Tukuk-OS📅 June 11
19 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on June 11? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2012 — Two earthquakes struck northern Afghanistan, triggering a massive landslide that buried a village and killed 75 people.
- 2008 — Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper apologised to the First Nations for past governments' policies of forced assimilation.
Stephen HarperFirst Nations in CanadaCanadian Indian residential school system
- 2007 — Mudslides caused by heavy monsoon rainfall and exacerbated by hill cutting killed at least 128 people in Chittagong, Bangladesh.
- 2001 — Timothy McVeigh, detonator of a truck bomb in front of the Oklahoma federal building, was executed by lethal injection for using a weapon of mass destruction, among other charges.
- 2001 — Robert Edward Dyer was sentenced to 16 years' imprisonment for conducting a six-month-long letter-bomb campaign against the British supermarket chain Tesco.
- 1963 — Vietnamese monk Thích Quảng Đức burned himself to death in Saigon to protest the persecution of Buddhists by Catholic South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem's administration.
- 1963 — The University of Alabama was desegregated as Governor George Wallace stepped aside after defiantly blocking the entrance to an auditorium (pictured).
University of AlabamaRacial segregation in the United StatesGeorge Wallace
- 1923 — Kitosh, an African labourer, died after having been flogged by his British employer, in a case that eventually led to reform of the legal system of the Kenya Colony.
- 1920 — During their national convention in Chicago, Republican Party leaders gathered in negotiations at The Blackstone Hotel (pictured) to select their presidential candidate, leading to the phrase "smoke-filled room".
1920 Republican National ConventionRepublican Party (United States)The Blackstone Hotel
- 1917 — Alexander (pictured) was crowned King of Greece, succeeding his father Constantine I, who had abdicated.
Alexander of GreeceList of kings of GreeceConstantine I of Greece
- 1914 — Around 2,000 members of European society attended a ball at Kenwood House, England, in one of the last major social events before the outbreak of the First World War.
- 1847 — Prince Afonso died at the age of two, leaving his father Pedro II, the last emperor of Brazil, without a male heir.
Afonso, Prince Imperial of BrazilPedro II of BrazilList of monarchs of Brazil
- 1837 — Tensions between Yankees and Irish Americans in Boston, Massachusetts, erupted in the Broad Street Riot.
- 1775 — The Battle of Machias, the first naval engagement of the American Revolutionary War, commenced in and around the port of Machias in what is now eastern Maine.
- 1724 — J. S. Bach led his cantata O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, in Leipzig on the first Sunday after Trinity, beginning his chorale cantata cycle.
Johann Sebastian BachO Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 20Leipzig
- 1594 — Philip II of Spain recognized the sovereign rights of the principalía, local Philippine nobles and chieftains who had converted to Catholicism.
- 1509 — Catherine of Aragon (pictured) married King Henry VIII of England, becoming the first of his six wives.
- 1345 — Inspecting a new prison without being escorted by his bodyguard, the megas doux Alexios Apokaukos, chief minister of the Byzantine Empire, was lynched by the prisoners.
- 806 — Arab–Byzantine wars: The Abbasid army departed Raqqa in northern Syria to begin an invasion of Byzantine-controlled Asia Minor.
Births
- 2004 — Katrina Scott, American tennis player
- 2001 — Billy Gilmour, Scottish footballer
- 1999 — Eartha Cumings, Scottish footballer
- 1999 — Kai Havertz, German footballer
- 1997 — Kodak Black, American rapper
- 1997 — Unai Simón, Spanish footballer
- 1997 — Jorja Smith, English singer
- 1996 — Philip Billing, Danish footballer
- 1994 — Ivana Baquero, Spanish actress
- 1992 — Davide Zappacosta, Italian footballer
- 1991 — Daniel Howell, English Youtuber
- 1991 — Kyle Troup, American bowler
Deaths
- 2026 — Bajrakitiyabha, Thai royal, daughter of Vajiralongkorn (born 1978)
- 2025 — Brian Wilson, American singer and songwriter, co-founder of the Beach Boys (born 1942)
- 2024 — Tony Lo Bianco, American actor (born 1936)
- 2024 — Howard Fineman, American journalist (born 1948)
- 2024 — Françoise Hardy, French singer-songwriter and actress (born 1944)
- 2024 — Majed Abu Maraheel, Palestinian long-distance runner and football player (born 1963)
- 2022 — Hilary Devey, English businesswoman, television presenter (born 1957)
- 2020 — Stella Pevsner, children's author (born 1921)
- 2019 — Billy McKee, Irish republican and founding member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (born 1921)
Billy McKeeIrish republicanismProvisional Irish Republican Army
- 2016 — Rudi Altig, German track and road racing cyclist (born 1937)
- 2015 — Ornette Coleman, American saxophonist, violinist, trumpet player, and composer (born 1930)
- 2015 — Ian McKechnie, Scottish footballer and manager (born 1941)
Observances & holidays
- Brazilian Navy Day (Brazil)
- Christian feast day: Alice of Schaerbeek
- Christian feast day: Barnabas the Apostle
- Christian feast day: Bartholomew the Apostle (Eastern Christianity)
- Christian feast day: Blessed Ignatius Maloyan (Armenian Catholic Church)
- Christian feast day: Blessed Maria Schininà
- Christian feast day: Paula Frassinetti
- Christian feast day: Riagail of Bangor
- Christian feast day: Rosa Francisca Dolors Molas Vallvé
- Christian feast day: Blessed Yolanda of Poland
- Christian feast day: June 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Davis Day (Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada)
William Davis Miners' Memorial DayCape Breton IslandNova Scotia
- King Kamehameha I Day (Hawaii, United States)
- Student Day (Honduras)
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