On This Day for June 11 - Oklahoma City bomber executed, Jacques Cousteau is featured, and more

Created: 2020-06-11 10:03 Updated: 2020-06-11 10:03 Notebook: On this Day in History

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June 11

FEATURED BIOGRAPHY

Jacques Cousteau

FEATURED EVENT

2001

Oklahoma City bomber executed

MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY

2014: American actress and activist Ruby Dee, who was known for her pioneering work in African American theatre and film and for her outspoken civil rights activism, died at age 91. [Take our quiz about actors and acting.]

Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria, S.Af.

2010: The 19th World Cup football (soccer) tournament opened in the host country of South Africa, marking the first time that the event was played on the African continent; Spain won the tournament. [Sort fact from fiction in our football (soccer) quiz.]

1950: Capping a dramatic recovery from a near-fatal automobile accident, American golfer Ben Hogan won the U.S. Open. [ Test your knowledge of golf.]

1927: American aviator Charles A. Lindbergh was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross by U.S. President Calvin Coolidge. [Take our quiz about early aviation.]

1898: The Guangxu emperor of China issued his first reform decree initiating the Hundred Days of Reform, an imperial attempt at renovating the Chinese state and social system. [Sort fact from fiction in our China quiz.]

1880: American politician Jeannette Rankin , the first woman to be a member of the U.S. Congress (1917–19, 1941–43), was born. [Test your knowledge of famous firsts for women.]

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ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY

1959

Hugh Laurie
British actor

1933

Gene Wilder
American actor

1956

Joe Montana
American football player

1913

Vince Lombardi
American football coach

1960

Mehmet Oz
Turkish American surgeon, educator, and author