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This is a list of selected June 11 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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King Kamehameha I Day in Hawaii; needs more footnotes
1429Hundred Years' War: Joan of Arc's first offensive battle, the Battle of Jargeau, began. no footnotes
1534 - Silken Thomas rode through Dublin and renounced his allegiance to King Henry VIII, leading to the outbreak of the Kildare Rebellion. Undercited
1770 – The HMS Endeavour, carrying English explorer James Cook, ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef, sustaining considerable damage. refimprove section, original research
1776 – The Second Continental Congress established the Committee of Five to draft a declaration of independence for the Thirteen Colonies.
1892The Salvation Army's Limelight Department, one of the world's earliest film studios, was officially established in Melbourne, Australia. no footnotes
1937 – Marshal Mikhail Tukhachevsky and several senior officers of the Soviet Red Army were convicted for belonging to a Trotskyist organization in a secret trial during the Great Purge. refimprove
1938 – The Battle of Wuhan began, lasting four and a half months, the longest and largest battle of the entire Second Sino-Japanese War. refimprove section
1955The deadliest accident in motorsport history occurred when two cars collided during a running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, causing 84 deaths. Undercited
1956 – The six-day Gal Oya riots, the first ethnic riots targeting the minority Sri Lankan Tamils in post-independent Sri Lanka, began, eventually resulting in the deaths of at least 150 people and 100 injuries. sparsely referenced
1972 – An excursion train derailed on a sharp curve at Eltham Well Hall station in Eltham, London, killing 6 people and injuring 126 others. needs more footnotes
1978 – A group of Urdu-speaking students led by Altaf Hussain founded the All Pakistan Muttahidda Students Organization political student organisation, a forerunner to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, at the University of Karachi. refimprove
1982Steven 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. 15 {cn} tags
Klemens von Metternich |d|1859 unreferenced section (Ancestry)
Jackie Stewart |b|1939 expansion

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George Wallace protesting desegregation at the University of Alabama
George Wallace protesting desegregation at the University of Alabama
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