Page 5: Historical Events In June - 11

1921  On this day in history 53rd Belmont: Earl Sande aboard Grey Lag wins in 2:16.8   

1921  On June - 11 beatrice "Fiet" van Ommeren-Samson, Suriname writer   

1922  Erving Goffman, sociologist (presentation of self in everyday life) on June - 11.   

1923  Gerard Vaughn, MP (Conservative) on June - 11.   

1924  On this day in history bene Brak Palestine founded   

1924  On this day in history alexander F de Savornin Lohmann Jr, Dutch minister (CHU), dies at 87   

1925  On June - 11 william Styron, Va, novelist (Confess of Nat Turner, Sophie's Choice)   

1926  On this day in history brother Dave Gardner, Novelty singer/comedian   

1927  On June - 11 59th Belmont: Earl Sande aboard Chance Shot wins in 2:32.6   

1927  On June - 11 beryl Grey, prima ballerina   

1927  On this day in history william Attewell, cricket bowler (England in 10 Tests 1884-1891), dies   

1928  Alfred Hitchcock's 1st film, "Case Of Jonathan Drew," is released on June - 11.   

1928  On June - 11 fabiola de Mora y Aragon, Spanish Queen of Belgium   

1929  G Neujmin discovers asteroid #1147 Stavropolis on this day in history.   

1929  Gyula Andressy Jr, Hungarian minister of Foreign affairs, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1930  On this day in history william Beebe sets a deepwater dive record of 1,426 feet off the coast of Bermuda in a bathysphere (diving chamber).   

1930  Anatoli Fyodorovich Voronov, Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz 12a backup) on June - 11.   

1930  George Alexander, cricketer (two early Tests for Australia), dies on June - 11.   

1932  On June - 11 e Delporte discovers asteroid #1222 Tina   

1934  On this day in history disarmament conference in Geneva fails   

1935  The birth of Gene Wilder, American comedy film actor on this day in history.   

1935  On this day in history inventor Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States, at Alpine, New Jersey.   

1936  Presbyterian Church of America founded at Philadelphia on June - 11.   

1937  Marx Brothers' "A Day At The Races" released on June - 11.   

1938  42nd US Golf Open: Ralph Guldahl shoots a 284 at Cherry Hills Denver on June - 11.   

1939  On this day in history king & Queen of England taste first "hot dogs" at FDR's party   

1939  On June - 11 king & Queen of England taste 1st "hot dogs" at FDR's party   

1940  On this day in history italy declares war on allies/raids Malta   

1941  On this day in history 2nd great raid on Jews of Amsterdam   

1942  US & USSR sign Lend-Lease agreement during WW II on June - 11.   

1942  On this day in history german army defeated at El-Alamein North Africa   

1943  An Axis garrison at Pantelleria, in the central Mediterranean area, surrenders after six days and nights of heavy bombing on this day in history.   

1943  British invades Pantelleria (tiny island south of Sicily) on this day in history.   

1943  Sam[uel] de Vries, actor (Boefje, In Sobibor), dies at 50 on this day in history.   

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1403  John IV, Duke of Brabant (d. 1427) was born on June - 11.   

1456  Anne Neville, wife of Richard III of England (d. 1485) was born on June - 11.   

1540  On June - 11 birth of barnabe Googe, English poet (d. 1594)   

1572  Ben Jonson, England, playwright/poet (Volpone, Alchemist) was born on June - 11.   

1588  George Wither, English writer (d. 1667) was born on June - 11.   

1672  On this day in history birth of francesco Antonio Bonporti, composer   

1696  Francis Edward James Keith, Scottish soldier and Prussian field marshal (d. 1758) was born on June - 11.   

1697  Francesco A Vallotti, Italian organist/composer/theorist was born on this day in history.   

0323  Death of Alexander the Great, son of Philip II of Macedon (b. 356 BC) (or the 10th June) on this day in history.   

1183  Death of Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England (b. 1155) on June - 11.   

1216  Hendrik of Constantinople, emperor of Constantinople (1206-16), dies on this day in history.   

1249  Adelheid van Schaarbeek, Flemish mystic/saint, dies on this day in history.   

1479  Johannes a San Facundo, Spanish Augustine saint, dies on June - 11.   

1488  James III, king of Scotland, dies in battle on June - 11.   

1557  On this day in history death of king John III of Portugal (b. 1502)   

1560  Marie Guise, French wife of king Jacobus V of Scotland, dies at 44 on June - 11.