Today in History: Wednesday, June 11, the 162nd day of 2014

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Today’s Highlights in History:
On June 11, 1864, German composer Richard Strauss, known for such operas as "Der
Rosenkavalier," "Salome" and "Elektra" and tone poems like "Also sprach
Zarathustra," was born in Munich.
On this date:
In 1509, England’s King Henry VIII married his first wife, Catherine of Aragon.
In 1919, Sir Barton won the Belmont Stakes, becoming horse racing’s first Triple Crown winner.
In 1942, the United States and the Soviet Union signed a lend-lease agreement to aid the Soviet war
effort in World War II.
In 1962, three prisoners at Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay staged an escape, leaving the island on a
makeshift raft; they were never found or heard from again.
In 2001, Timothy McVeigh, 33, was executed by injection at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana,
for the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 people.
Ten years ago: The nation bade a lingering goodbye to former President Ronald Reagan at a stately funeral
service in Washington, D.C.

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