April 11

is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (102nd in leap years). There are 264 days remaining.

Events

1241 - Batu Khan defeats Béla IV of Hungary at the Battle of Muhi.
1512 - War of the League of Cambrai: French forces led by Gaston de Foix was victorious in the Battle of Ravenna.
1713 - War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne's War): Treaty of Utrecht.
1775 - Last execution for witchcraft in Germany.
1865 - Abraham Lincoln makes his last public speech.
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.
1905 - Einstein reveals Theory of Relativity.
1915 - Charlie Chaplin releases The Tramp.
1919 - International Labour Organization founded.
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.
1951 - Korean War: President Harry S. Truman relieves General Douglas MacArthur of overall command in Korea.
1957 - Britain agrees to Singapore self rule.
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.
1983 - The film 'Gandhi' wins 8 Oscars
1987 - The London Agreement is secretly signed between Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Shimon Peres and King Hussein of Jordan.
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.
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.
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.
2006 - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that Iran has successfully enriched uranium.

Births

146 - Septimius Severus, Roman Emperor (d. 211)
1357 - King John I of Portugal "the One With Good Memory" (d. 1433)
1374 - Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March, heir to the throne of England (d. 1398)
1492 - Marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre (d. 1549)
1592 - John Eliot, English statesman (d. 1632)
1705 - William Cookworthy, English chemist (d. 1780)
1721 - David Zeisberger, Moravian missionary (d. 1808)
1722 - Christopher Smart, English poet (d. 1771)
1755 - James Parkinson, English physician (d. 1824)
1769 - Jean Lannes, French marshal (d. 1809)
1798 - Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist (d. 1854)
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)
1852 - Cap Anson, American baseball player (d. 1922)
1862 - Charles Evans Hughes, 11th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1948)
1867 - Dr. Mark Keppel, County Superintendent of Los Angeles County Schools from 1902-1928 (d. 1928)
1869 - Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (d. 1943)
1876 - Paul Henry, Northern Irish artist (d. 1958)
1883 - Hozumi Shigeto, Japanese author (d. 1951)
1889 - Nick LaRocca, American musician (d. 1961)
1890 - Donna Rachele Mussolini, Italian, wife of Benito Mussolini (d. 1979)
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)
1910 - António de Spínola, Portuguese general and politician (d. 1996)
1911 - Stanislawa Walasiewicz, Polish-born runner (d. 1980)
1913 - Oleg Cassini, American fashion designer (d. 2006)
1914 - Robert Stanfield, Premier of Nova Scotia (d. 2003)
1916 - Alberto Ginastera, Argentine composer (d. 1983)
1917 - David Westheimer, American novelist (d. 2005)
1928 - Ethel Kennedy, wife of Robert F. Kennedy
1930 - Anton LaVey, American founder of the Church of Satan (d. 1997)
1931 - Johnny Sheffield, American actor
1932 - Joel Grey, American singer and actor
1935 - Richard Berry, American singer, and composer (d. 1997)
1935 - Richard Kuklinski, mafia hitman (d. 2006)
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)
1959 - Frank C Scott, Australian photo-journalist
1960 - Jeremy Clarkson, British journalist
1961 - Doug Hopkins, American musician
1962 - Vincent Gallo, American actor
1963 - Chris Ferguson, American poker player
1966 - Mason Reese, American actor
1966 - Lisa Stansfield, English singer
1968 - Sergey Lukyanenko, Russian author
1970 - Trevor Linden, Canadian professional hockey player
1971 - Oliver Riedel, German musican (Rammstein)
1972 - Jason Varitek, American baseball player
1972 - Balls Mahoney, Wrestler
1974 - Trot Nixon, American baseball player
1974 - Tricia Helfer, Canadian supermodel and actress
1975 - Walid Soliman, Tunisian author
1979 - Malcolm Christie, English footballer
1980 - Mark Teixeira, American baseball player
1981 - Alessandra Ambrosio, Brazilian model
1982 - Ian Bell, English cricketer
1984 - Kelli Garner, American actress
1987 - Joss Stone, English singer

Deaths

1034 - Romanus III, Byzantine emperor (b. 1028)
1240 - Llywelyn the Great, King of Gwynedd
1554 - Thomas Wyatt the younger, English rebel (executed) (b. 1521)
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)
1798 - Karl Wilhelm Ramler, German poet (b. 1725)
1856 - Juan Santamaría, national hero of Costa Rica (b. 1831)
1861 - Francisco González Bocanegra, Mexican poet (b. 1824)
1873 - Edward Canby, U.S. general (assassinated) (b. 1817)
1906 - James Anthony Bailey, American circus impresario (b. 1847)
1906 - Francis Pharcellus Church, American editor and publisher (b. 1839)
1916 - Richard Harding Davis, American author (b. 1864)
1926 - Luther Burbank, American botanist (b. 1849)
1958 - Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter (b. 1875)
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)
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)
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)

Holidays and observances

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:

External links

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Events

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Deaths

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