Page 5: Historical Events In April - 11

1921  On this day in history augusta Victoria, Queen of Prussia/wife of Emperor Wilhelm II, dies   

1922  On April - 11 alexander Raichev, composer   

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

1925  Abd el-Krims Rifkabylen beats French army in Morocco on April - 11.   

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

1926  On April - 11 flemish Economic Covenant (VEV) forms in Ghent   

1927  On April - 11 chilean gen Carlos Ibáñez names himself president   

1929  KLO-AM in Ogden UT begins radio transmissions on this day in history.   

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  Mitya Stillman, composer, dies at 44 on April - 11.   

1939  On this day in history hungary leaves League of Nations   

1939  SS Van Dine, [William Huntingdon Wright], detective writer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1941  On April - 11 belgrade, in Yugoslavia, occupied by German forces during World War 2   

1941  On April - 11 germany blitzes Conventry, England   

1942  On April - 11 distinguished Service Medal for Merchant Marines authorized   

1943  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history at the end of World War 2, the Red army enters the Austrian city of Vienna   

1945  U.S. troops liberate approximately 20,000 prisoners from Buchenwald on April - 11.   

1945  On this day in history allied troops liberate Basket-Compascuum   

1945  On this day in history kamiel van Baelen, Flemish resistance fighter (in Dachau), dies at 29   

1947  On this day in history jackie Robinson becomes first black in modern major-league baseball   

1947  On April - 11 jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in modern major-league baseball   

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  General MacArthur relieved of command in the Far East, over Korea on this day in history.   

1951  On April - 11 pres Truman fires Gen Douglas McArthur   

1952  The Battle of Nanri island takes place on April - 11.   

1952  Wadi' Sabra, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1953  On April - 11 oveta Culp Hobby becomes 1st at Health, Education, & Welfare   

1954  Marlene Bauer wins LPGA New Orleans Golf Open on this day in history.   

1955  Sobers starts run of 85 Test Cricket appearances for WI uninterrupted on April - 11.   

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0146  On this day in history birth of septimius Severus (d. 211)   

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  On April - 11 birth of pietro Della Valle, composer   

1602  On this day in history birth of johann Neukrantz, composer   

1638  Diogo Diaz Melgaz, composer was born on April - 11.   

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

0678  Donus, Italian Pope (676-78), dies on April - 11.   

1034  On this day in history death of romanus III Argyrus, Byzantine emperor (1028-34), assasinated by wife   

1240  Llywelyn ab Iorwerth the Great, monarch of Wales (1194-1240), dies on April - 11.   

1500  Death of Michael T Marullus, Greeks poet, drowns on this day in history.   

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

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

1612  On this day in history death of edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (b. 1566)   

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