On this day, June 11 …



2001: Timothy McVeigh is executed by injection at the federal prison in Terre Haute, Ind., for the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 people.

Also on this day:

1776: The Continental Congress forms a committee to draft a Declaration of Independence calling for freedom from Britain.

The Continental Congress forms a committee to draft a Declaration of Independence calling for freedom from Britain. 1962: Three prisoners at Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay stage an escape, leaving the island on a makeshift raft; they would never be found or heard from again.

1982 : "ET the Extra-Terrestrial" is released. It would become one of the most beloved films of all time.

: 1985: Karen Ann Quinlan, the comatose patient whose case prompted a historic right-to-die court decision, dies in Morris Plains, N.J., at age 31.

1986: The John Hughes comedy "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," starring Matthew Broderick, was released by Paramount Pictures.

1987: Margaret Thatcher becomes the first British prime minister in 160 years to win a third consecutive term of office as her Conservatives hold onto a reduced majority in Parliament.

1993: The Steven Spielberg film “Jurassic Park” opens in wide release two days after its world premiere in Washington, D.C.

The Steven Spielberg film “Jurassic Park” opens in wide release two days after its world premiere in Washington, D.C. 2009: With swine flu reported in more than 70 nations, the World Health Organization declares the first global flu pandemic in 41 years.