Today is Sunday, June 11, the 162nd day of 2017. There are 203 days left in the year.

Today’s Birthdays: Former US Representative Charles B. Rangel is 87. Comedian Johnny Brown is 80. International Motorsports Hall of Famer Jackie Stewart is 78. TV personality Mehmet Oz, M.D., is 57. Christian rock musician Ryan Shrout is 37. Actor Shia LaBeouf is 31.

In 1258, the Oxford Parliament (also known as the ‘‘Mad Parliament’’) convened during the reign of King Henry III, who agreed to the creation of a privy council that would advise him and provide oversight, an arrangement which did not last.

In 1770, Captain James Cook, commander of the British ship Endeavour, ‘‘discovered’’ the Great Barrier Reef off Australia by running onto it.

In 1919, Sir Barton won the Belmont Stakes, becoming horse racing’s first Triple Crown winner.

In 1962, three prisoners at Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay staged an escape, leaving the island on a makeshift raft; they were never found or heard from again.

In 1977, a 20-day hostage drama in the Netherlands ended as Dutch marines stormed a train and a school held by Moluccan extremists; six gunmen and two hostages on the train were killed. Seattle Slew won the Belmont Stakes, capturing the Triple Crown.

In 1993, the US Supreme Court ruled that people who commit ‘‘hate crimes’’ motivated by bigotry may be sentenced to extra punishment; the court also ruled religious groups had a constitutional right to sacrifice animals in worship services.