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JUNE 11, 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.
A ball was held at Kenwood House, London, by Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia on 11 June 1914. The ball was Read More
JUNE 11, 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.
The megas doux was one of the highest positions in the hierarchy of the later Byzantine Empire, denoting the commander-in-chief of the Read More
JUNE 11, 806
Arab–Byzantine wars: The Abbasid army departed Raqqa in northern Syria to begin an invasion of Byzantine-controlled Asia Minor.
The Arab–Byzantine wars or Muslim–Byzantine wars were a series of wars from the 7th to 11th centuries between multiple Arab dynasties and Read More
JUNE 11, 1837
Tensions between Yankees and Irish Americans in Boston, Massachusetts, erupted in the Broad Street Riot.
The term Yankee and its contracted form Yank have several interrelated meanings, all referring to people from the United States. Their various Read More
JUNE 11, 1963
The University of Alabama was desegregated as Governor George Wallace stepped aside after defiantly blocking the entrance to an auditorium (pictured).
The University of Alabama is a public research university in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States. Established in 1820 and opened to students in Read More
JUNE 11, 1594
Philip II of Spain recognized the sovereign rights of the principalía, local Philippine nobles and chieftains who had converted to Catholicism.
Philip II, sometimes known in Spain as Philip the Prudent, was King of Spain from 1556, King of Portugal from 1580, and Read More
JUNE 11, 1509
Catherine of Aragon (pictured) married King Henry VIII of England, becoming the first of his six wives.
Catherine of Aragon was Queen of England as the first wife of King Henry VIII from their marriage on 11 June 1509 Read More
JUNE 11, 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.
In June 1923, British settler Jasper Abraham was tried for the murder of African labourer Kitosh in the Kenya Colony. Kitosh had Read More
JUNE 11, 1724
Johann Sebastian Bach directed his cantata O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 20 in Leipzig on the first Sunday after Trinity, beginning his chorale cantata cycle.
Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer and musician of the late Baroque period. He is known for his prolific output across Read More
JUNE 11, 2007
Mudslides caused by heavy monsoon rainfall and exacerbated by hill cutting killed at least 128 people in Chittagong, Bangladesh.
The 2007 Chittagong mudslides occurred in the port city of Chittagong in south-eastern Bangladesh. On 11 June 2007, heavy monsoon rainfall caused Read More
JUNE 11, 2012
Two earthquakes struck northern Afghanistan, triggering a massive landslide that buried a village and killed 75 people.
On 11 June 2012, two moderate earthquakes struck northern Afghanistan, causing a large landslide. The landslide buried the town of Sayi Hazara, Read More
JUNE 11, 1920
During their national convention in Chicago, Republican Party leaders gathered in negotiations at The Blackstone Hotel to select their presidential candidate, leading to the phrase "smoke-filled room".
The 1920 Republican National Convention nominated Ohio Senator Warren G. Harding for president and Massachusetts Governor Calvin Coolidge for vice president. The Read More
JUNE 11, 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.
The Battle of Machias was an early naval engagement of the American Revolutionary War, also known as the Battle of the Margaretta, Read More
JUNE 11, 2008
Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper apologised to the First Nations for past governments' policies of forced assimilation.
Stephen Joseph Harper is a Canadian politician who served as the 22nd prime minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015. He is Read More
JUNE 11, 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.
The Tesco bomb campaign was an attempted extortion against British supermarket chain Tesco which started in Bournemouth, England, in August 2000 and Read More
JUNE 11, 1917
Alexander (pictured) was crowned King of Greece, succeeding his father Constantine I, who had abdicated.
Alexander was King of Greece from 11 June 1917 until his death on 25 October 1920.
JUNE 11, 1962
American criminals Clarence Anglin, John Anglin and Frank Morris escaped from Alcatraz Island, one of the United States' most famous prisons.
On the night of June 11, 1962, inmates Frank Morris and brothers Clarence and John Anglin escaped from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, a Read More
JUNE 11, 1847
Prince Afonso died at the age of two, leaving his father Pedro II, the last emperor of Brazil, without a male heir.
Dom Afonso was the Prince Imperial and heir apparent to the throne of the Empire of Brazil. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Read More
JUNE 11, 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.
A bhikkhu is an ordained male in Buddhist monasticism. Male, and female monastics (bhikkhunī), are members of the Sangha. (Image Credits)
JUNE 11, 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.
Timothy James McVeigh was an American domestic terrorist who masterminded and perpetrated the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19, 1995. The bombing Read More

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