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Highlights of April 11

2023 — A Myanmar Air Force airstrike killed at least 100 villagers in Pazigyi. Read more
2017 — The tour bus of the German football team Borussia Dortmund was attacked with roadside bombs in Dortmund, killing a police officer and injuring one of the team's players. Read more
2011 — A bomb exploded at Oktyabrskaya station on the Minsk Metro in Belarus, killing 15 people and injuring more than 200. Read more
2002 — In a coup attempt, members of the Venezuelan military detained President Hugo Chávez and demanded his resignation. Read more
2001 — In a FIFA World Cup qualifying match, Australia defeated American Samoa 31–0, the largest margin of victory recorded in international football. Read more
1996 — While attempting to set a record as the youngest person to pilot an airplane across the United States, the aircraft flown by seven-year-old Jessica Dubroff crashed in Cheyenne, Wyoming, killing her and two others. Read more
1993 — Prisoners at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility near Lucasville, Ohio, rioted and took over the prison for 11 days, resulting in the deaths of one officer and nine inmates. Read more
1979 — Uganda–Tanzania War: The allied forces of Tanzania and the Uganda National Liberation Front captured the capital Kampala, deposing Ugandan president Idi Amin. Read more
1973 — On the Art of the Cinema, a treatise on film propaganda in support of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea written by the future North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, was published. Read more
1968 — Rudi Dutschke, the most prominent leader of the German student movement, survived an assassination attempt, which led to the largest protests to that date in Germany. Read more
1965 — Almost 50 confirmed tornadoes struck six states in the Midwestern United States during the Palm Sunday tornado outbreak, killing over 270 people and injuring 1,500 others. Read more
1963 — Pope John XXIII issued Pacem in terris, the first papal encyclical addressed to "all men of good will" rather than only to Catholics. Read more
1951 — U.S. president Harry S. Truman relieved General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of his commands for making public statements about the Korean War that contradicted the administration's policies. Read more
1951 — The Stone of Scone, removed months earlier by Scottish students, was found on the altar of Arbroath Abbey. Read more
1930 — Anglo-Indian hunter Jim Corbett shot the second of the man-eating tigers of Chowgarh. Read more
1921 — Emir Abdullah established the first centralised government in the recently created British protectorate of Transjordan. Read more
1919 — Paris Peace Conference: Woodrow Wilson overturns Japan's Racial Equality Proposal, stating that unanimous support was required. Read more
1913 — The cricket pavilion at the Nevill Ground was destroyed in an arson attack (damage pictured) that was attributed to militant suffragettes as part of a country-wide campaign co-ordinated by the Women's Social and Political Union. Read more
1908 — Blücher, the last armored cruiser built by the Imperial German Navy, was launched. Read more
1888 — The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, considered one of the world's finest concert halls, was inaugurated. Read more
1885 — Luton Town Football Club was founded in England. Read more
1814 — The Treaty of Fontainebleau was signed, ending the War of the Sixth Coalition and forcing Napoleon to abdicate as ruler of France and sending him into exile on Elba. Read more
1809 — Napoleonic Wars: A hastily assembled Royal Navy fleet launched an assault against the main strength of the French Atlantic Fleet; an incomplete victory led to political turmoil in Britain. Read more
1713 — The main treaties of the Peace of Utrecht were signed in Utrecht in the Dutch Republic, helping to end the War of the Spanish Succession. Read more
1689 — William III and Mary II (both pictured) were crowned joint sovereigns of England in a ceremony at Westminster Abbey. Read more
1544 — Italian War of 1542–1546: French and Spanish forces fought a massive pitched battle in the Piedmont region of Italy. Read more
491 — Anastasius I Dicorus (pictured) became the Eastern Roman emperor. Read more

Events

2023 — During the Pazigyi massacre, an airstrike conducted by the Myanmar Air Force kills at least 100 villagers in Pazigyi, Sagaing Region. Read more
2021 — Twenty-year-old Daunte Wright is shot and killed in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, by officer Kimberly Potter, sparking protests in the city, when the officer mistakes her pistol for her taser. Read more
2018 — An Ilyushin Il-76 owned and operated by the Algerian Air Force crashes near Boufarik, Algeria, killing 257. Read more
2017 — The tour bus of the German football team Borussia Dortmund is attacked with roadside bombs in Dortmund, Germany. Three bombs exploded as the bus ferried the team to the Westfalenstadion for the first leg of their quarter-final against Monaco. Read more
2012 — A pair of great earthquakes occur in the Wharton Basin west of Sumatra in Indonesia. The maximum Mercalli intensity of this strike-slip doublet earthquake is VII (Very strong). Ten are killed, twelve are injured, and a non-destructive tsunami is observed on the island of Nias. Read more
2011 — An explosion in the Minsk Metro, Belarus, kills 15 people and injures 204 others. Read more
2008 — Kata Air Transport Flight 007 crashes while attempting an emergency landing at Chișinău International Airport, killing eight. Read more
2007 — Algiers bombings: Two bombings in Algiers kill 33 people and wound a further 222 others. Read more
2006 — Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces Iran's claim to have successfully enriched uranium. Read more
2002 — The Ghriba synagogue bombing by al-Qaeda kills 21 in Tunisia. Read more
2002 — Over two hundred thousand people march in Caracas towards the presidential palace to demand the resignation of President Hugo Chávez. Nineteen protesters are killed. Read more
2001 — The detained crew of a United States EP-3E aircraft that landed in Hainan, China, after a collision with a J-8 fighter, is released. Read more
2001 — The Australia national men's soccer team sets a world record for the largest victory in an international association football match, winning the game 31–0 against American Samoa at the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifiers for OFC. Australia's Archie Thompson also breaks the record for most goals scored by a player in an international match by scoring 13 goals. Read more
1993 — Four hundred fifty prisoners riot at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, and would continue to do so for ten days, citing grievances related to prison conditions, as well as the forced vaccination of Nation of Islam prisoners (for tuberculosis) against their religious beliefs. Read more
1993 — Guillem Agulló, pro-Catalan independence and anti-fascist Valencian young activist, is assassinated by a group of Spanish nationalists and neo-nazis in Montanejos. Read more
1990 — Customs officers in Middlesbrough, England, seize what they believe to be the barrel of a massive gun on a ship bound for Iraq. Read more
1987 — The London Agreement is secretly signed between Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Shimon Peres and King Hussein of Jordan. Read more
1986 — FBI Miami Shootout: A gun battle in broad daylight in Dade County, Florida, between two bank/armored car robbers and pursuing FBI agents. During the firefight, FBI agents Jerry L. Dove and Benjamin P. Grogan are killed, while five other agents are wounded. As a result, the popular .40 S&W cartridge was developed. Read more
1982 — American-Israeli reservist Alan Harry Goodman carries out a mass shooting at the Dome of the Rock, killing two Palestinians and injuring at least seven others. Read more
1981 — A massive riot in Brixton, south London, results in almost 300 police injuries and 65 serious civilian injuries. Read more
1979 — Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed. Read more
1977 — London Transport's Silver Jubilee AEC Routemaster buses are launched. Read more
1976 — The Apple I is created. Read more
1970 — Apollo Program: Apollo 13 is launched. Read more
1968 — US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing. Read more
1968 — A failed assassination attempt on Rudi Dutschke, leader of the German student movement, leaves Dutschke suffering from brain damage. Read more
1965 — The Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965: Fifty-five tornadoes hit in six Midwestern states of the United States, killing 266 people. Read more
1964 — Brazilian Marshal Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco is elected president by the National Congress. Read more
1963 — Pope John XXIII issues Pacem in terris, the first encyclical addressed to all Christians instead of only Catholics, and which described the conditions for world peace in human terms. Read more
1961 — The trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem. Read more
1957 — United Kingdom agrees to Singaporean self-rule. Read more
1955 — The Air India Kashmir Princess is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by the Kuomintang. Read more
1952 — Bolivian National Revolution: Rebels take over Palacio Quemado. Read more
1952 — Pan Am Flight 526A ditches near San Juan-Isla Grande Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, after experiencing an engine failure, killing 52 people. Read more
1951 — Korean War: President Truman relieves Douglas MacArthur of the command of American forces in Korea and Japan. Read more
1951 — The Stone of Scone, the stone upon which Scottish monarchs were traditionally crowned, is found on the site of the altar of Arbroath Abbey. It had been taken by Scottish nationalist students from its place in Westminster Abbey. Read more
1945 — World War II: American forces liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp. Read more
1935 — Stresa Front: Opening of the conference between the British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, the Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini and the French Minister for Foreign Affairs Pierre Laval to condemn the German violations of the Treaty of Versailles. Read more
1921 — Emir Abdullah establishes the first centralised government in the newly created British protectorate of Transjordan. Read more
1909 — The city of Tel Aviv is founded. Read more
1908 — SMS Blücher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the Imperial German Navy, is launched. Read more
1885 — Luton Town F.C. is founded. Read more
1881 — Spelman College is founded in Atlanta, Georgia, as the Atlanta Baptist Female Seminary, an institute of higher education for African-American women. Read more
1876 — The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized. Read more
1871 — Funeral of Prince Alexander John of Wales at St Mary Magdalene Church, Sandringham. Read more
1868 — Former shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu surrenders Edo Castle to Imperial forces, marking the end of the Tokugawa shogunate. Read more
1856 — Second Battle of Rivas: Juan Santamaría burns down the hostel where William Walker's filibusters are holed up. Read more
1814 — The Treaty of Fontainebleau ends the War of the Sixth Coalition against Napoleon Bonaparte, and forces him to abdicate unconditionally for the first time. Read more
1809 — Battle of the Basque Roads: Admiral Lord Gambier fails to support Captain Lord Cochrane, leading to an incomplete British victory over the French fleet. Read more
1727 — Premiere of Johann Sebastian Bach's St Matthew Passion BWV 244b at St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, Electorate of Saxony (now Germany). Read more
1713 — France and Great Britain sign the Treaty of Utrecht, bringing an end to the War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne's War). Britain accepts Philip V as King of Spain, while Philip renounces any claim to the French throne. Read more
1689 — William III and Mary II are crowned as joint sovereigns of Great Britain on the same day that the Scottish Parliament concurs with the English decision of 12 February. Read more
1544 — Italian War of 1542–46: A French army defeats Habsburg forces at the Battle of Ceresole, but fails to exploit its victory. Read more
1512 — War of the League of Cambrai: Franco-Ferrarese forces led by Gaston de Foix and Alfonso I d'Este win the Battle of Ravenna against the Papal-Spanish forces. Read more
1241 — Batu Khan defeats Béla IV of Hungary at the Battle of Mohi. Read more
672 — Consecration of Pope Adeodatus II following the death of Pope Vitalian. Read more
491 — Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. Read more

Born on April 11

2014 — Arabella Stanton, British actress, plays Hermione Granger Read more
2005 — Jack Hinshelwood, English footballer Read more
2005 — Danielle Marsh, South Korean-Australian singer Read more
2002 — Jake Fraser-McGurk, Australian cricketer Read more
2001 — Manuel Ugarte, Uruguayan footballer Read more
2000 — Calen Addison, Canadian ice hockey player Read more
2000 — Milly Alcock, Australian actress Read more
2000 — Loïc Badé, French footballer Read more
2000 — Ken Carson, American rapper and record producer Read more
2000 — Karina, South Korean singer Read more
1996 — Dele Alli, English international footballer Read more
1996 — Summer Walker, American singer-songwriter Read more
1994 — Brandon Montour, Canadian ice hockey player Read more
1993 — Florin Andone, Romanian footballer Read more
1992 — Sinem Dybvad Demir, Danish politician Read more
1991 — Thiago Alcântara, Spanish footballer Read more
1991 — Cédric Bakambu, Congolese footballer Read more
1991 — Brennan Poole, American racing driver Read more
1990 — Dimitrios Anastasopoulos, Greek footballer Read more
1990 — Thulani Serero, South African footballer Read more
1989 — Torrin Lawrence, American sprinter (died 2014) Read more
1988 — Milton Casco, Argentine footballer Read more
1988 — Leland Irving, Canadian ice hockey player Read more
1987 — Joss Stone, English singer-songwriter and actress[citation needed] Read more
1987 — Lights, Canadian singer-songwriter[citation needed] Read more
1986 — Sarodj Bertin, Haitian model and human rights lawyer Read more
1986 — Lena Schöneborn, German pentathlete Read more
1985 — Pablo Hernández Domínguez, Spanish footballer Read more
1984 — Kelli Garner, American actress Read more
1984 — Nikola Karabatić, French handball player Read more
1983 — Jennifer Heil, Canadian skier Read more
1983 — Rubén Palazuelos, Spanish footballer Read more
1982 — Ian Bell, English cricketer[citation needed] Read more
1982 — Peeter Kümmel, Estonian skier Read more
1981 — Alessandra Ambrosio, Brazilian model[citation needed] Read more
1981 — Alexandre Burrows, Canadian ice hockey player Read more
1981 — Luis Flores, Dominican basketball player Read more
1981 — Veronica Pyke, Australian cricketer Read more
1980 — Keiji Tamada, Japanese footballer Read more
1980 — Mark Teixeira, American baseball player Read more

Died on April 11

2026 — Phil Garner, American baseball player and manager (born 1949) Read more
2025 — Mike Berry, British singer and actor (born 1942) Read more
2024 — Park Bo-ram, South Korean singer (born 1994) Read more
2021 — Mauro Viale, Argentine journalist (born 1947) Read more
2020 — John Horton Conway, English mathematician (born 1937) Read more
2017 — J. Geils, American singer and guitarist (born 1946) Read more
2017 — Mark Wainberg, Canadian researcher and HIV/AIDS activist (born 1945) Read more
2015 — Jimmy Gunn, American football player (born 1948) Read more
2015 — Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, Bangladeshi journalist and politician (born 1952) Read more
2015 — François Maspero, French journalist and author (born 1932) Read more
2015 — Hanut Singh, Indian general (born 1933) Read more
2015 — Tekena Tamuno, Nigerian historian and academic (born 1932) Read more
2014 — Rolf Brem, Swiss sculptor and illustrator (born 1926) Read more
2014 — Edna Doré, English actress (born 1921) Read more
2014 — Bill Henry, American baseball player (born 1927) Read more
2014 — Lou Hudson, American basketball player and sportscaster (born 1944) Read more
2014 — Myer S. Kripke, American rabbi and scholar (born 1914) Read more
2014 — Sergey Nepobedimy, Russian engineer (born 1921) Read more
2014 — Jesse Winchester, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1944) Read more
2013 — Don Blackman, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (born 1953) Read more
2013 — Sue Draheim, American fiddler (born1949) Read more
2013 — Grady Hatton, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1922) Read more
2013 — Thomas Hemsley, English actor and singer (born 1927) Read more
2013 — Hilary Koprowski, Polish-American virologist and immunologist (born 1916) Read more
2013 — Gilles Marchal, French singer-songwriter (born 1944) Read more
2013 — Maria Tallchief, American ballerina (born 1925) Read more
2013 — Clorindo Testa, Italian-Argentinian architect (born 1923) Read more
2013 — Jonathan Winters, American comedian, actor and screenwriter (born 1925) Read more
2012 — Ahmed Ben Bella, Algerian soldier and politician, 1st President of Algeria (born 1916) Read more
2012 — Roger Caron, Canadian criminal and author (born 1938) Read more
2012 — Tippy Dye, American basketball player and coach (born 1915) Read more
2012 — Hal McKusick, American saxophonist, clarinet player, and flute player (born 1924) Read more
2012 — Agustin Roman, American bishop (born 1928) Read more
2011 — Larry Sweeney, American wrestler and manager (born 1981) Read more
2010 — Julia Tsenova, Bulgarian pianist and composer (born 1948) Read more
2009 — Gerda Gilboe, Danish actress and singer (born 1914) Read more
2009 — Vishnu Prabhakar, Indian author and playwright (born 1912) Read more
2009 — Corín Tellado, Spanish author (born 1927) Read more
2008 — Merlin German, American sergeant (born 1985) Read more
2007 — Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor and director (born 1922) Read more

Holidays & observances

Christian feast day: Antipas of Pergamum (Greek Orthodox Church); Christian feast day: Barsanuphius; Christian feast day: Elena Guerra; Christian feast day: Gemma Galgani; Christian feast day: Blessed George Gervase; Christian feast day: Godeberta; Christian feast day: Guthlac of Crowland; Christian feast day: George Selwyn (Anglicanism); Christian feast day: Stanislaus of Szczepanów; Christian feast day: April 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics); Juan Santamaría Day, anniversary of his death in the Second Battle of Rivas. (Costa Rica); International Louie Louie Day; World Parkinson's Day

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