Historical overview of events on June 11 and 12

On June 11, historical events included the 1903 assassination of King Alexander I and Queen Draga of Serbia, the 1955 Le Mans racing disaster, and the 1963 resignation of Greek Prime Minister Constantine Karamanlis. Later, Timothy McVeigh was executed in 2001 for the Oklahoma City bombing, and in 2015, Greek state television resumed broadcasts. On June 12, 1917, King Constantine of Greece abdicated, while the Chaco War ended in 1935. Boris Yeltsin won the first direct Russian presidential election in 1991. The year 2005 marked Kuwait's appointment of its first female cabinet minister, Massouma al-Mubarak. In 2007, the UN war crimes tribunal sentenced Milan Martic to 35 years in prison. Finally, in 2008, Taiwan and China agreed to resume direct passenger flights for the first time in 60 years.