June 11th, 1837

Born on June 11th, 1837

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What happened on June 11th, 1837?

June 11th, 1837

Tensions between Yankees and Irish Americans in Boston, Massachusetts, erupted in the Broad Street Riot.

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What else happened on June 11th?

June 11th, 2012

Two earthquakes struck northern Afghanistan, triggering a massive landslide that buried a village and killed 75 people.

June 11th, 2008

Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper apologised to the First Nations for past governments' policies of forced assimilation.

June 11th, 2007

Mudslides caused by heavy monsoon rainfall and exacerbated by hill cutting killed at least 128 people in Chittagong, Bangladesh.

June 11th, 2001

Robert Edward Dyer was sentenced to 16 years' imprisonment for conducting a six-month-long letter-bomb campaign against the British supermarket chain Tesco.

June 11th, 1989

In one of the most famous upsets in FA Cup history, Sutton United, a team in the fifth tier of English league football, defeated top-tier Coventry City.

June 11th, 1982

Steven Spielberg's E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial was released, and went on to set the record for the highest-grossing film of all time, which it held for 11 years.

June 11th, 1963

Vietnamese monk Thích Quảng Đức burned himself to death in Saigon to protest the persecution of Buddhists by Catholic South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem's administration.

June 11th, 1962

American criminals Clarence Anglin, John Anglin and Frank Morris escaped from Alcatraz Island, one of the United States' most famous prisons.

June 11th, 1923

Kitosh, an African labourer, died after having been flogged by his British employer, in a case that eventually led to reform of the legal system of the Kenya Colony.

June 11th, 1920

During their national convention in Chicago, Republican Party leaders gathered in negotiations at The Blackstone Hotel to select their presidential candidate, leading to the phrase "smoke-filled room".

June 11th, 1917

Alexander (pictured) was crowned King of Greece, succeeding his father Constantine I, who had abdicated.

June 11th, 1914

Around 2,000 members of European society attended a ball at Kenwood House, England, in one of the last major social events before the outbreak of the First World War.

June 11th, 1847

Prince Afonso (pictured) died at the age of two, leaving his father Pedro II, the last emperor of Brazil, without a male heir.

June 11th, 1775

The Battle of Machias, the first naval engagement of the American Revolutionary War, commenced in and around the port of Machias in what is now eastern Maine.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on June 11th

Born on June 11th, 1837

68

Jean-Nicolas Boulay

French bryologist (1837–1905)

*June 11th, 1837, Vagney †October 19th, 1905, Lille

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74

Sherman Howard

American actor

*June 11th, 1949, Chicago

28

Tems

Nigerian singer-songwriter

*June 11th, 1995, Lagos

46

Paul Kalkbrenner

German electronic musician

*June 11th, 1977, Leipzig

52

Jules Vallès

French journalist and author (1832-1885)

*June 11th, 1832, Le Puy-en-Velay †February 14th, 1885, 5th arrondissement of Paris

72

Yasunari Kawabata

Japanese novelist (1899–1972)

*June 11th, 1899, Osaka †April 16th, 1972, Zushi

83

Gene Wilder

American actor (1933–2016)

*June 11th, 1933, Milwaukee †August 29th, 2016, Stamford

78

Adrienne Barbeau

American actress

*June 11th, 1945, Sacramento

70

Barbara Minty

American writer

*June 11th, 1953, Seattle

58

Christian Streich

German association football player and manager

*June 11th, 1965, Weil am Rhein

54

Peter Dinklage

American actor (born 1969)

*June 11th, 1969, Morristown

37

Shia LaBeouf

American actor (born 1986)

*June 11th, 1986, Los Angeles

92

Carl von Linde

German engineer (1842-1934)

*June 11th, 1842, Berndorf †November 16th, 1934, Munich

64

Hugh Laurie

English actor, comedian, director, musician and writer

*June 11th, 1959, Oxford

87

Jacques Cousteau

French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

*June 11th, 1910, Saint-André-de-Cubzac †June 25th, 1997, 17th arrondissement of Paris

65

Jürgen Pföhler

German jurist and politician (CDU)

*June 11th, 1958, Wittlich

66

Roland Moreno

French inventor (1945-2012)

*June 11th, 1945, Cairo †April 29th, 2012, 6th arrondissement of Paris

36

Marià Fortuny Marsal

Spanish painter (1838-1874)

*June 11th, 1838, Reus †November 21st, 1874, Rome

58

Otto von Münchhausen

German botanist (1716–1774)

*June 11th, 1716, Hamelin †July 13th, 1774, Pattensen

82

Volkmar Sigusch

German sexologist

*June 11th, 1940, Bad Freienwalde †February 7th, 2023

76

Anna Akhmatova

Russian poet (1889–1966)

*June 11th, 1889, Odesa †March 5th, 1966, Domodedovo

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Born in 1837

58

Adam Opel

Founder of the German automobile company Adam Opel AG

*May 9th, 1837, Rüsselsheim am Main †September 8th, 1895, Rüsselsheim am Main

93

Otto Winter Hjelm

Norwegian composer

*October 8th, 1837, Christiania †May 3rd, 1931, Oslo

70

Carl Koldewey

German explorer (1837-1908)

*October 26th, 1837, Bücken †May 17th, 1908, Hamburg

82

Josef Durm

German architect and architectural historian

*February 14th, 1837, Karlsruhe †April 3rd, 1919, Karlsruhe

70

Franz Bücheler

German classical philologist (1837-1908)

*June 3rd, 1837, Rheinberg †May 3rd, 1908, Bonn

71

Grover Cleveland

President of the United States (1885–89; 1893–97)

*March 18th, 1837, Caldwell †June 24th, 1908, Princeton

85

Johannes Diderik van der Waals

Netherlandish physicist (1837-1923)

*November 23rd, 1837, Leiden †March 8th, 1923, Amsterdam

53

Ernest Hoschedé

French businessman

*December 18th, 1837, Paris †March 18th, 1891, 9th arrondissement of Paris

62

Thomas Henry Ismay

British businessman (1837-1899)

*January 7th, 1837, Maryport †November 23rd, 1899, Dawpool

75

J. P. Morgan

American financier, banker, and art collector (1837–1913)

*April 17th, 1837, Hartford †March 31st, 1913, Rome

62

Henry Becque

French dramatist (1837-1899)

*April 18th, 1837, former 3rd arrondissement of Paris †May 12th, 1899, Neuilly-sur-Seine

35

Vasil Levski

Bulgarian revolutionary (1837–1873)

*July 18th, 1837, Karlovo †February 18th, 1873, Sofia

62

Dwight Lyman Moody

American evangelist (1837–1899)

*February 5th, 1837, Northfield †December 22nd, 1899, Northfield

70

Francisco Loño y Pérez

Spanish politician and military personnel (1837-1907)

*February 5th, 1837, Santiago de Cuba †June 30th, 1907, Madrid

83

John Burroughs

American naturalist and essayist (1837-1921)

*April 3rd, 1837, Delaware County †March 29th, 1921, California

54

Georges Ernest Boulanger

French general (1837-1891)

*April 29th, 1837, Rennes †September 30th, 1891, Ixelles - Elsene

60

Empress Elisabeth of Austria

Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary (1837-1898)

*December 24th, 1837, Herzog-Max-Palais †September 10th, 1898, Geneva

78

Johannes Trojan

Writer and opinion journalist (1837-1915)

*August 14th, 1837, Gdańsk †November 21st, 1915, Rostock

72

Algernon Charles Swinburne

English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic (1837-1909)

*April 5th, 1837, London †April 10th, 1909, London

84

Fredrik Bajer

Danish politician (1837-1922)

*April 21st, 1837, Næstved †January 22nd, 1922, Copenhagen

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1837 is a normal year and no leap year.

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