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Day Of The Week: June 11
June 11, 2025 is the 162nd day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 203 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Wednesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Gemini is your zodiac sign. Pearl is your modern birthstone. Moonstone is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: June 11
- 1345 –The megas doux Alexios Apokaukos, chief minister of the Byzantine Empire, is lynched by political prisoners.
- 1837 –The Broad Street Riot occurs in Boston, fueled by ethnic tensions between Yankees and Irish.
- 1892 –The Limelight Department, one of the world’s first film studios, is officially established in Melbourne, Australia.
- 1907 –George Dennett, aided by Gilbert Jessop, dismisses Northamptonshire for 12 runs, the lowest total in first-class cricket.
- 1920 –During the U.S. Republican National Convention in Chicago, U.S. Republican Party leaders gathered in a room at the Blackstone Hotel to come to a consensus on their candidate for the U.S. presidential election, leading the Associated Press to first coin the political phrase “smoke-filled room”.
- 1937 –Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders.
- 1938 –Second Sino-Japanese War: The Chinese Nationalist government creates the 1938 Yellow River flood to halt Japanese forces. 500,000 to 900,000 civilians are killed.
- 1963 –Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc burns himself with gasoline in a busy Saigon intersection to protest the lack of religious freedom in South Vietnam.
- 1970 –After being appointed on May 15, Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington officially receive their ranks as U.S. Army Generals, becoming the first females to do so.
- 1998 –Compaq Computer pays $9 billion for Digital Equipment Corporation in the largest high-tech acquisition.
Who were born on June 11?
- 1920 –Hazel Scott, Trinidad and Tobago-born American singer (d. 1981)
- 1937 –Robin Warren, Australian pathologist, Nobel laureate
- 1952 –Donnie Van Zant, American rock vocalist and guitarist (38 Special, Van Zant)
- 1957 –Jamaaladeen Tacuma, American free jazz bassist
- 1961 –María Barranco, Spanish actress
- 1969 –Bryan Fogarty, Canadian professional ice hockey player (d. 2002)
- 1973 –Dana Brunetti, American film producer
- 1977 –Geoff Ogilvy, Australian golfer
- 1979 –Amy Taylor, Australian television presenter and model
- 1989 –Keith Aulie, Canadian hockey player
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