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In Rome the festival of Matralia was celebrated on June 11
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matralia#Matralia

White Nights in Saint Petersburg occur from about June 11 to July 2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight_sun#White_Nights

Kamehameha Day on June 11 is a public holiday of the state of Hawaii
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamehameha_Day



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Tower 42 in the City of London was formally opened on 11 June 1981
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_42

On 11 June 1770, the HM Bark Endeavour, captained by explorer James Cook, ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t35060104/great-barrier-reef/

The Dominion Astrophysical Observatory was officially opened on 11 June 1918
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion_Observatory

The 1955 Le Mans disaster occurred during the 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans motor race
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43319730/the-1955-le-mans-disaster/



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The first full-scale prototype of the Atlas missile first flew on 11 June 1957. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SM-65_Atlas#Convair_XSM-16A.2FX-11.2FSM-65A_Atlas

The Vega 1 descent module arrived at Venus on 11 June 1985
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vega_1

On the 11th June, 2003, The Optus (and Defence) C1 satellite was launched
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optus_(satellite)#Optus_.28and_Defence.29_C1

The Shenzhou 10 was launched on the 11th June, 2003
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49829089/shenzhou-x/

A Delta II 7920-H rocket carrying the GLAST satellite was launched on the 11th June, 2008.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t4678692/glast/

The first ever monkey astronaut was Albert,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkeys_in_space



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James Dougal Adrianus "Ox" van Hoften (born June 11, 1944) is a former NASA Astronaut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_van_Hoften

Jacques-Yves Cousteau (11 June 1910 - 25 June 1997) was a French naval officer and explorer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Cousteau

Jack Horkheimer (June 11, 1938 - August 20, 2010) was the executive director of the Miami Space Transit Planetarium.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Horkheimer

Dr Duncan I. Steel (born 11 June 1955), is a British/Australian scientist born in Midsomer Norton, Somerset.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Steel

Maurice Paul Auguste Charles Fabry (11 June 1867, Marseille - 11 December 1945, Paris) was a French physicist.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fabry

Antoni Opolski (11 June 1913 - 17 March 2014) was a Polish physicist.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoni_Opolski

Kathryn A. "Kathy" Whaler FRSE (born 11 June 1956) is a professor of geophysics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathryn_Whaler

William Robert Brooks (June 11, 1844 - May 3, 1921) was a British-born American astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Robert_Brooks

Johann Georg Palitzsch (June 11, 1723 - February 21, 1788) was a German astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Georg_Palitzsch

Baron Bernhard August von Lindenau (June 11, 1780 - May 21, 1854) was a German lawyer and astronomer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernhard_von_Lindenau



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E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (often referred to simply as E.T.) is a 1982 American science fiction drama film 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.T._the_Extra-Terrestrial

The Chronicles of Riddick is a 2004 American science fiction film
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49539673/the-chronicles-of-riddick/

Google Earth was released in 2001
https://www.google.co.uk/intl/en_uk/earth/



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NGC 3871 was rediscovered by Stephane Javelle on the 11th June 1896 and relisted as IC 2959.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57798475/ngc-3871/

NGC 5826 was rediscovered by Lewis Swift on the 11th June 1885 and relisted as NGC 5870.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57798501/ngc-5826/

NGC 6655 was discovered by German astronomer Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke on the 11th June 1855. 
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t57798514/ngc-6655/



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On June 11, 2008, the IAU announced that dwarf planets with trans-Neptunian orbits would be known as "plutoids".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAU_definition_of_planet

The first eruption of Ionian volcano Surt was observed by astronomers on June 11, 1979
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surt_(volcano)

The Cassini spacecraft flew within 2,068 kilometres of Phoebe on 11 June 2004
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t2882358/phoebe/

Asteroid (311) Claudia was discovered by Auguste Charlois on June 11, 1891 in Nice.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/311_Claudia

Bingera 1883 meteor
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t54001335/bingera-1883-meteor/

Gamma-Delphinids
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t54001363/gamma-delphinids/



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Meteorites

The La Charca (OC) meteorite fell in Guanajuato, Mexico, on the 11th June, 1878.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49539577/la-charca-meteorite/

The Kukschin (L6) meteorite fell in Chernigov, Ukraine, on the 11th June, 1938.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49539578/kukschin-meteorite/

The Dresden (Ontario) (H6) meteorite fell in Ontario, Canada, on the 11th June, 1939.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t43850213/dresden-meteorite/

The Kunashak (L6) meteorite fell in Chelyabinskaya oblast', Russia, on the 11th June, 1949.
http://astronomy.activeboard.com/t49539590/kunashak-meteorite/



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