June 2011 in History

Events in History

Jun 13 Christchurch, New Zealand is hit by another strong earthquake measuring magnitude 6.3
Jun 20 Betty Dukes v. Walmart class action lawsuit on alleged employee gender discrimination in pay and promotion policies is decided in a 5-4 decision, ruling that the class should not be certified in its current form

Jun 22 After hiding for 16 years, Boston gangster Whitey Bulger is arrested outside an apartment in Santa Monica, California

Jun 24 Italian economist Mario Draghi is confirmed as new President of the European Central Bank

Jun 28 Christine Lagarde becomes the 1st women to be elected head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Jun 11 Recording artist Lily Allen (26) weds Sam Cooper (32) at St. James The Great church in Gloucestershire, England

Jun 3 American pathologist and right-to-die activist, dies of a thrombosis at 83

Jun 4 Claudio Bravo Camus, Chilean born painter, dies at 74
Jun 4 Juan Francisco Luis, U.S. Virgin Islander governor (b. 1940)
Jun 6 Shrek the sheep, New Zealand sheep that held world record for biggest shorn fleece, dies at 16
Jun 7 Jorge Semprún, Spanish-French writer (2nd mort de R Mercader, Z), dies at 87
Jun 9 M. F. Husain, Indian artist and painter, dies at 95
Jun 10 Brian Lenihan, Jnr, Irish politician and minister dies of cancer at 52
Jun 10 Jeanne Bice, American entrepreneur (Quacker Factory clothes), dies of cancer at 71
Jun 10 Patrick Leigh Fermor, English soldier and travel writer (A Time of Gifts), dies at 96
Jun 12 Kati-Claudia Fofonoff, Skolt Sámi poet and writer, dies at 63
Jun 15 Bill Haast, American Herpetologist (b. 1910)
Jun 18 Frederick Chiluba, 2nd President of Zambia (1991-2001), dies at 68

Jun 18 Soviet dissident and wife of Andre Sakharov, dies of heart failure at 88 [1]

Jun 21 Robert Kroetsch, Canadian author (b. 1927)
Jun 22 Harley Hotchkiss, Canadian businessman (b. 1927)
Jun 27 Gisèle Rabesahala, Malagasy politician (1st female minister) and human righter activist, dies at 82
Jun 29 R. C. Alston, British bibliographer, dies at 78
Jun 30 David Loram, British vice-admiral (Supreme Allied Commander), dies at 86