Inventor Edwin Armstrong demonstrates FM broadcasting to an audience of engineers at the FCC in Washington, DC. Date: June 11, 1936 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 11 📅 Events on this day in 1936 📅 On This Day (Today)

Great Purge: The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin executes eight army leaders. Date: June 11, 1937 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 11 📅 Events on this day in 1937 📅 On This Day (Today)

Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Wuhan starts. Date: June 11, 1938 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 11 📅 Events on this day in 1938 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War II: The Siege of Malta begins with a series of Italian air raids. Date: June 11, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 11 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today)

Free French Forces retreat from Bir Hakeim after having successfully delayed the Axis advance. Date: June 11, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 11 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today)

World War II: The United States agrees to send Lend-Lease aid to the Soviet Union. Date: June 11, 1942 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 11 📅 Events on this day in 1942 📅 On This Day (Today)

USS Missouri, the last battleship built by the United States Navy and future site of the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender, is commissioned. Date: June 11, 1944 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 11 📅 Events on this day in 1944 📅 On This Day (Today)

Start of Gal Oya riots, the first reported ethnic riots that target minority Sri Lankan Tamils in the Eastern Province. The total number of deaths is reportedly 150. Date: June 11, 1956 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 11 📅 Events on this day in 1956 📅 On This Day (Today)