Today In History - April 11

1471 King Edward IV of England conquers London from Henry VI
1551 English premier John Dudley appointed duke of Northumberland
1564 England and France sign Peace of Troyes
1564 Liege prince-bishop Robert van Bergen resigns
1567 Dutch prince William of Orange flees from Antwerp to Breda
1579 Venlo joins Union of Utrecht
1580 Drenthe joins Union of Utrecht
1677 Battle at Montcassel, French troops beat Prince William III
1689 William III and Mary II crowned as joint rulers of Britain
1801 Johann von Schiller's "Die Jungfrau von Orleans," premieres in Leipzig
1814 1st abdication of France by Napoleon; he is exiled to Elba
1830 Robert Schumann attends piano concerto by Paganini
1856 Battle of Rivas; Costa Rica beats Wm Walker's invading Nicaraguans
1862 Rebels surrender Ft. Pulaski, Georgia-Rebels surrender
1865 Battle of Mobile, Alabama - evacuated by Confederates
1865 Lincoln urges a spirit of generous conciliation during reconstruction
1876 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks organizes
1876 Sir Charles Gordon ends religious tolerance in Sudan
1881 River ferry "Princess Victoria" sinks in Thames River Ont, 180 die
1881 Spelman College founded
1890 Ellis Island designated as an immigration station
1895 Anaheim completes it's new electric light system
1898 President McKinley asks for Spanish-American War declaration
1899 Treaty of Paris ratifies ends war; Spain cedes Puerto Rico to US
1900 U.S. Navy's 1st submarine made its debut
1906 Einstein introduces his Theory of Relativity
1911 Bob Dylan's 1st appearance at Folk City, Greenwich Village
1912 Cornerstone of Technion in Haifa Palestine laid
1914 George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion," premieres
1917 Babe Ruth beats New York Yanks, pitching 3-hit 10-3 win for Red Sox
1921 Iowa imposed 1st state cigarette tax
1921 Turkestan ASSR forms in Russian SFSR
1924 1st men's college swimming championships begin
1924 Socialists win Denmark's parliamentary elections
1926 Flemish Economic Covenant (VEV) forms in Ghent
1927 Chilean gen Carlos Ibanez names himself president
1929 KLO-AM in Ogden, Utah begins radio transmissions
1933 Hermann Goering becomes premier of Prussia
1936 Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical "On Your Toes," premieres in New York City
1936 Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3 games to 1
1939 Hungary leaves League of Nations
1941 Jewish Weekly newspaper taken control by Nazis
1941 Nazi occupiers in Netherlands confiscate Jewish assets
1942 Distinguished Service Medal for Merchant Marines authorized
1944 RAF bombs census bureau in The Hague
1945 U.S. soldiers liberate Nazi concentration camp "Buchenwald"
1945 U.S. troops conquers Mulheim, Oberhausen, Bochum, Unna, Essen
1947 Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in modern major-league baseball
1948 12th Golf Masters Championship: Claude Harmon wins, shooting a 279
1950 Prince Rainier III becomes ruler of Monaco
1950 U.S. B-29 bomber shot down above Latvia
1951 President Truman fires Gen Douglas McArthur
1953 Oveta Culp Hobby becomes 1st at Health, Education, and Welfare
1954 Marlene Bauer wins LPGA New Orleans Golf Open
1955 Sobers starts run of 85 Test Cricket appearances for WI uninterrupted
1956 French government decides to sends 200,000 reservists to Algeria
1956 Singer Nat Cole attacked on stage of Birmingham Theater by whites
1957 Pablo Neruda arrested in Buenos Aires
1957 Ryan X-13 Verti-Jet becomes 1st jet to take-off and land vertically
1958 Brooks Hall in Civic Center dedicated in San Francisco
1959 "Jamaica" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 558 performances
1959 Dutch prince Bernhard visits Lockheed factory
1961 15th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat St. Louis Hawks, 4 games to 1
1961 Austrian 4th and last government of Raab resigns
1961 Israel begins Adolf Eichmann WW II war crimes trial
1962 New York Mets make a losing debut
1963 John XXIII encyclical On peace in truth, justice, charity and liberty
1963 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1965 29th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 271
1965 40 tornadoes strike U.S. midwest killing 272 and injuring 5,000
1966 30th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 288
1966 Emmett Ashford becomes 1st black major league umpire
1967 "Illya Darling" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 320 performances
1967 Tom Stoppard's "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead," premieres
1968 Polish Marshal Spychalski succeeds Ochab as president
1968 President Johnson signs 1968 Civil Rights Act
1968 West Berlin student Rudi Dutschke seriously wounded at demonstration
1969 South African president Frederik de Klerk marries Marike Williams
1970 Apollo 13 launched to Moon; unable to land, returns in 6 days
1970 Beatles' "Let It Be," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks
1970 San Francisco beats Cincinnati 2-1, only day Reds aren't in 1st place in 1970
1971 "Johnny Johnson" opens/closes at Edison Theater New York City for 1 performance
1971 35th Golf Masters Championship: Charles Coody wins, shooting a 279
1972 Benjamin L Hooks, named to FCC
1972 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
1974 WW II war criminal JP Philippa arrested
1975 JP Parise 11 sec OT goal-Isles 1st playoff advance eliminates Rangers
1976 40th Golf Masters Championship: Ray Floyd wins, shooting a 271
1977 Ireland sets fishing zone at 50 mile
1980 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regulates sexual harassment
1980 Paul McCartney releases "Coming Up"
1981 Larry Holmes beats Trevor Holmes in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1981 Race riot in London area of Brixton
1981 Valerie Bertinelli marries Eddie Van Halen
1982 46th Golf Masters Championship: Craig Stadler wins, shooting a 284
1982 Penguins 5-Isles 2-Preliminary-Series tied at 2-2
1983 3rd Golden Raspberry Awards: Inchon! wins
1983 55th Academy Awards - "Gandhi," Ben Kingsley and Meryl Streep win
1983 NASA launches RCA-F
1984 Challenger astronauts complete 1st in space satellite repair
1984 Chinese troops invade Vietnam
1984 Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth
1986 A Canadian 1921 50 cent piece auctioned in New York City for $22,000
1986 Dodge Morgan sailed solo nonstop around world in 150 days
1986 Halley's Comet makes closest approach to Earth this trip, 63 M km
1986 KXA-AM in Seattle, Washington changes call letters to KRPM
1987 Yankees score 12 runs in 7th inning vs Kansas City Royals
1988 Royal Concert building in Amsterdam reopens
1989 1st playoff goal scored by a goalie, Ron Hextall of Phila
1989 Flyers, scores short-handed into an empty net beating Caps 8-5
1990 Angels Mark Langston and Mike Witt, no-hit Seattle, 1-0
1990 New York Rangers beat New York Islanders 6-1, Rangers lead 3-1 in preliminary
1991 "Miss Saigon," opens at Broadway Theater New York City
1991 New York City's Museum of Broadcasting becomes "Museum of Radio and Television"
1991 U.N. Security Council issues formal cease fire with Iraq declaration
1992 Euro-Disney opens near Paris
1992 Irish Republican Army bombs London financial district, killing 3

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