History for June 11 - On-This-Day.com
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
1509 - King Henry VIII married his first of six wives, Catherine of Aragon.
1895 - Charles E. Duryea received the first U.S. patent granted to an American inventor for a gasoline-driven automobile.
1919 - Sir Barton became the first horse to capture the Triple Crown when he won the Belmont Stakes in New York City.
1963 - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was arrested in Florida for trying to integrate restaurants.
1963 - Alabama Gov. George Wallace allowed two black students to enroll at the University of Alabama.
1982 - Steven Spielberg's movie "E.T." opened.
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.
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