Historical Events In April - 11

1981  Ronald Reagan arrives home from hospital after Hinkley shot him on this day in history.   

1981  Valerie Bertinelli marries Eddie Van Halen on this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history marie Ney, dies at 85   

1983  Statistics Canada reports Canada's unemployment rate in March of 13.6% or 1,658,000 unemployed; a new record on this day in history.   

1983  Dolores Del Rio, actress (Cheyenne Autumn), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1984  Challenger astronauts complete first in space satellite repair on April - 11.   

1984  Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth on this day in history.   

1985  On April - 11 enver Hoxha, party leader/premier of Albania, dies at 76   

1986  Halley's Comet makes closest approach to Earth this trip, 63 M km on April - 11.   

1986  In New York City a Canadian 1921 50 cent piece fetches a record US$22,000 at auction on this day in history.   

1987  On April - 11 erskine Caldwell, novelist (Tobacco Road), dies at 83   

1988  On this day in history david Prater, US singer (Sam & Dave-Soul Man), dies in car crash at 50   

1989  On this day in history philadelphia Flyers' goalie Ron Hextall scores short-handed into an empty net   

1989  On this day in history henk van Galen Last, Dutch journalist, dies at 68   

1990  Harold Ballard dies at age 86; President of Maple Leaf Gardens and the Toronto Maple Leafs since 1961 on April - 11.   

1990  On April - 11 barbara Ann Miller, dies   

1991  Ottawa to give $15 million compensation to families of victims of 1985 Air India Flight 182 disaster on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history space Shuttle STS 37 (Atlantis 8) lands   

1991  On this day in history uN Security Council issues formal cease fire with Iraq declaration   

1991  On April - 11 tom Rosqui, dies at 62   

1992  Adele Dixon, singer/actress (Uneasy Virtue), dies of pneumonia at 83 on April - 11.   

1993  On April - 11 mohammed el-Himi, brigade-general of Egyptian police, murdered   

1994  On April - 11 johan Block, Dutch aviation pioneer (Martinair/Transavia), dies at 64   

1996  On April - 11 daniel Wolf, journalist, dies at 80   

1997  On April - 11 in Southern Xinjiang, China a 6.2 earthquake occurred, at least 9 people killed, 89 injured, 100,000 homeless, thousands of buildings destroyed and 11,000 livestock killed in Jiashi County   

1997  Michael Dorris, writer, commits suicide at 52 on April - 11.   

2006  On April - 11 president of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad confirms that Iran has successfully produced a few grams of low-grade enriched uranium.   

2006  On this day in history the European Space Agency's Venus Express spaceprobe enters Venus' orbit.   

2007  Al Qaeda claims responsibility for two bomb blasts in the Algerian capital of Algiers. At least 33 people have been killed and 222 others injured on April - 11.   

2008  Merlin German, United States Marine on this day in history.   

2011  Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo is arrested in his home in Abidjan by supporters of elected President Alassane Ouattara with support from French forces thereby ending the 2010-2011 Ivorian crisis and civil war on April - 11.   

2011  On this day in history minsk Metro bombing   

2012  8.6 magnitude earth quack and 8.2 aftershock occurs off the coast of Indonesia on April - 11.   

2013  On this day in history 14 people are killed in clashes between drug traffickers and police in Michoacán, Mexico   

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0146  Septimius Severus (d. 211) was born on this day in history.   

1370  Frederick I the Warlike, elector of Saxony was born on April - 11.   

1374  On this day in history birth of roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (d. 1398)   

1492  Marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre (d. 1549) was born on this day in history.   

1586  Pietro Della Valle, composer was born on this day in history.   

1602  Johann Neukrantz, composer was born on this day in history.   

1638  Diogo Diaz Melgaz, composer was born on this day in history.   

1661  On this day in history birth of antoine Coypel, French painter/poet   

0678  On this day in history donus, Italian Pope (676-78), dies   

1034  On April - 11 death of romanus III Argyrus, Byzantine emperor (1028-34), assasinated by wife   

1240  On this day in history llywelyn ab Iorwerth the Great, monarch of Wales (1194-1240), dies   

1500  Death of Michael T Marullus, Greeks poet, drowns on April - 11.   

1512  Gaston de Foix, French pretender to Navarra throne, dies in battle on this day in history.   

1554  On this day in history death of thomas Wyatt the younger, English rebel (b. 1521)   

1612  Death of Edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (b. 1566) on April - 11.   

1626  On this day in history death of marin Getaldić, Croatian mathematician (b. 1568)