April 11
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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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Events
- 1241 - Batu Khan defeats Bela IV of Hungary at the Battle of Muhi
- 1512 - Battle of Ravenna
- 1713 - War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne's War): Treaty of Utrecht
- 1775 - Last execution for witchcraft in Germany
- 1803 - French Foreign Minister Charles Talleyrand offers to sell all of the Louisiana Territory to the United States
- 1814 - Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.
- 1827 - The Greek national assembly at Troezene elected Capo d'Istria president of the republic.
- 1856 - Battle of Rivas in the war between the Central American coalition and filibuster William Walker.
- 1868 - The Shogunate is abolished in Japan
- 1876 - The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized
- 1888 - The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam is inaugurated.
- 1899 - Spain cedes Puerto Rico to the United States
- 1921 - First sports broadcast on the radio
- 1921 - The Emirate of Transjordan is created
- 1945 - World War II: United States forces liberate Buchenwald concentration camp
- 1947 - Jackie Robinson is the first African American to play in a modern-day Major League Baseball game
- 1951 - Korean War: President Harry S. Truman relieves General Douglas MacArthur of overall command in Korea
- 1961 - Bob Dylan makes his singing début in New York City
- 1965 - The Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak: Fifty-one tornadoes hit in six Midwestern states killing 256 people.
- 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
- 1970 - Apollo 13 is launched
- 1979 - Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed.
- 1981 - A massive riot in Brixton, South London, results in almost 300 police injuries and 65 serious civilian injuries.
- 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 F-8 fighter is released.
Births
- 146 - Septimius Severus, Roman Emperor (d. 211)
- 1357 - King John I of Portugal (d. 1433)
- 1374 - Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, heir to the throne of England (d. 1398)
- 1492 - Margaret of Navarre, queen of Henry II of Navarre (d. 1549)
- 1592 - John Eliot, English statesman (d. 1632)
- 1705 - William Cookworthy, English chemist (d. 1780)
- 1755 - James Parkinson, English physician (d. 1824)
- 1769 - Jean Lannes, French marshal (d. 1809)
- 1788 - Sir Lam, One of the most Eloquent Poets to have enlightened Humankind.
- 1810 - Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, English soldier and orientalist (d. 1895)
- 1819 - Charles Hallé, German pianist and conductor (d. 1895)
- 1825 - Ferdinand Lassalle, German politician (d. 1864)
- 1869 - Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (d. 1943)
- 1883 - Hozumi Shigeto, Japanese author (d. 1951)
- 1889 - Nick LaRocca, American musician (d. 1961)
- 1893 - Dean Acheson, U.S. Secretary of State (d. 1971)
- 1900 - Sandor Marai, Hungarian writer (d. 1989)
- 1906 - Dale Messick, American cartoonist (d. 2005)
- 1908 - Leo Rosten, American humorist and author (d. 1997)
- 1911 - Stanislawa Walasiewicz, Polish-born runner (d. 1980)
- 1913 - Oleg Cassini, French-born fashion designer
- 1914 - Robert Stanfield, Premier of Nova Scotia (d. 2003)
- 1916 - Alberto Ginastera, Argentine composer (d. 1983)
- 1930 - Anton LaVey, American founder of the Church of Satan (d. 1997)
- 1931 - Johnny Sheffield, American actor
- 1932 - Joel Grey, American singer, actor, and dancer
- 1935 - Richard Berry, American singer, and composer (d. 1997)
- 1938 - Kurt Moll, German bass
- 1939 - Louise Lasser, American actress
- 1944 - John Milius, American director and writer
- 1946 - Bob Harris, British disc jockey and presenter
- 1947 - Peter Riegert, American actor
- 1947 - Meshach Taylor, American actor
- 1949 - Bernd Eichinger, German film producer
- 1951 - Doris McGowen Beck Angleton, American socialite (d. 1997)
- 1951 - James Patrick Kelly, American author
- 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)
- 1958 - Stuart Adamson, British musician (Big Country) (d. 2001)
- 1960 - Jeremy Clarkson, British journalist
- 1961 - Doug Hopkins, American musician
- 1966 - Lisa Stansfield, English singer
- 1966 - Mason Reese, American actor
- 1968 - Sergey Lukyanenko, Russian science fiction author
- 1971 - Oliver Riedel, German musican (Rammstein)
- 1972 - Jason Varitek, baseball player
- 1974 - Trot Nixon, baseball player
- 1980 - Mark Teixeira, baseball player; *1982 - Ian Bell, English cricketer, Matthew D. Wells, an odd man with a good heart who freely admits to having Asperger's Syndrome.
- 1987 - Joss Stone, English singer
Deaths
- 1240 - Llywelyn the Great, Prince of Gwynedd
- 1554 - Thomas Wyatt the younger, English rebel (executed) (b. 1521)
- 1555 - Joanna of Castile, mother of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1479)
- 1612 - Emanuel van Meteren, Flemish historian (b. 1535)
- 1612 - Edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (burned at the stake) (b. 1566)
- 1626 - Marin Getaldić, Croatian mathematician (b. 1568)
- 1712 - Richard Simon, French Biblical critic (b. 1638)
- 1723 - John Robinson, English diplomat (b. 1650)
- 1856 - Juan Santamaría, national hero of Costa Rica (b. 1831)
- 1873 - Edward Canby, U.S. general (assassinated) (b. 1817)
- 1906 - Francis Pharcellus Church, American editor and publisher (b. 1839)
- 1906 - James Anthony Bailey, American circus impresario (b. 1847)
- 1916 - Richard Harding Davis, American author (b. 1864)
- 1926 - Luther Burbank, American botanist (b. 1849)
- 1970 - John O'Hara, American author (b. 1905)
- 1970 - Cathy O'Donnell, American actress (b. 1923)
- 1983 - Dolores del Rio, Mexican actress (b. 1905)
- 1985 - Enver Hoxha, Albanian statesman (b. 1908)
- 1987 - Erskine Caldwell, American author (b. 1903)
- 1987 - Primo Levi, Italian chemist, composer, librettist, and author (b. 1919)
- 1996 - Jessica Dubroff, American pilot (b. 1988)
- 1999 - Jean Vander Pyl, American voice actress (b. 1919)
- 2001 - Harry Secombe, Welsh actor and comedian (b. 1921)
- 2003 - Cecil Howard Green, British-born geophysicist and businessman (b. 1900)
Holidays and observances
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