History for June 11 - On-This-Day.com
Jacques Cousteau (Jacques-Yves Cousteau) 1910 - Naval officer, explorer, ecologist, filmmaker, Vince Lombardi 1913 - Football coach, William Styron 1925 - Novelist and essayist
Gene Wilder 1935 - Actor, Adrienne Barbeau (Adrienne Jo Barbeau) 1945 - Actress, author, Joe Montana 1956 - Football player
1990 - The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a law that would prohibit the desecration of the American Flag.
1993 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that people who commit "hate crimes" could be sentenced to extra punishment. The court also ruled in favor of religious groups saying that they indeed had a constitutional right to sacrifice animals during worship services.
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