Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/June 11
On June 11:
- 1509 - King Henry VIII of England married Catherine of Aragon.
- 1770 - Captain James Cook ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef.
- 1899 - Pope Leo XIII dedicated the entire human race to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
- 1963 - The University of Alabama was desegregated as Governor George Wallace stepped aside after a stand in the schoolhouse door.