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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_11" title="June 11">June 11</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/806" title="806">806</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab%E2%80%93Byzantine_wars" title="Arab–Byzantine wars">Arab–Byzantine wars</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbasid_Caliphate" title="Abbasid Caliphate">Abbasid</a> army departed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raqqa" title="Raqqa">Raqqa</a> in northern Syria to begin <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbasid_invasion_of_Asia_Minor_(806)" title="Abbasid invasion of Asia Minor (806)">an invasion</a></b> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine</a>-controlled <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anatolia" title="Anatolia">Asia Minor</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1509" title="1509">1509</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_of_Aragon" title="Catherine of Aragon">Catherine of Aragon</a></b> married King <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VIII" title="Henry VIII">Henry VIII</a> of England, becoming the first of his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wives_of_Henry_VIII" title="Wives of Henry VIII">six wives</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923" title="1923">1923</a> – Kitosh, an African labourer, <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasper_Abraham_murder_case" title="Jasper Abraham murder case">died after having been flogged by his British employer</a></b>, in a case that eventually led to reform of the legal system of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya_Colony" title="Kenya Colony">Kenya Colony</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1963" title="1963">1963</a> – Vietnamese <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhikkhu" title="Bhikkhu">monk</a> <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%ADch_Qu%E1%BA%A3ng_%C4%90%E1%BB%A9c" title="Thích Quảng Đức">Thích Quảng Đức</a></b> burned himself to death in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho_Chi_Minh_City" title="Ho Chi Minh City">Saigon</a> to protest the persecution of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism_in_Vietnam" title="Buddhism in Vietnam">Buddhists</a> by Catholic South Vietnamese President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngo_Dinh_Diem" title="Ngo Dinh Diem">Ngo Dinh Diem</a>'s administration.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008" title="2008">2008</a> – Canadian prime minister <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Harper" title="Stephen Harper">Stephen Harper</a> apologised to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Nations_in_Canada" title="First Nations in Canada">First Nations</a> for past governments' <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Indian_residential_school_system" title="Canadian Indian residential school system">policies of forced assimilation</a></b>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadeus_IV,_Count_of_Savoy" title="Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy">Amadeus IV, Count of Savoy</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1253); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Margaret_Cameron" title="Julia Margaret Cameron">Julia Margaret Cameron</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1815); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Wilder" title="Gene Wilder">Gene Wilder</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1933); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandra_Schmirler" title="Sandra Schmirler">Sandra Schmirler</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1963)</p>
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