Monday, June 11, 2012

June 11 - At the Zoo




At the Zoo




This Day In History
1184 BC
Troy is sacked and burned, according to calculations by Eratosthenes.
1509
Henry VIII of England marries Catherine of Aragon.
1770
Captain James Cook runs aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
1776
The Continental Congress appoints Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston to the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence.
1788
Russian explorer Gerasim Izmailov reaches Alaska.
1892
The Limelight Department, one of the world's first film studios, is officially established in Melbourne, Australia.
1919
Sir Barton wins the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first horse to win the Triple Crown.
1935
Inventor Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States at Alpine, New Jersey.
1936
The International Surrealist Exhibition opens in London, England.
1962
Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin allegedly become the only prisoners to escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island.
1963
Alabama Governor George Wallace 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.
2004
Cassini-Huygens makes its closest flyby of Saturn's moon Phoebe.
 

Famous Birthdays
1697
Francesco Antonio Vallotti, Italian composer, music theorist, and organist (d. 1780)
1723
Johann Georg Palitzsch, German astronomer (d. 1788)
1776
John Constable, English painter (d. 1837)
1815
Julia Margaret Cameron, English photographer (d. 1879)
1864
Richard Strauss, German composer and conductor (d. 1949)
1910
Jacques-Yves Cousteau, French marine biologist and inventor (d. 1997)
1913
Vince Lombardi, American football coach (d. 1970)
1933
Gene Wilder, American actor
1939
Sir Jackie Stewart, Scottish race car driver
1945
 Robert Norman Munsch, CM, American-born Canadian children's author.
1959
Hugh Laurie, English actor and comedian
1969
Peter Dinklage, American actor

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