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  • The Battle of Ravenna, fought between forces of the Holy League and France

    Battle of Ravenna

    1512 Battle of Ravenna: French forces under Gaston de Foix defeat the Holy League in a major battle of the Italian Wars
  • 1783 Hostilities formally cease in the American Revolutionary War after the Continental Congress proclaims the "Cessation of Arms" against His Britannic Majesty [1]
  • 1814 Napoléon Bonaparte abdicates unconditionally and is exiled to the island of Elba in the Mediterranean
  • 1868 The Shogunate is abolished in Japan
  • 1955 Chartered Air India plane "Kashmir Princess" is bombed and crashes into the South China Sea in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by a Kuomintang secret agent
  • 1968 US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the 1968 Civil Rights Act
  • 1979 Tanzanian army captures Kampala, the capital of Uganda forcing Ugandan dictator Idi Amin to flee into exile in Libya
  • 2015 Barack Obama and Raúl Castro meet in Panama, the first meeting of US and Cuban heads of state since the Cuban Revolution
  • Alaa Salah during a protest against President Omar al-Bashir

    Anti Omar al-Bashir Protest

    2019 Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is overthrown and arrested by the army in Khartoum after 30 years in power following massive street protests
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  • 1955 "Marty" directed by Delbert Mann and starring Ernest Borgnine and Betsy Blair, premieres in New York (Best Picture 1956)
  • 1966 Frank Sinatra records "Strangers in the Night" single for his album of the same name, later reaches #1 on the Billboard charts
  • 1750 Jack Slack retains the Champion of England boxing title after defeating Frenchman Jean Petit in 7 rounds in Harlston, England, acknowledged as the first international prizefight

The first modern submarine designed and built by John Philip Holland, USS Holland is acquired by the U.S. Navy

April 11, 1900

  • Septimius Severus

    146 AD - 211 AD

  • John I of Portugal

    1357 - 1433

  • Percy Lavon Julian

    1899 - 1975

  • Masaru Ibuka

    1908 - 1997

  • Ethel Kennedy

    1928 - 2024

  • Richard Kuklinski

    1935 - 2006
More Birthdays on April 11

  • Joel Grey

    93 Years Old

  • Jeremy Clarkson

    65 Years Old

  • Tricia Helfer

    51 Years Old

  • Alessandra Ambrosio

    44 Years Old

  • Oliver Riedel

    54 Years Old

  • Joss Stone

    38 Years Old

  • Bret Saberhagen

    61 Years Old

Fossilized dinosaur eggs with embryos are discovered in China

April 11, 2013

  • 1799 Politician Henry Clay (21) weds Lucretia Hart in Lexington, Kentucky
  • 1888 Industrialist Henry Ford (24) weds Clara Jane Bryant (22) in Greenfield Township, Michigan
  • 1911 Actress Mae West (17) weds fellow vaudevillian Frank Wallace (21) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • 2007 "Dynasty" actress Heather Locklear (45) divorces American rock star Richie Sambora (47) due to irreconcilable differences after 11 years of marriage
More April 11 Weddings

  • James Anthony Bailey

    1847 - 1906

  • Luther Burbank

    1849 - 1926

  • Enver Hoxha

    1908 - 1985

  • Kurt Vonnegut

    1922 - 2007

  • Ahmed Ben Bella

    1918 - 2012

  • Maria Tallchief

    1925 - 2013
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  • The 1910 Model T Ford

    Model T

    The 1910 Model T Ford April 11, 1910
  • Elie Wiesel: From concentration camp survivor to Nobel Prize winner

    From Hate And Horror To Worldwide Acclaim

    Elie Wiesel, who went on to become a Nobel Peace Prize winner, was among the thousands freed from Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany on this day. April 11, 1945
  • Olympic Games

    Weekly Quiz for April 6 - 12

    What year was the 1st modern Olympics? Who established the 1st European settlement in South Africa in 1652? Did Peter the Great end a tax on beards in 1722?
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  • General Grant shakes the hand of his rival General Lee in Wilmer McLean’s home. Painting by Thomas Nast

    America’s Civil War Comes Home To Roost

    April 9, 1865
  • A bunch of bananas as depicted in Johnson’s “Herball” reference book and described as Plantaine fruit

    Yes, We Have Some Bananas

    April 10, 1633
  • Archibald McIndoe shares a drink with some of his “boys”

    ‘Guinea Pigs’ Befriend Super Surgeon

    April 12, 1960
  • Messiah being performed by Tafelmusik, Toronto. Photo: Gary Beechey.

    Hallelujah! Music That Moved a King

    April 13, 1742
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