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1952 74 years ago Notable Births June 11

Donnie Van Zant, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

On June 11, in the year 1952, Donnie Van Zant, American singer-songwriter and guitarist. This event is recorded as a Notable Births event in the history of June 11, one of 363 recorded events on this date across all of history.

1 notable person is associated with this event, including Donnie Van Zant. Learn more below.

Donald Newton Van Zant is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is best known as a member of the band 38 Special, from its formation in 1974 until 2013. Van Zant was the original lead vocalist for the band, appearing in that role on their first two studio albums. He is the middle of three sons; his older brother Ronnie was the original lead singer for Lynyrd Skynyrd who died in a 1977 plane crash in Mississippi, and his younger brother Johnny has been the lead singer for Lynyrd Skynyrd since 1987.

Key Facts

  • This event took place on June 11, 1952 (AD era).
  • It is categorised as a Notable Births event in recorded history.
  • Referenced in 1 Wikipedia article.
  • 1 notable person is recorded as involved in or associated with this event.
  • Wikipedia source last updated on 16 May 2026.

On This Date in History 363

Type Year Date Event
Notable Deaths 2025 Jun 11 Brian Wilson, American singer and songwriter, co-founder of the Beach Boys (born 1942)
Notable Deaths 2024 Jun 11 Tony Lo Bianco, American actor (born 1936)
Notable Deaths 2024 Jun 11 Howard Fineman, American journalist (born 1948)
Notable Deaths 2024 Jun 11 Françoise Hardy, French singer-songwriter and actress (born 1944)
Notable Deaths 2024 Jun 11 Majed Abu Maraheel, Palestinian long-distance runner and football player (born 1963)
Notable Deaths 2022 Jun 11 Hilary Devey, English businesswoman, television presenter (born 1957)
Notable Deaths 2020 Jun 11 Stella Pevsner, children's author (born 1921)
Notable Deaths 2019 Jun 11 Billy McKee, Irish republican and founding member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army (born 1921)
Notable Deaths 2016 Jun 11 Rudi Altig, German track and road racing cyclist (born 1937)
Notable Deaths 2015 Jun 11 Ornette Coleman, American saxophonist, violinist, trumpet player, and composer (born 1930)
Notable Deaths 2015 Jun 11 Ian McKechnie, Scottish footballer and manager (born 1941)
Notable Deaths 2015 Jun 11 Ron Moody, English actor and singer (born 1924)
Notable Deaths 2015 Jun 11 Dusty Rhodes, American wrestler (born 1945)
Notable Deaths 2014 Jun 11 Ruby Dee, American actress (born 1922)
Notable Deaths 2014 Jun 11 Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Spanish conductor and composer (born 1933)
Notable Deaths 2014 Jun 11 Susan B
Notable Deaths 2014 Jun 11 Mipham Chokyi Lodro, Tibetan lama and educator (born 1952)
Notable Deaths 2014 Jun 11 Benjamin Mophatlane, South African businessman (born 1973)
Historical Events 2013 Jun 11 Greece's public broadcaster ERT is shut down by then-prime minister Antonis Samaras
Notable Deaths 2013 Jun 11 Miller Barber, American golfer (born 1931)
Notable Deaths 2013 Jun 11 Robert Fogel, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1926)
Notable Deaths 2013 Jun 11 Kristiāns Pelšs, Latvian ice hockey player (born 1992)
Notable Deaths 2013 Jun 11 Vidya Charan Shukla, Indian politician, Indian Minister of External Affairs (born 1929)
Historical Events 2012 Jun 11 75 people die in a landslide triggered by two earthquakes in Afghanistan; an entire village is buried
Notable Deaths 2012 Jun 11 Ann Rutherford, Canadian-American actress (born 1917)
Notable Deaths 2012 Jun 11 Teófilo Stevenson, Cuban boxer and engineer (born 1952)
Selected Events 2012 Jun 11 Two earthquakes struck northern Afghanistan, triggering a massive landslide that buried a village and killed 75 people
Notable Deaths 2011 Jun 11 Eliyahu M
Selected Events 2011 Jun 11 The semi-professional English football club Gedling Town F
Historical Events 2010 Jun 11 The first African FIFA World Cup kicks off in South Africa
Historical Events 2008 Jun 11 Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper makes a historic official apology to Canada's First Nations in regard to abuses a
Historical Events 2008 Jun 11 The Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is launched into orbit
Notable Deaths 2008 Jun 11 Ove Andersson, Swedish race car driver (born 1938)
Notable Deaths 2008 Jun 11 Võ Văn Kiệt, Vietnamese soldier and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Vietnam (born 1922)
Selected Events 2008 Jun 11 Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper apologised to the First Nations for past governments' policies of forced assimila
Historical Events 2007 Jun 11 Mudslides in Chittagong, Bangladesh, kill 130 people
Notable Deaths 2007 Jun 11 Mala Powers, American actress (born 1931)
Selected Events 2007 Jun 11 Mudslides caused by heavy monsoon rainfall and exacerbated by hill cutting killed at least 128 people in Chittagong, Ban
Notable Deaths 2006 Jun 11 Neroli Fairhall, New Zealand archer (born 1944)
Notable Deaths 2005 Jun 11 Vasco Gonçalves, Portuguese general and politician, 103rd Prime Minister of Portugal (born 1922)
Notable Deaths 2005 Jun 11 Anne-Marie Alonzo, Canadian playwright, poet, novelist, critic and publisher (born 1951)
Historical Events 2004 Jun 11 Cassini–Huygens makes its closest flyby of the Saturn moon Phoebe
Notable Births 2004 Jun 11 Katrina Scott, American tennis player
Notable Deaths 2004 Jun 11 Egon von Fürstenberg, Swiss fashion designer (born 1946)
Notable Deaths 2003 Jun 11 David Brinkley, American journalist and author (born 1920)
Historical Events 2002 Jun 11 Antonio Meucci is acknowledged as the first inventor of the telephone by the United States Congress
Historical Events 2001 Jun 11 Timothy McVeigh is executed for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing
Notable Births 2001 Jun 11 Billy Gilmour, Scottish footballer
Notable Deaths 2001 Jun 11 Timothy McVeigh, American terrorist (born 1968)
Notable Deaths 2001 Jun 11 Amalia Mendoza, Mexican singer and actress (born 1923)

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