TODAY in HISTORY

Today is Monday, June 11, the 122nd day of 2018. There are 203 days left in the year.

1118 Roger of Salerno, Prince of Antioch, captures Azaz from the Seljuk Turks.

1345 The megas doux Alexios Apokaukos, chief minister of the Byzantine Empire, is lynched by political prisoners.

1488 Battle of Sauchieburn: Fought between rebel Lords and James III of Scotland, resulting in the death of the king.

1748 Denmark adopts the characteristic Nordic Cross flag later taken up by all other Scandinavian countries.

1805 A fire consumes large portions of Detroit in the Michigan Territory.

1892 The Limelight Department, one of the world’s first film studios, is officially established in Melbourne, Australia.

1903 A group of Serbian officers stormed the royal palace and assassinated King Alexander Obrenovic and his wife, Queen Draga.

1919 Sir Barton wins the Belmont Stakes, becoming the first horse to win the US Triple Crown.

1935 Inventor Edwin Armstrong gives the first public demonstration of FM broadcasting in the United States at Alpine, New Jersey.

1962 Frank Morris, John Anglin and Clarence Anglin allegedly become the only prisoners to escape from the prison on Alcatraz Island.

1963 John F. Kennedy addresses Americans from the Oval Office proposing the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which would revolutionize American society by guaranteeing equal access to public facilities, ending segregation in education, and guaranteeing federal protection for voting rights.

1968 Lloyd J. Old identified the first cell surface antigens that could differentiate among different cell types.

1970 After being appointed on May 15, Anna Mae Hays and Elizabeth P. Hoisington officially receive their ranks as US Army Generals, becoming the first females to do so.

1978 Altaf Hussain founds the student political movement All Pakistan Muhajir Students Organisation ( APMSO) in Karachi University.

1987 Diane Abbott, Paul Boateng and Bernie Grant are elected as the first black MPs in Great Britain.

1998 Compaq Computer pays US$ 9 billion for Digital Equipment Corporation in the largest high- tech acquisition.

2001 Timothy McVeigh is executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.

2002 Antonio Meucci is acknowledged as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress.