Today in History - History - June 11th

1928Alfred Hitchcock's 1st film, "Case Of Jonathan Drew," is released

1876Republicans pick Rutherford B. Hayes as US presidental candidate

1990Nolan Ryan pitches his 6th no-hitter beating Oakland, in 9th he retires Ken Phelps, Rickey Henderson & Willie Randolph (all ex Yanks)

1776Continental Congress creates committee (Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston) to draft a Declaration of Independence

1993"Jurassic Park" (starring Sam Neill and Jeff Goldblum) opens, sets box office weekend record of $502 million

2008Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper made an official historic apology to Canada's First Nations in regard to a residential school abuse in which children were isolated from their homes, families and cultures for a century.

1978Bjorn Borg wins French Open Title

1961Roger Maris hits 19th & 20th of 61 HRs

1987Margaret Thatcher is 1st British PM in 160 years to win 3rd consecutive term

1963US President JFK says segregation is morally wrong & that it is "time to act"

1986Shia LaBeouf, Los Angeles, California, American actor (Disturbia, Transformers)

1959Hugh Laurie [James Hugh Calum Laurie], Oxford, English actor (Strapless, Dr Gregory House-House)

1956Joe Montana, New Eagle Pennsylvania, NFL quarterback (San Francisco 49ers)

1943Henry Hill Jr., Brooklyn, New York, mobster and FBI informant (inspired Goodfellas), (d. 2012)

1880Jeannette Rankin, 1st woman elected to US Congress (Rep-Montana)

1913Vince Lombardi, Brooklyn New York, NFL coach (Green Bay Packers)

1910Jacques Cousteau, French oceanic explorer (Calypso)

1572Ben Jonson, England, playwright/poet (Volpone, Alchemist)

2005NBA player Steve Nash (31) weds Alejandra Amarilla

1509King Henry VIII marries wife #1 Catherine of Aragon

1949NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle (23) weds artist Jane Coupe

2011Recording artist Lily Allen (26) weds Sam Cooper (32) at St. James The Great church in Gloucestershire, England

1727King George I of Great Britain (b. 1660)

2011Kurt Nielsen, Danish tennis player, dies at 80