06-11-2011, 10:33 AM
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June 11th
1892 ~ The Limelight Department, one of the world's first film studios, opened in Melbourne.
1937 ~ Death of R. J. Mitchell, British aircraft designer, developer of the Spitfire.
1939 ~ Birthday of Jackie Stewart, Race car driver.
1942 ~ The U.S. and the USSR signed a lend lease agreement to aid the Soviet war effort in WWII.
1963 ~ Alabama Governor George Wallace stood at the door of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama in an attempt to prevent two black students from attending that school.
1963 ~ Death of Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc by self-imolation in Saigon to protest the lack of religious freedom in South Vietnam.
1979 ~ Death of John Wayne, Actor.
1987 ~ Margaret Thatcher became the first British PM in 160 years to win a third consecutive term in office.
2001 ~ Death of Timothy McVeigh, terrorist (executed).
2004 ~ Cassini-Huygens made its closest flyby of Phoebe.
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