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Birthdays occurring on June, 11
| 1880 |
Jeannette Rankin was born on June 11, 1880
American politician She was the first woman to serve in Congress (1917-19), 1880-1973The individual woman is required a thousand times a day to choose either to accept her appointed role and thereby rescue her good disposition out of the wreckage of her self-respect, or else follow an independent line of behavior and rescue her self-respect out of the wreckage of her good disposition. More quotations from Jeannette Rankin |
Deaths occurring on June, 11
| 1969 |
John L. Lewis died on June 11, 1969
president of the UMWA from 1920-1960, 1880-1969Let the workers organize. Let the toilers assemble. Let their crystallized voice proclaim their injustices and demand their privileges. Let all thoughtful citizens sustain them, for the future of Labor is the future of America. More quotations from John L. Lewis |  |
| 1979 |
John Wayne died on June 11, 1979
major American motion-picture actor who embodied the image of the strong, taciturn cowboy or soldier and who in many ways personified the idealized American values of his era. 1907-1979Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyway More quotations from John Wayne | 
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| 1989 |
Harry Whittington died on June 11, 1989
We all assume certain risks in whatever we do, whatever activities we pursue, and regardless of how experienced, careful and dedicated we are. Accidents do and will happen, and that's what happened. More quotations from Harry Whittington |
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