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Historical Events on June 11

  • Nordic Cross flag

    1748

    Denmark adopts the characteristic Nordic Cross flag later taken up by all other Scandinavian countries.

  • Great Barrier Reef

    1770

    British explorer Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.

  • Battle of Machias

    1775

    The American Revolutionary War's first naval engagement, the Battle of Machias, results in the capture of a small British naval vessel.

  • Battle of Wuhan

    1938

    Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts.

  • Stand in the Schoolhouse Door

    1963

    American Civil Rights Movement: Governor of Alabama George Wallace defiantly stands at the door of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama in an attempt to block two black students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, from attending that school. Later in the day, accompanied by federalized National Guard troops, they are able to register.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    1963

    John F. Kennedy addresses Americans from the Oval Office proposing the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which would revolutionize American society by guaranteeing equal access to public facilities, ending segregation in education, and guaranteeing federal protection for voting rights.

  • Occupation of Alcatraz

    1971

    The U.S. Government forcibly removes the last holdouts to the Native American Occupation of Alcatraz, ending 19 months of control.

  • Oklahoma City bombing

    2001

    Timothy McVeigh is executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.

  • Canadian Indian residential school system

    2008

    Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper makes a historic official apology to Canada's First Nations in regard to abuses at a Canadian Indian residential school.

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