June 11 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for June 11
In the headlines today:

2001	Convicted Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh is executed at the federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana.
1999	Mike Myers stars in the spy comedy Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, opening in theaters across the US.
1993	Steven Spielberg's jaw-dropping dinosaur epic Jurassic Park opens in theaters across the US.
1991	Mt. Pinatubo erupts, covering portions of the Philippines with mud and ash.
1967	Israel and Syria accept terms of a U.N. cease-fire.
1963		Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. is arrested for attempts to integrate Florida restaurants. (photo credit: Jerden Records
1930	William Beebe sets a deepwater dive record of 1,426 feet off the coast of Bermuda in a bathysphere (diving chamber).
1903	King Alexander and Queen Draga of Belgrade are assassinated by members of the Serbian army.
1895	Charles E. Duryea receives the first US patent to an American inventor for a gas-powered automobile.
1798	Napoleon Bonaparte takes the island of Malta.
1509	England's King Henry VIII marries Catherine of Aragon.