Diane Abbott, Paul Boateng and Bernie Grant are elected as the first black MPs in Great Britain. Date: June 11, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 11 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today)
Compaq Computer pays US$9 billion for Digital Equipment Corporation in the largest high-tech acquisition. Date: June 11, 1998 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 11 📅 Events on this day in 1998 📅 On This Day (Today)
Timothy McVeigh is executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing. Date: June 11, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 11 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today)
Antonio Meucci is acknowledged as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress. Date: June 11, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 11 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today)
Cassini–Huygens makes its closest flyby of the Saturn moon Phoebe. Date: June 11, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 11 📅 Events on this day in 2004 📅 On This Day (Today)
Mudslides in Chittagong, Bangladesh, kill 130 people. Date: June 11, 2007 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 11 📅 Events on this day in 2007 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is launched into orbit. Date: June 11, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 11 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today)
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. Date: June 11, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 11 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today)
The first African FIFA World Cup kicks off in South Africa. Date: June 11, 2010 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 11 📅 Events on this day in 2010 📅 On This Day (Today)
75 people die in a landslide triggered by two earthquakes in Afghanistan; an entire village is buried. Date: June 11, 2012 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 11 📅 Events on this day in 2012 📅 On This Day (Today)