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On This Day

June 11

1993
Jurassic Park opens nation wide.

1993
Gays in the military: The Israeli Army bans discrimination against gays and lesbians in the military.

1993
Animal Sacrifice: U.S. Supreme Court rules that the religious sacrifice of animals is protected by the First Amendment.

1992
Sears auto repair scandal: California seeks to revoke Sears' automobile repair license after undercover investigators disclosed "systematic looting of the public."

1987
Margaret Thatcher wins her third consecutive term as British prime minister.

1978
First black priest of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day Saints: Joseph Freeman, Jr. is ordained.

1977
Mary Edwards Walker's Medal of Honor is reinstated after it had been revoked in 1916. She was the first woman to receive the Medal of Honor (1865).

1967
Six-Day War ends with the signing of a cease-fire agreement between Israel and Syria.

1949
Hank Williams makes his first appearance on The Grand Ole Opry. He sang Lovesick Blues.

1938
First major-league pitcher to pitch two consecutive no-hit, no-run games: Johnny Vander Meer of the Cincinnati Reds shuts out Boston 3-0. On June 15th he shut out the Brooklyn Dodgers 6-0. (Source: Famous First Facts)

1936
Presbyterian Church of America is formed at a meeting of Presbyterians in Philadelphia.

1919
Horse racing's first Triple Crown winner: Sir Barton ridden by John Loftus wins the Belmont Stakes. He had already won the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness.

1904
First use of bloodstains to convict a murderer, in Berlin, Germany.

1805
Detroit destroyed by fire.

1776
American Revolution: Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston are appointed to prepare a declaration of independence.

1583
First English Colony in North America: English explorer Sir Humphrey Gilbert sets sail from England in search for a Northwest Passage to the Far East. Instead he landed at St. Johns, Newfoundland in August and established a colony there.

1956
Joe Montana, American football quarterback, two-time NFL MVP and the only three-time Super Bowl MVP (1982, 85, 90).

1947
Adrienne Barbeau, American actress. TV: Maude (Maude's daughter Carol).

1943
Peter Bergman, actor. TV: All My Children (Cliff Warner) and The Young and the Restless (Jack Abbott).

1939
Jackie Stewart, Scottish auto racer, Indy 500 Rookie of the Year (1966) and 3-time Formula 1 champion (1969, 71, 73).

1937
Johnny Brown, American actor, singer. TV: Good Times (Nathan Bookman the building superintendent).

1937
Amalya Lyle Kearse, American judge, first black woman judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals (1979, New York City). She is also a  five-time U.S. national bridge champion. (Source: Famous First Facts)

1936
Chad Everett (Raymond Lee Cramton), American actor. TV: Medical Center (Dr. Joe Gannon).

1935
Gene Wilder (Jerome Silberman), American actor. Film: Blazing Saddles (1974) and Young Frankenstein (1974).

1913     d. 1970
Vince Lombardi, American football coach. He won the first two Superbowls and led Greenbay to five NFL championships. The Superbowl trophy is named in his honor.

1910
Jacques-Yves Cousteau, French marine explorer.

1908     d. 1919
Francisco Marto.  He was one of the three children who claim to have seen the Virgin Mary near Fátima, Portugal (1917).

1899
Ruth Alice Kistler, the oldest woman on record to give birth, gave birth to a daughter in 1956 when she was 57 years old.

1880     d. 1973
Jeannette Rankin, American politician, first U.S. Congresswoman (1917-19, 1941-43, Montana, Republican). She was the only member of the House to oppose the declaration of war against Japan.

1864     d. 1949
Richard Strauss, German composer, Also Sprach Zarathustra (1896), the theme of the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).

1847     d. 1929
Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett, English feminist, leader of English women's movement.

1998     b. 1924
Leo Buscaglia, American educator, author, hugger.

1996     b. 1908
Brigitte Helm (Gisele Eva Schittenhelm), German actress. Film: Fritz Lang's Metropolis (1926, the female robot Robotrix).

1993     b. 1952
Ray Sharkey (Red Hook), American actor. TV: Wiseguy (Sonny Steelgrave). He died of AIDS.

1989     b. 1928
Jack McMahon, American basketball player and coach with the NBA.

1979     b. 1907
John Wayne (Marion Michael Morrison), American Oscar-winning actor. Film: True Grit (1969), The Shootist (1976). His death was attributed to radiation exposure received from an A-bomb test near the filming of a movie in 1953.

1941     b. 1850
Daniel Carter Beard, American artist, author. He created and taught the first animal-drawing class (1893, Woman's School of Applied Design), organized the first Boy Scout group in America (1910), and is for whom Mt. Beard is named.

1903     b. 1876
Alexander I, King of Serbia (1889-1903), an unpopular king, he and Queen Draga were assassinated by a military conspiracy.

1825     b. 1774
Daniel D. Tompkins, American politician, 6th U.S. Vice-President (1817-25), and governor of New York.

1796     b. 1738
Nathaniel Gorham, 14th president of the Continental Congress (1786-87).

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