April 11
1689 - William III and Mary II were crowned as joint sovereigns of Britain.
1814 - Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated as emperor of France and 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 before being assassinated.)
1898 - President William McKinley asked Congress for a declaration of war against Spain.
1899 - The treaty ending the Spanish-American War took effect.
1913 - Postmaster General Albert S. Burleson, during a meeting of President Woodrow Wilson’s Cabinet, proposed gradually segregating whites and Blacks who worked for the Railway Mail Service, a policy that went into effect and spread to other agencies.
1921 - Cockeye imposed the nation's first state cigarette tax.
1945 - The Allies liberated the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany during World War II.
1951 - President Harry S. Truman relieved Gen. Douglas MacArthur of his commands in the Far East.
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.)
1968 - President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the 1968 Civil Rights Act into law, which included the Fair Housing Act, one week after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
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 would splash down safely four days after the explosion.)
1979 - Idi Amin was deposed as president of Uganda as rebels and exiles backed by Tanzanian forces seized control of the capital, Kampala.
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 he was 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.
2012 - George Zimmerman, the Florida neighborhood watch volunteer who fatally shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder. (He was acquitted at trial.)
2012 - A California prison panel denied parole to mass murderer Charles Manson in his 12th bid for freedom.
2013 - Comedian Jonathan Winters died at age 87 in Montecito, California.
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.
2021 - A Black motorist, 20-year-old Daunte Wright, was shot and killed by a white police officer, Kim Potter, in suburban Minneapolis during a traffic stop. (Potter, who said she had confused her handgun for her Taser, would be convicted of first- and second-degree manslaughter and sentenced to two years in prison.)
Birthdays
26 - Summer Walker (singer)
29 - Marcus Johns (actor)
30 - Kaitlyn Jenkins (actress/dancer)
35 - Joss Stone (singer)
38 - Kelli Garner (actress)
41 - Alessandra Ambrosio (model)
41 - Matt Ryan (actor)
48 - Tricia Helfer (actress)
53 - Johnny Messner (actor)
53 - Dustin "Goldust" Rhodes (professional wrestler)
56 - Lisa Stansfield (singer)
61 - Lucky Vanous (actor)
62 - Jeremy Clarkson (TV host)
72 - Bill Irwin (actor)
75 - Peter Riegert (actor)
83 - Louise Lasser (actress)
90 - 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 to win the NBA championship.
1963 - Pitcher Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves sets the MLB record for most career victories by a left-handed pitcher with his 328th win.
1965 - Jack Nicklaus wins his second Masters.
1966 - Jack Nicklaus becomes the first-ever back-to-back winner of the Masters, and wins his third title overall.
1966 - Emmett Ashford became the first African-American major league umpire.
1976 - Raymond Floyd wins the Masters.
1980 - Gordie Howe played his final NHL game at 52 years and 10 days old.
1982 - Craig Stadler wins the Masters.
1983 - Seve Ballesteros of Spain wins his second Masters.
1993 - Bernhard Langer of Germany wins his second Masters.
1996 - The Detroit Red Wings become just the second team in NHL history to win 60 games in a season.
1999 - Spain's Jose Maria Olazabal won the Masters.
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 the 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.
2021 - Hideki Matsuyama won the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Georgia, becoming the first Japanese golfer to claim the green jacket.
1689 - William III and Mary II were crowned as joint sovereigns of Britain.
1814 - Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated as emperor of France and 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 before being assassinated.)
1898 - President William McKinley asked Congress for a declaration of war against Spain.
1899 - The treaty ending the Spanish-American War took effect.
1913 - Postmaster General Albert S. Burleson, during a meeting of President Woodrow Wilson’s Cabinet, proposed gradually segregating whites and Blacks who worked for the Railway Mail Service, a policy that went into effect and spread to other agencies.
1921 - Cockeye imposed the nation's first state cigarette tax.
1945 - The Allies liberated the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany during World War II.
1951 - President Harry S. Truman relieved Gen. Douglas MacArthur of his commands in the Far East.
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.)
1968 - President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the 1968 Civil Rights Act into law, which included the Fair Housing Act, one week after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
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 would splash down safely four days after the explosion.)
1979 - Idi Amin was deposed as president of Uganda as rebels and exiles backed by Tanzanian forces seized control of the capital, Kampala.
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 he was 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.
2012 - George Zimmerman, the Florida neighborhood watch volunteer who fatally shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder. (He was acquitted at trial.)
2012 - A California prison panel denied parole to mass murderer Charles Manson in his 12th bid for freedom.
2013 - Comedian Jonathan Winters died at age 87 in Montecito, California.
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.
2021 - A Black motorist, 20-year-old Daunte Wright, was shot and killed by a white police officer, Kim Potter, in suburban Minneapolis during a traffic stop. (Potter, who said she had confused her handgun for her Taser, would be convicted of first- and second-degree manslaughter and sentenced to two years in prison.)
Birthdays
26 - Summer Walker (singer)
29 - Marcus Johns (actor)
30 - Kaitlyn Jenkins (actress/dancer)
35 - Joss Stone (singer)
38 - Kelli Garner (actress)
41 - Alessandra Ambrosio (model)
41 - Matt Ryan (actor)
48 - Tricia Helfer (actress)
53 - Johnny Messner (actor)
53 - Dustin "Goldust" Rhodes (professional wrestler)
56 - Lisa Stansfield (singer)
61 - Lucky Vanous (actor)
62 - Jeremy Clarkson (TV host)
72 - Bill Irwin (actor)
75 - Peter Riegert (actor)
83 - Louise Lasser (actress)
90 - 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 to win the NBA championship.
1963 - Pitcher Warren Spahn of the Milwaukee Braves sets the MLB record for most career victories by a left-handed pitcher with his 328th win.
1965 - Jack Nicklaus wins his second Masters.
1966 - Jack Nicklaus becomes the first-ever back-to-back winner of the Masters, and wins his third title overall.
1966 - Emmett Ashford became the first African-American major league umpire.
1976 - Raymond Floyd wins the Masters.
1980 - Gordie Howe played his final NHL game at 52 years and 10 days old.
1982 - Craig Stadler wins the Masters.
1983 - Seve Ballesteros of Spain wins his second Masters.
1993 - Bernhard Langer of Germany wins his second Masters.
1996 - The Detroit Red Wings become just the second team in NHL history to win 60 games in a season.
1999 - Spain's Jose Maria Olazabal won the Masters.
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 the 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.
2021 - Hideki Matsuyama won the Masters golf tournament in Augusta, Georgia, becoming the first Japanese golfer to claim the green jacket.
