April 11
is the 101st day of the year in the
Gregorian calendar (102nd in
leap years). There are 264 days remaining.
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1241 -
Batu Khan defeats
Béla IV of Hungary at the
Battle of Muhi.
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1512 -
War of the League of Cambrai:
French forces led by
Gaston de Foix was victorious in the
Battle of Ravenna.
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1713 -
War of the Spanish Succession (
Queen Anne's War):
Treaty of Utrecht.
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1775 - Last execution for
witchcraft in
Germany.
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1856 -
Juan Santamaria burns down the hostel were
William Walker's filibusters were.
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1865 -
Abraham Lincoln makes his last public speech.
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1868 - The
Shogunate is abolished in
Japan.
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1876 - The
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.
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1888 - The
Concertgebouw in
Amsterdam is inaugurated.
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1899 -
Spain cedes
Puerto Rico to the
United States.
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1905 -
Einstein reveals
Theory of Relativity.
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1915 -
Charlie Chaplin releases
The Tramp.
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1919 -
International Labour Organization founded.
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1921 - First sports broadcast on the
radio.
* 1921 - The
Emirate of Transjordan is created.
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1945 -
World War II:
United States forces liberate
Buchenwald concentration camp.
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1951 -
Korean War:
President Harry S. Truman relieves
General Douglas MacArthur of overall command in
Korea.
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1957 - Britain agrees to
Singapore self rule.
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1961 -
Bob Dylan makes his singing début in
New York City.
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1965 -
The Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak: Fifty-one tornadoes hit in six
Midwestern states killing 256 people.
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1968 -
Lyndon B. Johnson signs the
Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
* 1968 -
German student leader
Rudi Dutschke is shot in
Berlin.
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1970 -
Apollo 13 is launched.
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1979 -
Ugandan dictator
Idi Amin is deposed.
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1981 - A massive
riot in
Brixton,
South London, results in almost 300 police injuries and 65 serious civilian injuries.
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1983 - The film 'Gandhi' wins 8 Oscars
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1984 -
Advance Australia Fair becomes the
National Anthem of
Australia*
1987 - The
London Agreement is secretly signed between
Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister
Shimon Peres and
King Hussein of
Jordan.
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2001 - The detained crew of a
United States EP-3E aircraft that landed in
Hainan,
People's Republic of China after a collision with an
J-8 fighter is released.
* 2001 -
Australia beat
American Samoa 31-0 in a
2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying game, an international record.
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2002 - The
Ghriba synagogue bombing by
Al Qaeda kills 21 in
Tunisia.
* 2002 - An
attempted coup d'état in
Venezuela against
President Hugo Chávez began.
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2005 -
Chelsea Cooley becomes
Miss USA 2005 after winning the title out of 50 other states. She is the first ever winner from the state of
North Carolina.
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2006 - Iranian President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that
Iran has successfully enriched
uranium.
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146 -
Septimius Severus,
Roman Emperor (d.
211)
*
1357 - King
John I of Portugal "the One With Good Memory" (d.
1433)
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1374 -
Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, heir to the throne of England (d.
1398)
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1492 -
Marguerite of Navarre, wife of
Henry II of Navarre (d.
1549)
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1592 -
John Eliot, English statesman (d.
1632)
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1705 -
William Cookworthy, English chemist (d.
1780)
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1721 -
David Zeisberger, Moravian missionary (d.
1808)
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1722 -
Christopher Smart, English poet (d.
1771)
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1755 -
James Parkinson, English physician (d.
1824)
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1769 -
Jean Lannes, French marshal (d.
1809)
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1798 -
Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist (d.
1854)
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1810 - Sir
Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, English soldier and orientalist (d.
1895)
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1819 -
Charles Hallé, German pianist and conductor (d.
1895)
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1825 -
Ferdinand Lassalle, German politician (d.
1864)
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1852 -
Cap Anson, American baseball player (d.
1922)
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1862 -
Charles Evans Hughes, 11th
Chief Justice of the United States (d.
1948)
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1867 -
Dr. Mark Keppel,
County Superintendent of
Los Angeles County Schools from 1902-1928 (d.
1928)
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1869 -
Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (d.
1943)
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1876 -
Paul Henry, Northern Irish artist (d.
1958)
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1883 -
Hozumi Shigeto, Japanese author (d.
1951)
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1889 -
Nick LaRocca, American musician (d.
1961)
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1890 -
Donna Rachele Mussolini, Italian, wife of
Benito Mussolini (d.
1979)
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1893 -
Dean Acheson,
U.S. Secretary of State (d.
1971)
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1900 -
Sandor Marai, Hungarian writer (d.
1989)
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1906 -
Dale Messick, American cartoonist (d.
2005)
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1908 -
Leo Rosten, American humorist and author (d.
1997)
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1910 -
António de Spínola, Portuguese general and politician (d.
1996)
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1911 -
Stanislawa Walasiewicz, Polish-born runner (d.
1980)
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1913 -
Oleg Cassini, American fashion designer (d.
2006)
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1914 -
Robert Stanfield, Premier of Nova Scotia (d.
2003)
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1916 -
Alberto Ginastera, Argentine composer (d.
1983)
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1917 -
David Westheimer, American novelist (d.
2005)
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1921 -
Jim Hearn, baseball player (d.
1998)
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1928 -
Ethel Kennedy, wife of Robert F. Kennedy
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1930 -
Anton LaVey, American founder of the Church of Satan (d.
1997)
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1931 -
Johnny Sheffield, American actor
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1932 -
Joel Grey, American singer and actor
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1935 -
Richard Berry, American singer, and composer (d.
1997)
* 1935 -
Richard Kuklinski, mafia hitman (d.
2006)
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1938 -
Kurt Moll, German bass
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1939 -
Louise Lasser, American actress
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1944 -
John Milius, American director and writer
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1946 -
Bob Harris, British disc jockey and presenter
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1947 -
Peter Riegert, American actor
* 1947 -
Meshach Taylor, American actor
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1949 -
Bernd Eichinger, German film producer
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1951 -
Doris McGowen Beck Angleton, American socialite (d.
1997)
* 1951 -
James Patrick Kelly, American author
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1953 -
Andrew Wiles, British mathematician
* 1953 -
Guy Verhofstadt,
Prime Minister of Belgium*
1955 -
Kevin Brady, American politician
* 1955 -
Michael Callen, American singer and songwriter (d.
1993)
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1958 -
Stuart Adamson, British musician (
Big Country) (d.
2001)
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1959 -
Frank C Scott, Australian photo-journalist
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1960 -
Jeremy Clarkson, British journalist
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1961 -
Doug Hopkins, American musician
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1962 -
Vincent Gallo, American actor
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1963 -
Chris Ferguson, American poker player
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1966 -
Mason Reese, American actor
* 1966 -
Lisa Stansfield, English singer
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1968 -
Sergey Lukyanenko, Russian author
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1970 -
Trevor Linden, Canadian professional hockey player
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1971 -
Oliver Riedel, German musican (
Rammstein)
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1972 -
Jason Varitek, American baseball player
* 1972 -
Balls Mahoney, American professional wrestler
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1974 -
Trot Nixon, American baseball player
* 1974 -
Tricia Helfer, Canadian supermodel and actress
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1975 -
Walid Soliman, Tunisian author
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1978 -
Josh Hancock, baseball player
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1979 -
Malcolm Christie, English footballer
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1980 -
Mark Teixeira, American baseball player
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1981 -
Alessandra Ambrosio, Brazilian model
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1982 -
Ian Bell, English cricketer
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1984 -
Kelli Garner, American actress
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1987 -
Joss Stone, English singer
*
1034 -
Romanus III,
Byzantine emperor (b.
1028)
*
1240 -
Llywelyn the Great,
King of Gwynedd*
1554 -
Thomas Wyatt the younger, English rebel (executed) (b.
1521)
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1612 -
Emanuel van Meteren, Flemish historian (b.
1535)
* 1612 -
Edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (burned at the stake) (b.
1566)
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1626 -
Marin Getaldić, Croatian mathematician (b.
1568)
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1712 -
Richard Simon, French Biblical critic (b.
1638)
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1723 -
John Robinson, English diplomat (b.
1650)
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1798 -
Karl Wilhelm Ramler, German poet (b.
1725)
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1856 -
Juan Santamaría, national hero of Costa Rica (b.
1831)
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1861 -
Francisco González Bocanegra, Mexican poet (b.
1824)
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1873 -
Edward Canby, U.S. general (assassinated) (b.
1817)
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1906 -
James Anthony Bailey, American circus impresario (b.
1847)
* 1906 -
Francis Pharcellus Church, American editor and publisher (b.
1839)
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1916 -
Richard Harding Davis, American author (b.
1864)
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1926 -
Luther Burbank, American botanist (b.
1849)
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1953 -
Kid Nichols, baseball player (b.
1869)
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1958 -
Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter (b.
1875)
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1970 -
Cathy O'Donnell, American actress (b.
1923)
* 1970 -
John O'Hara, American author (b.
1905)
*
1977 -
Jacques Prévert, French poet and screenwriter (b.
1900)
*
1983 -
Dolores del Rio, Mexican actress (b.
1905)
*
1985 -
Enver Hoxha, Albanian
Communist dictator (b.
1908)
* 1985 -
Bunny Ahearne, Hockey promoter
*
1987 -
Erskine Caldwell, American author (b.
1903)
* 1987 -
Primo Levi, Italian chemist, composer, librettist, and author (b.
1919)
*
1991 -
Walker Cooper, baseball player (b.
*
1992 -
Kay Irizarry, cousin of taixa toro
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1996 -
Jessica Dubroff, American pilot (b.
1988)
*
1999 -
Jean Vander Pyl, American voice actress (b.
1919)
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2001 -
Harry Secombe, Welsh actor and comedian (b.
1921)
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2003 -
Cecil Howard Green, British-born geophysicist and businessman (b.
1900)
*
2005 -
André François, French cartoonist (b.
1915)
* 2005 -
Lucien Laurent, French footballer (b.
1907)
*
2006 -
DeShaun Holton, also known as
Proof, American rapper of the group
D12 (b.
1973)
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Juan Santamaría Day, anniversary of his death in the Battle of
Rivas (State holiday in
Costa Rica).
Liturgical feasts
*The
Feast Day of Martyr Antipas in the
Greek Orthodox Church.In the Catholic church:
*
Saint Daniël of Grimbergen*
Saint Stanislas*
Saint Gemma of Lucca *
Saint Godeberta*
BBC: On This Day*
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