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Today is Thursday, June 11, the 162nd day of 2026. There are 203 days left in the year.<\/p>\n

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Today in history:<\/h4>\n

On June 11, 1987, Margaret Thatcher became the first British prime minister in over 160 years to win a third consecutive term of office as her Conservative Party held onto a reduced majority in Parliament.<\/p>\n

Also on this date:<\/h4>\n

In 1509, England\u2019s King Henry VIII married his first wife, Catherine of Aragon.<\/p>\n

In 1776, the Second Continental Congress appointed the Committee of Five (composed of John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert Livingston and Roger Sherman) to draft a declaration of independence from Great Britain, to be completed in the subsequent 17 days.<\/p>\n

In 1955, in motor racing\u2019s worst disaster, more than 80 people were killed during the 24 Hours of Le Mans in France when two cars collided and crashed into spectators.<\/p>\n

In 1962, Frank Morris, Clarence Anglin and John Anglin, prisoners at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary in San Francisco Bay, staged an escape, leaving the island on a makeshift raft. They were never found or heard from again.<\/p>\n

In 1963, Vietnamese Buddhist monk Th\u00edch Qu\u1ea3ng \u0110\u1ee9c lit himself on fire on a Saigon street as a protest against the Vietnamese government\u2019s persecution of Buddhists.<\/p>\n

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Also in 1963, the University of Alabama was desegregated as Vivian Malone and James Hood became the first two Black students allowed to enroll in classes; Alabama segregationist and Gov. George Wallace initially blocked the doorway to the auditorium where course registration was taking place, delivering a speech before deferring to National Guard orders to move.<\/p>\n

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In 2001, Timothy McVeigh, 33, was executed by lethal injection at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, for the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 people.<\/p>\n

In 2009, with H1N1 swine flu reported in more than 70 nations, the World Health Organization declared the first global flu pandemic in 41 years.<\/p>\n

In 2024, Hunter Biden was convicted of three felonies for purchasing a gun in 2018 when, prosecutors said, he lied on a federal form by claiming he was not illegally using or addicted to drugs. President Joe Biden in December pardoned his son for the gun and separate tax-related convictions.<\/p>\n

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Today\u2019s Birthdays:<\/h4>\n
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  • Drummer Bernard Purdie is 87.<\/li>\n
  • International Motorsports Hall of Famer Jackie Stewart is 87.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Roscoe Orman is 82.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Adrienne Barbeau is 81.<\/li>\n
  • Rock musician Frank Beard (ZZ Top) is 77.<\/li>\n
  • Singer Graham Russell (Air Supply) is 76.<\/li>\n
  • Football Hall of Famer Joe Montana is 70.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Hugh Laurie is 67.<\/li>\n
  • TV personality and current Medicare Administrator Mehmet Oz is 66.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Peter Dinklage is 57.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Joshua Jackson is 48.<\/li>\n
  • U.S. Olympic and WNBA basketball star Diana Taurasi is 44.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Shia LaBeouf is 40.<\/li>\n
  • Basketball Hall of Famer Maya Moore is 37.<\/li>\n
  • Actor Saxon Sharbino is 27.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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