On this day
June 11, 1941
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Headlines from June 11, 1941
CRETE IS EXPLAINED; Churchill Says Battle on Island Was Part of Near East Efforts LISTS 15,000 MEN LOST Stresses That British Troops Suffer as Heavy Casualties as Those of Dominions CRETE IS EXPLAINED IN CHURCHILL TALK
Churchill answers critics on Crete campaign, Commons
U.S.ALREADYINWAR, MUSSOLINI CHARGES; Says We Can Only Lengthen Conflict -- Claims Japan Will Fight With Axis MUSSOLINI CHARGES U.S. IS IN THE WAR
Mussolini promises ultimate victory, Chamber of Fasces and Guilds
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BRITISH HELD BACK IN LEVANT CLASHES; Fall of Damascus Is Believed Near as Other Drives Menace Beirut and Reach Turkey BRITISH HELD BACK IN LEVANT CLASHES
planes, believed German, raid Haifa, Palestine
Notable Births

1941Tony Whitford, Canadian politician (died 2024)[โ ]
Anthony Wilfred James Whitford was a Canadian politician, who served as the commissioner of the Northwest Territories from 2005 to 2010.
Notable Deaths
1941Daniel Carter Beard, American author and illustrator, founded the Boy Scouts of America (born 1850)[โ ]
Daniel Carter "Uncle Dan" Beard was an American illustrator, author, youth leader, Georgist and social reformer who founded the Sons of Daniel Boone in 1905, which Beard later merged with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA).