June 11 is the 162nd day of the year.
There are 203 days remaining until the end of the year.
The sun has already officially risen at 5:47 AM
The sun will set tonight at 8:32 PM
Today we will have 14 hours, 44 minutes, and 13 seconds of daylight
The Moon will be 29.3 percent illuminated, a Waning Crescent
High tide this morning will be at 08:08 at 4.1
Low tide this afternoon at 1:29pm at 1.0
and Low tide tonight at 8:23pm at 6.1
Today is National Hug Holiday
American Evacuation Day (Libya) The day when American military forces left Wheelus Air Base in 1970.
Birthday of Prince Henrik (Denmark)
Brazilian Navy commemorative day (Brazil)
Davis Day (Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada)
Kamehameha Day (Hawaii)
Student Day (Honduras)
Events
1184 BC – Trojan War: Troy is sacked and burned, according to calculations by Eratosthenes.
1509 – Henry VIII of England marries Catherine of Aragon.
1805 – A fire consumes large portions of Detroit in the Michigan Territory.
1895 – Paris–Bordeaux–Paris is sometimes called the first automobile race in history or the "first motor race".
1898 – Spanish–American War: U.S. war ships set sail for Cuba.
1898 – The Hundred Days' Reform is started by Guangxu Emperor with a plan to change social, political and educational institutions in China, but is suspended by Empress Dowager Cixi after 104 days. The failed reform though led to the abolition of the Imperial examination in 1905.
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".
1935 – Inventor Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States at Alpine, New Jersey.
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.
1963 – Buddhist monk Thích Quảng Đức burns himself with gasoline in a busy Saigon intersection to protest the lack of religious freedom in South Vietnam.
1971 – The U.S. Government forcibly removes the last holdouts to the Native American Occupation of Alcatraz, ending 19 months of control.
2001 – Timothy McVeigh is executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
2008 – Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper makes a historic official apology to Canada's First Nations in regard to a residential school abuse in which children are isolated from their homes, families and cultures for a century.
Births
1876 – Alfred L. Kroeber, American anthropologist (d. 1960)
1888 – Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian-American criminal (d. 1927)
1910 – Jacques Cousteau, French biologist, author, and inventor, co-developed the aqua-lung (d. 1997)
1913 – Vince Lombardi, American football player, coach, and manager (d. 1970)
1920 – Irving Howe, American critic (d. 1993)
1920 – Shelly Manne, American drummer, composer, and bandleader (d. 1984)
1930 – Charles B. Rangel, American soldier, lawyer, and politician
1932 – Athol Fugard, South African-American actor, director, and playwright
1937 – Chad Everett, American actor (d. 2012)
1939 – Christina Crawford, American actress and author
1939 – Jackie Stewart, Scottish racing driver
1953 – Peter Bergman, American actor
1956 – Joe Montana, American football player
1959 – Hugh Laurie, English actor and writer
1960 – Mehmet Oz, American surgeon, author, and television host
1986 – Shia LaBeouf, American actor