EVENTS OF THIS DAY IN THE PAST. 6/11/20
- 447 – A powerful earthquake destroys large portions of the Walls of Constantinople, including 57 towers.[1]
- 963 – Synod of Rome: Emperor Otto I calls a council at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Pope John XII is deposed on charges of an armed rebellion against Otto.[2]
- 1217 – The Charter of the Forest is sealed at St Paul's Cathedral, London by King Henry III, acting under the regency of William Marshall, 1st Earl of Pembroke which re-establishes for free men rights of access to the royal forest that had been eroded by William the Conqueror and his heirs.[3]
- 1792 – Battle of Jemappes in the French Revolutionary Wars.[4]
- 1869 – In New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers College defeats Princeton University (then known as the College of New Jersey), 6–4, in the first official intercollegiate American football game.[5]
- 1936 – Spanish Civil War: The republican government flees from Madrid to Valencia, leading to the formation of the Madrid Defense Council in its stead.[6]
- 1943 – The 1st Ukrainian Front liberates Kyiv from German occupation.[7]
- 1947 – Meet the Press, the longest running television program in history, makes its debut.[8]
- 1971 – The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.[9]
- 1977 – The Kelly Barnes Dam, located above Toccoa Falls College near Toccoa, Georgia, fails, killing 39.[10]
- 1985 – In Colombia, leftist guerrillas of the 19th of April Movement seize control of the Palace of Justice in Bogotá.[11]
- 1986 – Sumburgh disaster: A British International Helicopters Boeing 234LR Chinook crashes 21⁄2 miles east of Sumburgh Airport killing 45 people. It is the deadliest civilian helicopter crash on record.[12]
- 1995 – Cleveland Browns relocation controversy: Art Modell announces that he signed a deal that would relocate the Cleveland Browns to Baltimore.[13]
- 2002 – Jiang Lijun is detained by Chinese police for signing the Open Letter to the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.[14]
- 2004 – An express train collides with a stationary car near the village of Ufton Nervet, England, killing seven and injuring 150.[15]
- 2012 – Barack Obama is reelected President of the United States.[16]
- 2012 – Tammy Baldwin becomes the first openly gay politician to be elected to the United States Senate.[17]
- 2013 – Several small bombs explode outside a provincial office of the Communist Party of China.[18]
- 1391 – Edmund Mortimer, 5th Earl of March, English politician (d. 1425)[19]
- 1479 – Philip I, Margrave of Baden (d. 1533)[20]
- 1550 – Karin Månsdotter, Swedish queen (d. 1612)[21]
- 1604 – George Ent, English scientist (d. 1689)[22]
- 1814 – Adolphe Sax, Belgian-French instrument designer, invented the saxophone (d. 1894)[23]
- 1841 – Nelson W. Aldrich, American businessman and politician (d. 1915)[24]
- 1851 – Charles Dow, American journalist and economist (d. 1902)[25]
- 1854 – John Philip Sousa, American composer and bandleader (d. 1932)[26]
- 1861 – James Naismith, Canadian-American physician and educator, invented basketball (d. 1939)[27]
- 1880 – Yoshisuke Aikawa, Japanese businessman and politician, founded Nissan Motor Company (d. 1967)[28]
- 1884 – May Brahe, Australian composer (d. 1956)[29]
- 1885 – Martin O'Meara, Irish-Australian sergeant, Victoria Cross recipient (d. 1935)[30]
- 1887 – Walter Johnson, American baseball player and manager (d. 1946)[31]
- 1897 – Jack O'Connor, English cricketer (d. 1977)[32]
- 1900 – Ida Lou Anderson, American orator and professor, pioneer in the field of radio broadcasting (d. 1941)[33]
- 1908 – Tony Canzoneri, American boxer (d. 1959)[34]
- 1921 – Geoff Rabone, New Zealand cricketer (d. 2006)[35]
- 1924 – Harry Threadgold, English footballer (d. 1996)[36]
- 1926 – Frank Carson, Northern Irish comedian and actor (d. 2012)[37]
- 1926 – Zig Ziglar, American soldier, businessman, and author (d. 2012)[38]
- 1930 – Derrick Bell, American scholar, author and critical race theorist (d. 2011)[39]
- 1931 – Mike Nichols, German-born American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)[40]
- 1932 – François Englert, Belgian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate[41]
- 1933 – Else Ackermann, German physician and pharmacologist (d. 2019)[42]
- 1937 – Leo Goeke, American tenor and actor (d. 2012)[43]
- 1938 – Mack Jones, American baseball player (d. 2004)[44]
- 1939 – Michael Schwerner, American activist (d. 1964)[45]
- 1939 – Leonardo Quisumbing, Filipino lawyer and jurist (d. 2019)[46]
- 1940 – Johnny Giles, Irish footballer and manager[47]
- 1941 – Guy Clark, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (d. 2016)[48]
- 1941 – Doug Sahm, American singer-songwriter and musician (d. 1999)[49]
- 1946 – Sally Field, American actress[50]
- 1946 – George Young, Scottish guitarist, songwriter, and producer (d. 2017)
- 1948 – Glenn Frey, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (d. 2016)[51]
- 1950 – Nimalan Soundaranayagam, Sri Lankan educator and politician (d. 2000)[52]
- 1950 – Shaikh Rasheed Ahmad, Pakistani politician[53]
- 1952 – Michael Cunningham, American novelist and screenwriter[54]
- 1953 – Frank Hanisch, German footballer[55]
- 1953 – Brian McKechnie, New Zealand cricketer and rugby player[56]
- 1955 – Mark Donaldson, New Zealand rugby player[57]
- 1955 – Maria Shriver, American journalist and author[58]
- 1956 – Graeme Wood, Australian cricketer and footballer[59]
- 1962 – Nadezhda Kuzhelnaya, Russian pilot and former cosmonaut[60]
- 1963 – Rozz Williams, American singer, musician and artist (d. 1998)[61]
- 1964 – Mike Brewer, New Zealand rugby player[62]
- 1966 – Stephanie Vozzo, American professional comic book colorist and music agent[63][64]
- 1967 – Shuzo Matsuoka, Japanese tennis player and sportscaster[65]
- 1968 – Kelly Rutherford, American actress[66]
- 1968 – Jerry Yang, Taiwanese-American engineer and businessman, co-founded Yahoo![67]
- 1971 – Laura Flessel-Colovic, French fencer and politician[68]
- 1972 – Rebecca Romijn, American model and actress[69]
- 1973 – David Giffin, Australian rugby player[70]
- 1974 – Frank Vandenbroucke, Belgian cyclist (d. 2009)[71]
- 1978 – Erik Cole, American ice hockey player[72]
- 1978 – Zak Morioka, Brazilian race car driver[73]
- 1979 – Adam LaRoche, American baseball player[74]
- 1979 – Lamar Odom, American basketball player and actor[75]
- 1979 – Brad Stuart, Canadian ice hockey player[76]
- 1981 – Kaspars Gorkšs, Latvian footballer[77]
- 1981 – Andrew Murray, Canadian ice hockey player[78]
- 1983 – Nicole Hosp, Austrian skier[79]
- 1984 – Ricky Romero, American baseball player[80]
- 1984 – Sebastian Schachten, German footballer[81]
- 1986 – Ben Rector, American singer, songwriter and musician[82]
- 1986 – Conor Sammon, Irish footballer[83]
- 1987 – Ana Ivanovic, Serbian tennis player[84]
- 1987 – Naoki Miyata, Japanese footballer[85]
- 1988 – Erik Lund, Swedish footballer[86]
- 1988 – Emma Stone, American actress[87]
- 1988 – Conchita Wurst, Austrian singer[88]
- 1989 – Jozy Altidore, American soccer player[89]
- 1989 – Aaron Hernandez, American football player (d. 2017)[90]
- 1990 – André Schürrle, German footballer[91]
- 1992 – Paula Kania, Polish tennis player[92]
- 1992 – Rebecca Allen, Australian basketball player[93]
- 1993 – Josh Wakefield, English footballer[94]
- 1994 – Isaah Yeo, Australian rugby league player[95]
- 1995 – Addin Fonua-Blake, Australian-Tongan rugby league player[96]
- 1997 – Hero Fiennes-Tiffin, English actor and model[97]
- 1003 – Pope John XVII[98]
- 1312 – Christina von Stommeln, Roman Catholic mystic and stigmatic (b. 1242)[99]
- 1406 – Pope Innocent VII (b. 1339)[100]
- 1492 – Antoine Busnois, French composer and poet (b. 1430)[101]
- 1656 – Jean-Baptiste Morin, French mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer (b. 1583)[102]
- 1672 – Heinrich Schütz, German organist and composer (b. 1585)[103]
- 1692 – Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux, French author and poet (b. 1619)[104]
- 1752 – Ralph Erskine, Scottish minister (b. 1685)[105]
- 1816 – Gouverneur Morris, American scholar, politician, and diplomat, United States Ambassador to France who died a bizarre death (b. 1752)[106]
- 1918 – Alan Arnett McLeod, Canadian lieutenant, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1899)[107]
- 1942 – Emil Starkenstein, Czech pharmacologist and academic (b. 1884)[108]
- 1964 – Hugo Koblet, Swiss cyclist (b. 1925)[109]
- 1965 – Clarence Williams, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (b. 1898)[110]
- 1978 – Heiri Suter, Swiss cyclist (b. 1899)[111]
- 1984 – Gastón Suárez, Bolivian author and playwright (b. 1929)[112]
- 1985 – Sanjeev Kumar, Indian film actor (b. 1938)[113]
- 1991 – Gene Tierney, American actress (b. 1920)[114]
- 1998 – Sky Low Low, Canadian wrestler (b. 1928)[115]
- 2000 – L. Sprague de Camp, American historian and author (b. 1907)[116]
- 2003 – Just Betzer, Danish production manager and producer (b. 1944)[117]
- 2003 – Rie Mastenbroek, Dutch swimmer and coach (b. 1919)[118]
- 2004 – Johnny Warren, Australian footballer, manager, and sportscaster (b. 1943)[119]
- 2005 – Rod Donald, New Zealand lawyer and politician (b. 1957)[120]
- 2005 – Anthony Sawoniuk, Belarusian SS officer (b. 1921)[121]
- 2006 – Francisco Fernández Ochoa, Spanish skier (b. 1950)[122]
- 2006 – Federico López, Mexican-Puerto Rican basketball player (b. 1962)[123]
- 2007 – Hilda Braid, English actress and singer (b. 1929)[124]
- 2007 – George Grljusich, Australian footballer and sportscaster (b. 1939)[125]
- 2007 – Hank Thompson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1925)[126]
- 2009 – Ron Sproat, American screenwriter and playwright (b. 1932)[127]
- 2010 – Robert Lipshutz, American soldier and lawyer, 17th White House Counsel (b. 1921)[128]
- 2012 – Joel Connable, American journalist and actor (b. 1973)[129]
- 2012 – Clive Dunn, English actor (b. 1920)[130]
- 2012 – Frank J. Prial, American journalist and author (b. 1930)[131]
- 2013 – Tarla Dalal, Indian chef and author (b. 1936)[132]
- 2013 – Ace Parker, American football and baseball player (b. 1912)[133]
- 2014 – Maggie Boyle, English singer and flute player (b. 1956)[134]
- 2014 – Tommy Macpherson, Scottish soldier and businessman (b. 1920)[135]
- 2014 – Rick Rosas, American bass player (b. 1949)[136]
- 2015 – Bobby Campbell, English footballer and manager (b. 1937)[137]
- 2015 – Yitzhak Navon, Israeli author, playwright, and politician, 5th President of Israel (b. 1921)[138]
- 2017 – Richard F. Gordon Jr., American naval officer, aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut (b. 1929)[139]
- 2018 – Bernard Landry, Canadian lawyer, politician and Premier of Quebec (b. 1937)[140]
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