | |
| June 11th, 1898 (June 11 1898) | Event | Spanish-American War: U.S. war ships start to sail for Cuba. | |
| June 11th, 1898 (June 11 1898) | Event | The Hundred Days Reform is started by Guangxu Emperor in hope to change social, political and educational institutions in China, however suspended by Empress Dowager Cixi after 104 days. The failed reform though led to the abolishment of Imperial Examination in 1905. | |
| June 11th, 1897 (June 11 1897) | Birth | Grand Duchess Tatiana of Russia (died in 1918) | |
| June 11th, 1895 (June 11 1895) | Birth | Nikolai Bulganin, Soviet politician (died in 1975) | |
| June 11th, 1894 (June 11 1894) | Birth | Dai Vernon (David Frederick Wingfield Verner), Canadian magician, The Professor (died in 1992) | |
| June 11th, 1892 (June 11 1892) | Event | The Limelight Department, one of the world s first film studios, is officially established in Melbourne, Australia. | |
| June 11th, 1888 (June 11 1888) | Birth | Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian anarchist (died in 1927) | |
| June 11th, 1882 (June 11 1882) | Death | Louis Maigret, Roman Catholic prelate (born in 1804) | |
| June 11th, 1880 (June 11 1880) | Birth | Jeannette Rankin, American politician, feminist, and pacifist (died in 1973) | |
| June 11th, 1879 (June 11 1879) | Birth | Roger Bresnahan, baseball player (died in 1944) | |
| June 11th, 1879 (June 11 1879) | Birth | Max Schreck, German actor (died in 1936) | |
| June 11th, 1879 (June 11 1879) | Death | Prince Willem of the Netherlands, disgraced heir apparent to the Dutch throne (born in 1840) | |
| June 11th, 1877 (June 11 1877) | Birth | Renee Vivien, English-born poet (died in 1909) | |
| June 11th, 1876 (June 11 1876) | Birth | Alfred L. Kroeber, American anthropologist (died in 1960) | |
| June 11th, 1871 (June 11 1871) | Birth | Stjepan Radic, Croatian politician (died in 1928) | |
| June 11th, 1867 (June 11 1867) | Birth | Charles Fabry, French physicist (died in 1945) | |
| June 11th, 1866 (June 11 1866) | Event | The Allahabad High Court (then Agra High Court) is established in India. | |
| June 11th, 1864 (June 11 1864) | Birth | Richard Strauss, German composer and conductor (died in 1949) | Richard Strauss Quotes |
| June 11th, 1858 (June 11 1858) | Death | Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, Austrian statesman (born in 1773) | |
| June 11th, 1852 (June 11 1852) | Death | Karl Briullov, Russian painter (born in 1799) | |
| June 11th, 1847 (June 11 1847) | Birth | Millicent Fawcett, British suffragist and feminist (died in 1929) | |
| June 11th, 1847 (June 11 1847) | Death | John Franklin, English sea captain and explorer (born in 1786) | |
| June 11th, 1846 (June 11 1846) | Birth | William Louis Marshall, American general and engineer (died in 1920) | |
| June 11th, 1842 (June 11 1842) | Birth | Carl von Linde, German engineer and industrialist (died in 1934) | |
| June 11th, 1837 (June 11 1837) | Event | The Broad Street Riot occurres in Boston, fueled by ethnic tensions between English-Americans and Irish-Americans. | |
| June 11th, 1825 (June 11 1825) | Event | The first cornerstone is laid for Fort Hamilton in New York City. | |
| June 11th, 1815 (June 11 1815) | Birth | Julia Margaret Cameron, English photographer (died in 1879) | Julia Cameron Quotes |
| June 11th, 1805 (June 11 1805) | Event | A fire consumes large portions of Detroit in the Michigan Territory. | |
| June 11th, 1796 (June 11 1796) | Death | Samuel Whitbread, English brewer and politician (born in 1720) | |
| June 11th, 1788 (June 11 1788) | Event | Russian explorer Gerasim Izmailov reaches Alaska. | |
| June 11th, 1776 (June 11 1776) | Event | The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to a committee to draft a declaration of independence. | Thomas Jefferson Quotes |
| June 11th, 1776 (June 11 1776) | Birth | John Constable, English painter (died in 1837) | |
| June 11th, 1741 (June 11 1741) | Birth | Joseph Warren, American doctor and soldier (died in 1775) | |
| June 11th, 1727 (June 11 1727) | Death | King George I of Great Britain (born in 1660) | |
| June 11th, 1723 (June 11 1723) | Birth | Johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer (died in 1788) | |
| June 11th, 1713 (June 11 1713) | Birth | Edward Capell, English critic (died in 1781) | |
| June 11th, 1712 (June 11 1712) | Death | Louis Joseph, duc de Vendome, Marshal of France (born in 1654) | |
| June 11th, 1704 (June 11 1704) | Birth | Carlos Seixas, Portuguese composer (died in 1742) | |
| June 11th, 1696 (June 11 1696) | Birth | Francis Edward James Keith, Scottish soldier and Prussian field marshal (died in 1758) | |
| June 11th, 1695 (June 11 1695) | Death | Andre Felibien, French architect (born in 1619) | |
| June 11th, 1672 (June 11 1672) | Birth | Francesco Antonio Bonporti, Italian priest and composer (died in 1749) | |
| June 11th, 1594 (June 11 1594) | Event | Philip II recognized the rights and privileges of the local nobles and chieftains in the Philippines, which paves way to the creation of the Principalia (i.e., elite ruling class of native nobility in Spanish Philippines). | |
| June 11th, 1588 (June 11 1588) | Birth | George Wither, English writer (died in 1667) | |
| June 11th, 1572 (June 11 1572) | Birth | Ben Jonson, English dramatist (died in 1637) | Ben Jonson Quotes |
| June 11th, 1557 (June 11 1557) | Death | King John III of Portugal (born in 1502) | |
| June 11th, 1540 (June 11 1540) | Birth | Barnabe Googe, English poet (died in 1594) | |
| June 11th, 1509 (June 11 1509) | Event | The marriage of King Henry VIII of England and Catherine of Aragon takes place. | Henry VIII of England Quotes |
| June 11th, 1488 (June 11 1488) | Death | King James III of Scotland | |
| June 11th, 1456 (June 11 1456) | Birth | Anne Neville, wife of Richard III of England (died in 1485) | Richard III of England Quotes |
| June 11th, 1429 (June 11 1429) | Event | Hundred Years War: The start of the Battle of Jargeau. | |
| June 11th, 1403 (June 11 1403) | Birth | John IV, Duke of Brabant (died in 1427) | |
| June 11th, 1216 (June 11 1216) | Death | Henry of Flanders, Emperor of the Latin Empire | |
| June 11th, 1184 (June 11 1184) | Event | Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned, according to the calculations of Eratosthenes. | |
| June 11th, 1183 (June 11 1183) | Death | Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (born in 1155) | |
| June 11th, 0758 (June 11 0758) | Event | Abbasid Arabs and Uyghur Turks arrive simultaneously at Chang an, the Tang Chinese capital, in order to offer tribute to the imperial court. The Arabs and Turks bicker and fight over diplomatic prominence at the gate, in order to present tribute before the other. A settlement is reached when both are allowed to enter at the same time, but through two different gates to the palace. | |
| June 11th, 0631 (June 11 0631) | Event | Emperor Taizong of Tang, the Emperor of China, sends envoys to the Xueyantuo bearing gold and silk in order to persuade the release of enslaved Chinese prisoners who were 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. | |
