June 11
June 11 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 203 days remain until the year's end. It falls in spring (northern hemisphere) and under the astrological sign of Gemini.
External references
Curated jump-off points to the major almanacs, encyclopaedias and primary sources for this date.
Astronomy
On June 11 the Sun's declination is approximately +23.1°. At this latitude the Sun is north of the celestial equator, giving the Northern Hemisphere longer days than nights.
For specific rise/set times at your location, see the U.S. Naval Observatory, or the NASA APOD archive for any imagery published on a June 11.
Position in the year
Holidays & observances
- King's Birthday (United Kingdom, observed on a Saturday in June — official sovereign's birthday)
Events
A selection of widely-documented historical events that took place on this date. Years marked BCE follow standard astronomical convention.
1184 — BCE — Traditional Greek date of the fall of Troy. ↗(842 years ago)more
The Trojan War was a legendary conflict in Greek mythology that took place around the twelfth or thirteenth century BC. The war was waged by the Achaeans (Greeks) against the city of Troy after Paris of Troy took Helen from her husband Menelaus, king of Sparta.
1770 — Captain James Cook ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef. ↗(256 years ago)more
Captain James Cook was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer, and cartographer who led three voyages of exploration to the Pacific and Southern Oceans between 1768 and 1779. He completed the first recorded circumnavigation of the main islands of New Zealand, and led the first recorded visit by Europeans to the east coast of Australia and the Hawaiian Isl...
1963 — Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức self-immolated in Saigon to protest persecution by the South Vietnamese government. ↗(63 years ago)more
Thích Quảng Đức was a Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk who died by self-immolation at a busy Saigon road intersection on 11 June 1963. Quảng Đức was protesting the persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese government of Ngô Đình Diệm, a staunch Roman Catholic.
2001 — Timothy McVeigh, the Oklahoma City bomber, was executed by lethal injection. ↗(25 years ago)more
Timothy James McVeigh was an American mass murderer and domestic terrorist who masterminded and perpetrated the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19, 1995. The bombing itself killed 167 or 168 people, injured 684 people, and destroyed one-third of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building.
Notable births
1572 — Ben Jonson, English playwright. ↗(454 years ago)more
Benjamin Jonson was an English poet and playwright. Jonson's artistry exerted a lasting influence on English poetry and stage comedy. He popularised the comedy of humours; he is best known for the satirical plays Every Man in His Humour (1598), Volpone, or The Fox, The Alchemist (1610), and Bartholomew Fair (1614), and for his lyric and epigrammatic poetry.
1910 — Jacques Cousteau, French oceanographer. ↗(116 years ago)more
Jacques-Yves Cousteau was a French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author. He co-invented the first successful open-circuit self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA), called the Aqua-Lung, which assisted him in producing some of the first underwater documentaries.
1956 — Joe Montana, American football quarterback. ↗(70 years ago)more
Joseph Clifford Montana Jr. is an American former professional football quarterback who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 16 seasons, primarily with the San Francisco 49ers. Nicknamed "Joe Cool" and "the Comeback Kid", Montana is widely regarded as one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time.
Notable deaths
1979 — John Wayne, American actor. ↗(47 years ago)more
Marion Robert Morrison, known professionally as John Wayne, was an American actor. Nicknamed "Duke", he became a popular icon through his starring roles in films which were produced during Hollywood's Golden Age, especially in Western and war movies.
Numerical & calendrical curiosities
| Day-of-year (163) | 163 · prime |
|---|---|
| Days remaining (203) | 7 × 29 |
| Date code DDMMYYYY | 11062026 · no palindrome in next 200 years |
| Sun declination | +23.14° (Cooper approximation) |
| Distance from solstice | 9 days |