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On This Day In History for June 11, 2025
This is the 162nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 203 days remaining in 2025.
- It was on this date in 1509, that Henry VIII of England married Catherine of Aragon.
- That same date in 1559, Don Tristan de Luna y Arellano sailed for Florida with a party of 1,500, intending to settle on the gulf coast (Vera Cruz, Mexico).
- On June 11, 1748, Denmark adopted the characteristic Nordic Cross flag later taken up by all other Scandinavian countries.
- It was on this date in 1770, that British explorer Captain James Cook ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
- Also on June 11, 1776, The Continental Congress appointed Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence.
- Also today in 1788, Russian explorer Gerasim Izmailov reached Alaska.
- It was also this date in 1892 that The Limelight Department, one of the world’s first film studios, was officially established in Melbourne, Australia.
- Inventor Edwin Armstrong gave the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States at Alpine, New Jersey on this date in 1935.
- 63 years ago today, Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin allegedly became the only prisoners to escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island.
- It was on this date in 1998, that Compaq Computer paid US$9 billion for Digital Equipment Corporation in the largest high-tech acquisition.
- That same date in 2002, Antonio Meucci was acknowledged as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress.
- Cassini-Huygens made its closest flyby of the Saturn moon Phoebe on this date in 2004.
- That same date in 2008, The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope was launched into orbit.
Happy birthday goes out on this date to:
- German astronomer (died 1788), Johann Georg Palitzsch, born on this date in 1723.
- Also born on that same date in 1834, German mechanical engineer and physicist (died 1893), Johann Bauschinger.
- Also turning 183 today is German engineer and academic (died 1934) Carl von Linde.
- French physicist and academic (died 1945), Charles Fabry, born on this date in 1867.
- German-American mathematician and photographer (died 2003), Natascha Artin Brunswick is 116 today.
- French biologist, author, and inventor, co-developed the aqua-lung (died 1997), Jacques Cousteau, born on this date in 1910.
- Also born on that same date in 1915, American mathematician and physicist (died 1999), Nicholas Metropolis.
- American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2016), Gene Wilder, born on this date in 1933.
- American actor and producer, Peter Dinklage is 56 today.
- American actor, Shia LaBeouf, born on this date in 1986.
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- 16 – Joe Edmisson
- 16 – Jason from The Angry Geek
- 17 – Digital Dan from the Hook Show
And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for June 11, 2025
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- Scientists found a possible new dwarf planet — it could spell bad news for Planet 9 fans | Space
- Almost half of young people would prefer a world without internet, UK study finds | Internet | The Guardian
- Artificial Blood That Could Work for All Blood Types in Trials – Newsweek
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