June 11th

    June 11th 1917

T.E. Lawrence attacks a bridge at Ras Baalbek.
Lawrence and his Brough Superiors

    June 11th 1939

Harold Willis died.
Willis was the main force behind the supercharged Velocette Roarer, which completed just one practice lap of the TT with Stanley Woods at the helm. It was withdrawn from the Senior TT as Willis had entered hospital with meningitis, and died two days after the day it lapped the IOM course.
Velocette Roarer

    June 11th, 1972

Wyman Priddy wins the 5th round of the AMA Motocross National Championship 500cc class on a CZ 400. He was inducted to the Texas Motocross Hall of Fame in 2012.
Wyman Priddy