TUESDAY, June 11, 2024

On this day...

1184 -BC- Greeks finally captured Troy

1770-Capt Cook runs aground on Australian Great Barrier Reef

1947-WW II sugar rationing finally ends

1951-Mozambique becomes an oversea province of Portugal

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

1982-Israel and Syria stop fighting in Lebanon

1987-Margaret Thatcher is first British PM in 160 years to win 3rd cons term

1989-Youngest male French Open champ & first U.S. champ since 1955, Michael

Chang, 17, beats Stefan Edberg of Sweden

1990-U.N. appoints Olivia Newton-John environmental ambassador