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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, 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, 1988 (June 11 1988) | Birth | Yui Aragaki, Japanese actress and model | |
| 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, 1968 (June 11 1968) | Birth | Prince Alois of Liechtenstein, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein | |
| June 11th, 1948 (June 11 1948) | Birth | Dave Cash, Major league baseball player | |
| 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, 1928 (June 11 1928) | Birth | Fabiola de Mora y Aragon, Queen of the Belgians | |
| 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, 1888 (June 11 1888) | Birth | Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian anarchist (died in 1927) | |
| June 11th, 1858 (June 11 1858) | Death | Klemens Wenzel von Metternich, Austrian statesman (born in 1773) | |
| June 11th, 1788 (June 11 1788) | Event | Russian explorer Gerasim Izmailov reaches Alaska. | |
| June 11th, 1588 (June 11 1588) | Birth | George Wither, English writer (died in 1667) | |
| June 11th, 1488 (June 11 1488) | Death | King James III of Scotland | |
| 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. | |
