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June 11:

Television series

• 1860 - The Man and the Challenge, a science fiction adventure television series, finishes airing on NBC
• 1964 - Space Patrol, a British science-fiction television series featuring marionettes, finishes airing on Associated British

Births

• 1912 - James Algar (d. 1998), an American film director, screenwriter, and producer who worked on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and other Disney films

Deaths

• 1936 - Robert E. Howard (b. 1906), an American author of pulp fiction, most well known for his Conan the Barbarian series
• 1986 - Chesley Bonestell (b. 1888), a painter, designer and illustrator who was a major influence on science fiction art and illustration. He is known as the "Father of Modern Space Art".