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  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 this day in history.  

1936  On April - 11 rodgers & Hammerstein's musical "On Your Toes," premieres in NYC  

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1936  On this day in history mitya Stillman, composer, dies at 44  

1939  Hungary leaves League of Nations on this day in history.  

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

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

1941  Germany blitzes Conventry, England on April - 11.  

1942  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1945  Allied troops liberate Basket-Compascuum on this day in history.  

1945  Kamiel van Baelen, Flemish resistance fighter (in Dachau), dies at 29 on this day in history.  

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

1947  On this day in history 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  On April - 11 prince Rainier III becomes ruler of Monaco  

1951  On April - 11 general MacArthur relieved of command in the Far East, over Korea  

1951  Pres Truman fires Gen Douglas McArthur on April - 11.  

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

1952  On April - 11 wadi' Sabra, composer, dies at 76  

1953  On this day in history oveta Culp Hobby becomes 1st at Health, Education, & Welfare  

1954  Marlene Bauer wins LPGA New Orleans Golf Open on April - 11.  

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

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0146  On April - 11 birth of septimius Severus (d. 211)  

1370  Frederick I the Warlike, elector of Saxony was born on this day in history.  

1374  Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (d. 1398) was born on April - 11.  

1492  On this day in history birth of marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre (d. 1549)  

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

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

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

1661  On April - 11 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  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 April - 11.  

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 this day in history.