Page 5: Historical Events In April - 11

1921  Augusta Victoria, Queen of Prussia/wife of Emperor Wilhelm II, dies on April - 11.   

1922  Alexander Raichev, composer on this day in history.   

1924  On April - 11 1st men's college swimming championships begin   

1925  On this day in history abd el-Krims Rifkabylen beats French army in Morocco   

1925  Ethel Kennedy, wife of Bobby on April - 11.   

1926  On this day in history flemish Economic Covenant (VEV) forms in Ghent   

1927  Chilean gen Carlos Ibáñez names himself president on April - 11.   

1929  On April - 11 kLO-AM in Ogden UT begins radio transmissions   

1933  Hermann Goering becomes premier of Prussia on April - 11.   

1936  On this day in history rodgers & Hammerstein's musical "On Your Toes," premieres in NYC   

1936  On April - 11 mitya Stillman, composer, dies at 44   

1939  On April - 11 hungary leaves League of Nations   

1939  On this day in history sS Van Dine, [William Huntingdon Wright], detective writer, dies at 50   

1941  Belgrade, in Yugoslavia, occupied by German forces during World War 2 on April - 11.   

1941  Germany blitzes Conventry, England on April - 11.   

1942  Distinguished Service Medal for Merchant Marines authorized on this day in history.   

1943  On April - 11 frank Piasecki, Vertol founder, flies his first (single-rotor) craft   

1943  On April - 11 frank Piasecki, Vertol founder, flies his 1st (single-rotor) craft   

1944  RAF bombs census bureau in The Hague on April - 11.   

1945  At the end of World War 2, the Red army enters the Austrian city of Vienna on April - 11.   

1945  On this day in history u.S. troops liberate approximately 20,000 prisoners from Buchenwald.   

1945  Allied troops liberate Basket-Compascuum on April - 11.   

1945  Kamiel van Baelen, Flemish resistance fighter (in Dachau), dies at 29 on April - 11.   

1947  Jackie Robinson becomes first black in modern major-league baseball on April - 11.   

1947  Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in modern major-league baseball on this day in history.   

1948  12th Golf Masters Championship: Claude Harmon wins, shooting a 279 on this day in history.   

1950  Prince Rainier III becomes ruler of Monaco on this day in history.   

1951  On this day in history general MacArthur relieved of command in the Far East, over Korea   

1951  On this day in history pres Truman fires Gen Douglas McArthur   

1952  On April - 11 the Battle of Nanri island takes place.   

1952  On this day in history wadi' Sabra, composer, dies at 76   

1953  Oveta Culp Hobby becomes 1st at Health, Education, & Welfare on April - 11.   

1954  On this day in history marlene Bauer wins LPGA New Orleans Golf Open   

1955  Sobers starts run of 85 Test Cricket appearances for WI uninterrupted on this day in history.   

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0146  Septimius Severus (d. 211) was born on April - 11.   

1370  On this day in history birth of frederick I the Warlike, elector of Saxony   

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 April - 11.   

1586  On this day in history birth of pietro Della Valle, composer   

1602  Johann Neukrantz, composer was born on April - 11.   

1638  On this day in history birth of diogo Diaz Melgaz, composer   

1661  Antoine Coypel, French painter/poet was born on April - 11.   

0678  On April - 11 donus, Italian Pope (676-78), dies   

1034  Death of Romanus III Argyrus, Byzantine emperor (1028-34), assasinated by wife on April - 11.   

1240  Llywelyn ab Iorwerth the Great, monarch of Wales (1194-1240), dies on this day in history.   

1500  On this day in history death of michael T Marullus, Greeks poet, drowns   

1512  On this day in history gaston de Foix, French pretender to Navarra throne, dies in battle   

1554  Death of Thomas Wyatt the younger, English rebel (b. 1521) on this day in history.   

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

1626  Death of Marin Getaldić, Croatian mathematician (b. 1568) on April - 11.