Today in History - History - June 11th

191923rd US Golf Open: Walter Hagen shoots a 301 at Brae Burn CC Mass

1927Babe Ruth hits 19th & 20th of 60 HRs

1927Charles Lindbergh is awarded the 1st Distinguished Flying Cross

198959th French Mens Tennis: Michael Chang beats S Edberg (61 36 46 64 62)

1982"E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial", starring Drew Barrymore, is released

197824th LPGA Championship won by Nancy Lopez

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

1982Larry Holmes TKOs Gerry Cooney in 13 for heavyweight boxing title

1770Capt James Cook discovers Great Barrier Reef off Australia

199565th French Mens Tennis: Thomas Muster beats Michael Chang (75 62 64)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1910Jacques Cousteau, French oceanic explorer (Calypso)

2002Musician Paul McCartney (59) weds former model and anti-landmines campaigner Heather Mills (34) at Castle Leslie in County Monaghan, Ireland

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

2005NBA player Steve Nash (31) weds Alejandra Amarilla

1509King Henry VIII marries wife #1 Catherine of Aragon

2011Kurt Nielsen, Danish tennis player, dies at 80

1979John Wayne [Marion Mitchell Morrison], actor (Green Berets, True Grit), dies at 72