Editing June 11 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[173]] &ndash; [[Marcomannic Wars]]: The [[Roman army]] in [[Moravia]] is encircled by the [[Quadi]], who have broken the peace treaty ([[171]]). In a violent [[thunderstorm]] emperor [[Marcus Aurelius]] defeats and subdues them in the so-called "miracle of the rain".
* [[631]] &ndash; [[Emperor Taizong of Tang]] sends envoys to the [[Xueyantuo]] bearing gold and silk in order to seek the release of Chinese prisoners captured during the [[transition from Sui to Tang]].
* [[786]] &ndash; A [[Hasanid]] [[Alid]] uprising in [[Mecca]] is crushed by the [[Abbasids]] at the [[Battle of Fakhkh]]. 
* [[980]] &ndash; [[Vladimir the Great]] consolidates the [[Kyiv|Kievan]] realm from [[Ukraine]] to the [[Baltic Sea]]. He is proclaimed ruler (''[[knyaz]]'') of all [[Kievan Rus']].
*[[1011]] &ndash; [[Norman conquest of southern Italy#Lombard revolt, 1009–1022|Lombard Revolt]]: Greek citizens of [[Bari]] rise up against the [[Lombardy|Lombard]] rebels led by [[Melus of Bari|Melus]] and deliver the city to [[Basil Mesardonites]], Byzantine governor (''[[Katepano|catepan]]'') of the [[Catepanate of Italy]].
*[[1118]] &ndash; [[Roger of Salerno]], [[Principality of Antioch|Prince of Antioch]], captures [[Azaz]] from the [[Seljuk Turks]].
*[[1157]] &ndash; [[Albert I of Brandenburg]], also called The Bear (Ger: Albrecht der Bär), becomes the founder of the [[Margraviate]] of [[Brandenburg]], Germany and the first [[margrave]].
*[[1345]] &ndash; The ''[[megas doux]]'' [[Alexios Apokaukos]], chief minister of the [[Byzantine Empire]], is lynched by political prisoners.
*[[1429]] &ndash; [[Hundred Years' War]]: Start of the [[Battle of Jargeau]].
*[[1488]] &ndash; [[Battle of Sauchieburn]]: Fought between rebel Lords and [[James III of Scotland]], resulting in the death of the king.
*[[1509]] &ndash; [[Henry VIII of England]] marries [[Catherine of Aragon]].
*[[1559]] &ndash; [[Don Tristan de Luna]] y Arellano sails for Florida with party of 1,500, intending to settle on gulf coast (Vera Cruz, Mexico).<ref>{{cite book |first=Clifton |last=Daniel |title=Chronicle of America |publisher=Chronicle publication |year=1989 |page=30 |isbn=0-13-133745-9}}</ref>
*[[1594]] &ndash; [[Philip II of Spain|Philip II]] recognizes the rights and privileges of the local nobles and chieftains in the [[Philippines]], which paved way to the stabilization of the rule of the [[Principalía]] (an elite ruling class of native nobility in Spanish Philippines).

===1601–1900===
*[[1702]] &ndash; Anglo-Dutch forces [[Assault on Nijmegen (1702)|skirmish with French forces]] before the walls of [[Nijmegen]] and prevent its fall.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Wijn |first=J.W. |title=Het Staatsche Leger: Deel VIII Het tijdperk van de Spaanse Successieoorlog (The Dutch States Army: Part VIII The era of the War of the Spanish Succession) |publisher=Martinus Nijhoff |date=1956 |language=Dutch}}</ref>
*[[1724]] &ndash; [[Johann Sebastian Bach]] leads his cantata {{lang|de|[[O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort, BWV 20|O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort]]}} (O eternity, you word of thunder), BWV{{nbsp}}20, on the [[List of church cantatas by liturgical occasion#First Sunday after Trinity (Trinity I)|first Sunday after Trinity]], beginning his second cycle, the [[chorale cantata cycle]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bach-digital.de/receive/BachDigitalWork_work_00000023?lang=en |title=O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort BWV 20; BC A 95 |publisher=[[Bach Digital]] |date=2017 |access-date=21 June 2017}}</ref>
*[[1748]] &ndash; [[Denmark]] adopts the characteristic [[Nordic Cross flag]] later taken up by all other Scandinavian countries.
*[[1770]] &ndash; British explorer Captain [[James Cook]] runs aground on the [[Great Barrier Reef]].
*[[1775]] &ndash; The [[Coronation of Louis XVI]] in [[Reims]], the last coronation before the [[French Revolution]].<ref>Baker, Michael Keith. ''Inventing the French Revolution: Essays on French Political Culture in the Eighteenth Century''. Cambridge University Press, 1990. p.109</ref>
*[[1775]] &ndash; The [[American Revolutionary War]]'s first naval engagement, the [[Battle of Machias]], results in the capture of a small British naval vessel.
*[[1776]] &ndash; The [[Continental Congress]] appoints [[Thomas Jefferson]], [[John Adams]], [[Benjamin Franklin]], [[Roger Sherman]], and [[Robert R. Livingston (chancellor)|Robert R. Livingston]] to the [[Committee of Five]] to draft a [[United States Declaration of Independence|declaration of independence]].
*[[1788]] &ndash; Russian explorer [[Gerasim Izmailov]] reaches Alaska.
*[[1805]] &ndash; A [[Great Fire of 1805|fire]] consumes large portions of [[Detroit]] in the [[Michigan Territory]].
*[[1825]] &ndash; The first [[cornerstone]] is laid for [[Fort Hamilton]] in [[New York City]].
*[[1837]] &ndash; The [[Broad Street Riot]] occurs in [[Boston]], fueled by ethnic tensions between [[Yankee]]s and [[Irish people|Irish]].
*[[1865]] &ndash; The Naval [[Battle of the Riachuelo]] is fought on the rivulet Riachuelo ([[Argentina]]), between the [[Paraguayan Navy]] on one side and the [[Brazilian Navy]] on the other. The Brazilian victory was crucial for the later success of the [[Treaty of the Triple Alliance|Triple Alliance]] ([[Brazil]], [[Uruguay]], and [[Argentina]]) in the [[Paraguayan War]]. 
*[[1892]] &ndash; The [[Limelight Department]], one of the world's first [[film studio]]s, is officially established in [[Melbourne]], Australia.
*[[1895]] &ndash; [[Paris–Bordeaux–Paris]], sometimes called the first automobile race in history or the "first motor race", takes place.
*[[1898]] &ndash; The [[Hundred Days' Reform]], a planned movement to reform social, political, and educational institutions in China, is started by the [[Guangxu Emperor]], but is suspended by [[Empress Dowager Cixi]] after 104 days. (The failed reform led to the abolition of the [[Imperial examination]] in [[1905]].)

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; The boundaries of the [[Colony of New Zealand]] are extended by the UK to include the [[Cook Islands]].
*[[1903]] &ndash; A group of Serbian officers [[May Coup (Serbia)|storms the royal palace and assassinates]] King [[Alexander I of Serbia]] and his wife, [[Draga Mašin|Queen Draga]].<ref>{{cite book |author=David MacKenzie |title=The Exoneration of the "Black Hand," 1917-1953 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GIJpAAAAMAAJ |year=1998 |publisher=East European Monographs |isbn=978-0-88033-414-3 |pages=256–266}}</ref>
*[[1917]] &ndash; King [[Alexander of Greece|Alexander]] assumes the throne of [[Kingdom of Greece (Glücksburg)|Greece]] after his father, [[Constantine I of Greece|Constantine I]], is deemed to have abdicated under pressure from [[Triple Entente|allied]] armies occupying [[Athens]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Angelos C. Papaioannou |title=The Development of Communications in Greece (1821-1998): The Telegram |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oaOgIOckdcQC |year=1998 |publisher=OTE |isbn=978-960-86345-1-0 |page=73}}</ref>
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Sir Barton]] wins the [[Belmont Stakes]], becoming the first horse to win the [[Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing|U.S. Triple Crown]].
*[[1920]] &ndash; During the [[1920 Republican National Convention|U.S. Republican National Convention]] in Chicago, [[Republican Party (United States)|U.S. Republican Party]] leaders gathered in a room at the [[Blackstone Hotel]] to come to a consensus on their candidate for the [[1920 United States presidential election|U.S. presidential election]], leading the [[Associated Press]] to coin the political phrase "[[smoke-filled room]]".
*[[1935]] &ndash; Inventor [[Edwin Armstrong]] gives the first public demonstration of [[Frequency modulation|FM]] broadcasting in the United States at [[Alpine, New Jersey]].
*[[1936]] &ndash; The [[London International Surrealist Exhibition]] opens.<ref>{{cite book |author=Sabine Rewald |title=Twentieth-century Modern Masters: The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0RMoLtRjhggC&pg=PA319 |year=1989 |publisher=Metropolitan Museum of Art |isbn=978-0-87099-568-2 |pages=319}}</ref>
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Great Purge]]: The [[Soviet Union]] under [[Joseph Stalin]] executes [[Case of Trotskyist Anti-Soviet Military Organization|eight army leaders]].<ref>{{cite book |author=Stephen Lyon Endicott |title=Diplomacy and Enterprise: British China Policy, 1933-1937 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RzS8AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA54 |year=1975 |publisher=Manchester University Press |isbn=978-0-7190-0620-3 |pages=54}}</ref>
*[[1938]] &ndash; [[Second Sino-Japanese War]]: The [[Battle of Wuhan]] starts.
*[[1940]] &ndash; [[World War II]]: The [[Siege of Malta (World War II)|Siege of Malta]] begins with a series of Italian air raids.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Buxton |first1=Ian |title=Big gun monitors : design, construction and operations 1914-1945 |location=Barnsley, UK |publisher=Pen & Sword |date=2008 |orig-year=First published 1978 |edition=2nd Revised |isbn=978-1-84415-719-8 |at=c. 8.6, para. 2}}</ref>
*[[1942]] &ndash; World War II: The United States agrees to send [[Lend-Lease]] aid to the Soviet Union.
*  1942   &ndash; [[Free France|Free French Forces]] retreat from [[Bir Hakeim]] after having successfully delayed the Axis advance.
*[[1944]] &ndash; {{USS|Missouri|BB-63|6}}, the last [[battleship]] built by the [[United States Navy]] and future site of the signing of the [[Japanese Instrument of Surrender]], is [[ship commissioning|commissioned]].
*[[1955]] &ndash; Eighty-three spectators are killed and at least one hundred are injured after an [[Austin-Healey]] and a [[Mercedes-Benz]] [[1955 Le Mans disaster|collide at the 24 Hours of Le Mans]], the deadliest ever accident in [[motorsports]].
*[[1956]] &ndash; Start of [[Gal Oya riots]], the first reported ethnic riots that target minority [[Sri Lankan Tamil people|Sri Lankan Tamils]] in the Eastern Province. The total number of deaths is reportedly 150.
*[[1962]] &ndash; Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin allegedly become the only prisoners to [[June 1962 Alcatraz escape|escape]] from the prison on [[Alcatraz Island]].
*[[1963]] &ndash; [[American Civil Rights Movement]]: [[List of Governors of Alabama|Governor]] of [[Alabama]] [[George Wallace]] defiantly [[Stand in the Schoolhouse Door|stands at the door]] of [[Foster Auditorium]] at the [[University of Alabama]] in an attempt to block two black students, [[Vivian Malone]] and [[James Hood]], from attending that school. Later in the day, accompanied by federalized [[National Guard of the United States|National Guard]] troops, they are able to register.
*  1963   &ndash; Buddhist monk [[Thích Quảng Đức]] [[Self-immolation|burns himself]] with [[gasoline]] in a busy [[Saigon]] intersection to protest the lack of religious freedom in [[South Vietnam]].
*  1963   &ndash; [[John F. Kennedy]] addresses Americans from the Oval Office proposing the [[Civil Rights Act of 1964]], which would revolutionize American society by guaranteeing equal access to public facilities, ending segregation in education, and guaranteeing federal protection for voting rights.
*[[1964]] &ndash; World War II veteran [[Walter Seifert]] attacks an elementary school in [[Cologne]], Germany, killing at least eight children and two teachers and seriously injuring several more with a home-made [[flamethrower]] and a [[lance]].
*[[1968]] &ndash; [[Lloyd J. Old]] identified the first [[Cell membrane|cell surface]] [[antigen]]s that could differentiate among different [[cell type]]s. 
*[[1970]] &ndash; After being appointed on [[May 15]], [[Anna Mae Hays]] and [[Elizabeth P. Hoisington]] officially receive their ranks as U.S. Army [[general officer]]s, becoming the first women to do so.
*[[1971]] &ndash; The U.S. Government forcibly removes the last holdouts to the [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] [[Occupation of Alcatraz]], ending 19 months of control.
*[[1978]] &ndash; [[Altaf Hussain (Pakistani politician)|Altaf Hussain]] founds the student political movement [[All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organisation]] (APMSO) in [[Karachi University]].
*[[1981]] &ndash; A magnitude 6.9 earthquake at [[Golbaf]], Iran, kills at least 2,000.
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Diane Abbott]], [[Paul Boateng]] and [[Bernie Grant]] are elected as the first black MPs in Great Britain.
*[[1998]] &ndash; [[Compaq]] Computer pays US$9&nbsp;billion for [[Digital Equipment Corporation]] in the largest high-tech acquisition.
*[[2001]] &ndash; [[Timothy McVeigh]] is executed for his role in the [[Oklahoma City bombing]].
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Antonio Meucci]] is acknowledged as the first inventor of the [[telephone]] by the [[United States Congress]].
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Cassini–Huygens]] makes its closest flyby of the [[Saturn]] [[Natural satellite|moon]] [[Phoebe (moon)|Phoebe]].
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[2007 Chittagong mudslides|Mudslides]] in [[Chittagong]], Bangladesh, kill 130 people.
*[[2008]] &ndash; [[Canadian Prime Minister]] [[Stephen Harper]] makes a historic official apology to Canada's [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] in regard to abuses at a [[Canadian Indian residential school system|Canadian Indian residential school]].
*  2008   &ndash; The [[Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope]] is launched into orbit.
*[[2010]] &ndash; The first African [[FIFA World Cup]] kicks off in [[South Africa]].
*[[2012]] &ndash; 75 people die in a landslide triggered by [[June 2012 Afghanistan earthquakes|two earthquakes]] in Afghanistan; an entire village is buried. 
*[[2013]] &ndash; Greece's public broadcaster [[Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation|ERT]] is shut down by then-prime minister [[Antonis Samaras]]. It would be opened exactly two years later by then-prime minister [[Alexis Tsipras]].