History for June 11

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Jacques Cousteau (Jacques-Yves Cousteau) 1910 - Naval officer, explorer, ecologist, filmmaker, Vince Lombardi 1913 - Football coach, William Styron 1925 - Novelist and essayist


Adrienne Barbeau (Adrienne Jo Barbeau) 1945 - Actress, author, Joe Montana 1956 - Football player, Dr. Mehmet Oz 1960 - Talk Show Host


1895 - Charles E. Duryea received the first U.S. patent granted to an American inventor for a gasoline-driven automobile.


1930 - William Beebe dove to a record-setting depth of 1,426 feet off the coast of Bermuda. He used a diving chamber called a bathysphere.


1973 - After a ruling by the Justice Department of the State of Pennsylvania, women were licensed to box or wrestle.


1982 - Steven Spielberg's movie "E.T." opened.


1987 - Margaret Thatcher became the first British prime minister in 160 years to win a third consecutive term of office.


1991 - Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines erupted. The eruption of ash and gas could be seen for more than 60 miles.


1993 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that people who commit "hate crimes" could be sentenced to extra punishment. The court also ruled in favor of religious groups saying that they indeed had a constitutional right to sacrifice animals during worship services.


1993 - Steven Spielberg's movie "Jurassic Park" opened.