April 11
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April 11 is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (103rd in leap years). There are 264 days remaining.
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Events
- 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.
- 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
- 1941 - World War II: The Luftwaffe bombs Coventry, England
- 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
- 1968 - Lyndon 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.
- 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 († 211)
- 1357 - King John I of Portugal
- 1492 - Margaret of Navarre, Queen of Navarre and writer († 1549)
- 1723 - Franz Anton Bustelli, porcelain moulder († 1763)
- 1810 - Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, soldier and orientalist († 1895)
- 1819 - [[Charles Hall�]], pianist and conductor († 1895)
- 1825 - Ferdinand Lassalle, politician († 1864)
- 1866 - Annie Sullivan, teacher of Helen Keller († 1936)
- 1869 - Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor († 1943)
- 1883 - Hozumi Shigeto, Japanese author († 1951)
- 1893 - Dean Acheson, former United States Secretary of State († 1971)
- 1896 - Wieland Herzfelde, publisher and author († 1989)
- 1906 - Dale Messick, cartoonist
- 1908 - Leo Rosten, humorist, author († 1997)
- 1913 - Oleg Cassini, fashion designer
- 1920 - Marlen Haushofer, author († 1990)
- 1930 - Anton LaVey, founder of the Church of Satan († 1997)
- 1932 - Joel Grey, singer, actor
- 1944 - John Milius, director, writer
- 1949 - Bernd Eichinger, film producer
- 1951 - Doris McGowen Beck Angleton, Houston, Texas socialite († 1997)
- 1953 - Andrew Wiles, Mathematician
- 1953 - Guy Verhofstadt, prime minister of Belgium
- 1966 - Lisa Stansfield, singer
Deaths
- 1873 - Gen E. R. S. Canby, US Army General
- 1906 - Francis Pharcellus Church, American editor and publisher
- 1916 - Richard Harding Davis, author
- 1917 - Scott Joplin, composer, musician
- 1926 - Luther Burbank, botanist
- 1970 - John O'Hara, author
- 1987 - Erskine Caldwell, author
- 1987 - Primo Levi, chemist, composer, librettist, author
- 2001 - Harry Secombe, actor, comedian, member of The Goon Show
Holidays and observances
See also:
April 10 - April 12 - March 11 - May 11 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
References
- Adapted from the Wikipedia article, "April 11" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_11 December 16, 2003
