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June 11

1184 BC - Trojan War: Troy was sacked and burned, according to the calculations of Eratosthenes.

1962 - Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin become the only prisoners to apparently successfully escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island. No conclusive evidence has ever been found that they survived the escape attempt.

1963 - Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc burns himself with gasoline in a busy Saigon intersection to protest the lack of religious freedom in South Vietnam.

1977 - Seattle Slew wins the Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing.

Birthdays -

1572 - Ben Jonson, English dramatist (d. 1637)
1910 - Jacques-Yves Cousteau, French explorer and inventor (d. 1997)
1913 - Vince Lombardi, American football coach (d. 1970)
1933 - Gene Wilder, American actor
1949 - Frank Beard, member of rock group ZZ Top

Deaths -

1979 - John Wayne (Born Marion Morrison), American actor (b. 1907)
1999 - DeForest Kelley, American actor (b. 1920)
2001 - Timothy McVeigh, American terrorist (executed) (b. 1968)

I don't like following directions.