April 11
1689 - William III and Mary II were crowned as joint sovereigns of Britain.
1814 - Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated as emperor of France was exiled to the island of Elba. (Napoleon later escaped from Elba and returned to power in March 1815, until his downfall in the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815.)
1865 - President Abraham Lincoln spoke to a crowd outside the White House, saying, “We meet this evening, not in sorrow, but in gladness of heart.” (It was the last public address Lincoln would deliver.)
1898 - President William McKinley asked Congress for a declaration of war against Spain.
1899 - The treaty ending the Spanish-American War took effect.
1921 - Cockeye imposed the nation's first state cigarette tax.
1945 - Allies liberated the Buchenwald concentration camp.
1951 - President Harry S. Truman relieved Gen. Douglas MacArthur of his command in the Far East.
1953 - Oveta Culp Hobby became the first Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare.
1961 - Former SS officer Adolf Eichmann went on trial in Israel, charged with crimes against humanity for his role in the Nazi Holocaust. (Eichmann was convicted and executed.)
1965 - Dozens of tornadoes raked six Midwestern states on Palm Sunday, killing 271 people.
1968 - President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968 into law.
1970 - Apollo 13, with astronauts James A. Lovell, Fred W. Haise and Jack Swigert, blasted off on its ill-fated mission to the moon. (The mission was aborted when an oxygen tank exploded April 13. The crew splashed down safely four days after the explosion.)
1979 - Ugandan dictator Idi Amin was overthrown.
1980 - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued regulations specifically prohibiting sexual harassment of workers by supervisors.
1981 - President Ronald Reagan returned to the White House after having been shot in an assassination attempt.
1996 - Seven-year-old Jessica Dubroff, who hoped to become the youngest person to fly cross-country, was killed along with her father and flight instructor when their plane crashed after takeoff from Cheyenne, Wyoming.
2002 - U.S. Rep. James A. Traficant Jr., D-Ohio, was convicted of taking bribes and kickbacks from businessmen and his own staff.
2003 - American troops took the northern Iraqi city of Mosul without a fight.
2006 - Iran announced that it had enriched uranium on a small scale for the first time.
2006 - Israel's Cabinet declared Prime Minister Ariel Sharon permanently incapacitated.
2007 - Science fiction writer Kurt Vonnegut died in New York City at age 84.
2020 - The number of U.S. deaths from the coronavirus eclipsed Italy’s for the highest in the world, topping 20,000.
2020 - On the day before Easter, the Kansas Supreme Court allowed an executive order from Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly to remain in effect; it banned religious and funeral services of more than 10 people during the pandemic. A federal judge in Kentucky ruled that the city of Louisville could not halt a church’s drive-in service planned for Easter.
Birthdays
25 - Summer Walker (singer)
28 - Marcus Johns (actor)
29 - Kaitlyn Jenkins (actress)
34 - Joss Stone (singer)
37 - Kelli Garner (actress)
40 - Alessandra Ambrosio (model)
47 - Tricia Helfer (actress)
52 - Johnny Messner (actor)
52 - Dustin "Goldust" Runnels (professional wrestler)
55 - Lisa Stansfield (singer)
60 - Lucky Vanous (actor)
71 - Bill Irwin (actor)
74 - Peter Riegert (actor)
82 - Louise Lasser (actress)
89 - Joel Grey (actor)
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Today in Sports History - April 11
1907 - In New York, umpire Bill Klem called a forfeit in favor of the Phillies when Giants fans disrupted play with snowballs.
1921 - The first live sports event on radio took place this day on KDKA Radio. The event was a boxing match between Johnny Ray and Johnny Dundee.
1936 - The Detroit Red Wings defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs to win the Stanley Cup.
1947 - Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers played in an exhibition against the New York Yankees at Ebbets Field, four days before his regular-season debut that broke baseball’s color line. (The Dodgers won, 14-6.)
1961 - The Boston Celtics defeat the St. Louis Hawks in five games for the NBA championship.
1963 - Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves records his 328th career win, the most in major league history for a left-handed pitcher.
1965 - Jack Nicklaus wins his second Masters.
1966 - Jack Nicklaus becomes the first back-to-back winner of the Masters.
1980 - Gordie Howe played his final NHL game at 52 years and 10 days old.
1982 - Craig Sadler wins the Masters.
1983 - Seve Ballesteros of Spain wins his second Masters.
1993 - Bernhard Langer wins the Masters for the second time.
1999 - Spain's Jose Maria Olazabal won the Masters for the second time.
2001 - In Johannesburg, South Africa, 43 people died during a stampede at a soccer match at Ellis Park stadium. Another 160 were injured.
2004 - Phil Mickelson wins his first Masters.
2007 - Charges were dropped against three former Duke University lacrosse players who were falsely accused of rape.
2010 - Phil Mickelson wins his third Masters.
1689 - William III and Mary II were crowned as joint sovereigns of Britain.
1814 - Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated as emperor of France was exiled to the island of Elba. (Napoleon later escaped from Elba and returned to power in March 1815, until his downfall in the Battle of Waterloo in June 1815.)
1865 - President Abraham Lincoln spoke to a crowd outside the White House, saying, “We meet this evening, not in sorrow, but in gladness of heart.” (It was the last public address Lincoln would deliver.)
1898 - President William McKinley asked Congress for a declaration of war against Spain.
1899 - The treaty ending the Spanish-American War took effect.
1921 - Cockeye imposed the nation's first state cigarette tax.
1945 - Allies liberated the Buchenwald concentration camp.
1951 - President Harry S. Truman relieved Gen. Douglas MacArthur of his command in the Far East.
1953 - Oveta Culp Hobby became the first Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare.
1961 - Former SS officer Adolf Eichmann went on trial in Israel, charged with crimes against humanity for his role in the Nazi Holocaust. (Eichmann was convicted and executed.)
1965 - Dozens of tornadoes raked six Midwestern states on Palm Sunday, killing 271 people.
1968 - President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968 into law.
1970 - Apollo 13, with astronauts James A. Lovell, Fred W. Haise and Jack Swigert, blasted off on its ill-fated mission to the moon. (The mission was aborted when an oxygen tank exploded April 13. The crew splashed down safely four days after the explosion.)
1979 - Ugandan dictator Idi Amin was overthrown.
1980 - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued regulations specifically prohibiting sexual harassment of workers by supervisors.
1981 - President Ronald Reagan returned to the White House after having been shot in an assassination attempt.
1996 - Seven-year-old Jessica Dubroff, who hoped to become the youngest person to fly cross-country, was killed along with her father and flight instructor when their plane crashed after takeoff from Cheyenne, Wyoming.
2002 - U.S. Rep. James A. Traficant Jr., D-Ohio, was convicted of taking bribes and kickbacks from businessmen and his own staff.
2003 - American troops took the northern Iraqi city of Mosul without a fight.
2006 - Iran announced that it had enriched uranium on a small scale for the first time.
2006 - Israel's Cabinet declared Prime Minister Ariel Sharon permanently incapacitated.
2007 - Science fiction writer Kurt Vonnegut died in New York City at age 84.
2020 - The number of U.S. deaths from the coronavirus eclipsed Italy’s for the highest in the world, topping 20,000.
2020 - On the day before Easter, the Kansas Supreme Court allowed an executive order from Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly to remain in effect; it banned religious and funeral services of more than 10 people during the pandemic. A federal judge in Kentucky ruled that the city of Louisville could not halt a church’s drive-in service planned for Easter.
Birthdays
25 - Summer Walker (singer)
28 - Marcus Johns (actor)
29 - Kaitlyn Jenkins (actress)
34 - Joss Stone (singer)
37 - Kelli Garner (actress)
40 - Alessandra Ambrosio (model)
47 - Tricia Helfer (actress)
52 - Johnny Messner (actor)
52 - Dustin "Goldust" Runnels (professional wrestler)
55 - Lisa Stansfield (singer)
60 - Lucky Vanous (actor)
71 - Bill Irwin (actor)
74 - Peter Riegert (actor)
82 - Louise Lasser (actress)
89 - Joel Grey (actor)
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Today in Sports History - April 11
1907 - In New York, umpire Bill Klem called a forfeit in favor of the Phillies when Giants fans disrupted play with snowballs.
1921 - The first live sports event on radio took place this day on KDKA Radio. The event was a boxing match between Johnny Ray and Johnny Dundee.
1936 - The Detroit Red Wings defeat the Toronto Maple Leafs to win the Stanley Cup.
1947 - Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers played in an exhibition against the New York Yankees at Ebbets Field, four days before his regular-season debut that broke baseball’s color line. (The Dodgers won, 14-6.)
1961 - The Boston Celtics defeat the St. Louis Hawks in five games for the NBA championship.
1963 - Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves records his 328th career win, the most in major league history for a left-handed pitcher.
1965 - Jack Nicklaus wins his second Masters.
1966 - Jack Nicklaus becomes the first back-to-back winner of the Masters.
1980 - Gordie Howe played his final NHL game at 52 years and 10 days old.
1982 - Craig Sadler wins the Masters.
1983 - Seve Ballesteros of Spain wins his second Masters.
1993 - Bernhard Langer wins the Masters for the second time.
1999 - Spain's Jose Maria Olazabal won the Masters for the second time.
2001 - In Johannesburg, South Africa, 43 people died during a stampede at a soccer match at Ellis Park stadium. Another 160 were injured.
2004 - Phil Mickelson wins his first Masters.
2007 - Charges were dropped against three former Duke University lacrosse players who were falsely accused of rape.
2010 - Phil Mickelson wins his third Masters.
