Historical Events In April - 11
Tuesday, 07 July 2020
1981 On April - 11 ronald Reagan arrives home from hospital after Hinkley shot him
1981 On this day in history valerie Bertinelli marries Eddie Van Halen
1981 Marie Ney, dies at 85 on this day in history.
1983 On April - 11 statistics Canada reports Canada's unemployment rate in March of 13.6% or 1,658,000 unemployed; a new record.
1983 On this day in history dolores Del Rio, actress (Cheyenne Autumn), dies at 78
1984 On this day in history challenger astronauts complete first in space satellite repair
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 this day in history.
1986 On this day in history in New York City a Canadian 1921 50 cent piece fetches a record US$22,000 at auction.
1987 On April - 11 erskine Caldwell, novelist (Tobacco Road), dies at 83
1988 David Prater, US singer (Sam & Dave-Soul Man), dies in car crash at 50 on April - 11.
1989 On this day in history philadelphia Flyers' goalie Ron Hextall scores short-handed into an empty net
1989 Henk van Galen Last, Dutch journalist, dies at 68 on April - 11.
1990 On this day in history harold Ballard dies at age 86; President of Maple Leaf Gardens and the Toronto Maple Leafs since 1961
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 Tom Rosqui, dies at 62 on April - 11.
1992 Adele Dixon, singer/actress (Uneasy Virtue), dies of pneumonia at 83 on April - 11.
1993 Mohammed el-Himi, brigade-general of Egyptian police, murdered on April - 11.
1994 On this day in history 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 On April - 11 michael Dorris, writer, commits suicide at 52
2006 On April - 11 president of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad confirms that Iran has successfully produced a few grams of low-grade enriched uranium.
2006 The European Space Agency's Venus Express spaceprobe enters Venus' orbit on April - 11.
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 On April - 11 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.
2011 Minsk Metro bombing on this day in history.
2012 8.6 magnitude earth quack and 8.2 aftershock occurs off the coast of Indonesia on April - 11.
2013 14 people are killed in clashes between drug traffickers and police in Michoacán, Mexico on April - 11.