Page 6: Historical Events In April - 11

1956  On April - 11 singer Nat Cole attacked on stage of Birmingham theater by whites   

1956  On April - 11 french govt decides to sends 200,000 reservists to Algeria   

1957  On this day in history ryan X-13 Vertijet becomes first jet to take-off and land vertically   

1957  Pablo Neruda arrested in Buenos Aires on April - 11.   

1958  Brooks Hall in Civic Center dedicated (SF) on April - 11.   

1959  On April - 11 "Jamaica" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 558 performances   

1960  On April - 11 the first weather satellite launched (Tiros 1)   

1961  Bob Dylan's first appearance at Folk City, Greenwich Village on this day in history.   

1961  On April - 11 israel begins the Adolf Eichman world war II crimes trial   

1961  Bob Dylan makes his 1st appearance at Folk City, Greenwich Village on this day in history.   

1961  On this day in history francis de Bourguignon, composer, dies at 70   

1962  On April - 11 new York Mets make a losing debut   

1963  On this day in history john XXIII encyclical On peace in truth, justice, charity and liberty   

1963  John XXIII encyclical On peace in truth, justice, charity & liberty on April - 11.   

1965  40 tornadoes strike US midwest killing 272 and injuring 5,000 on April - 11.   

1967  F Borngen discovers asteroid #3539 Weimar on April - 11.   

1967  On this day in history harlem (NYC) voters defy Congress and reelect Adam Clayton Powell Jr   

1967  On this day in history in Ottawa Ontario Bower Edward Featherstone convicted under the Official Secrets Act of acquiring confidential naval charts   

1968  On this day in history pres Johnson signs 1968 Civil Rights Act   

1969  Ludvig Irgens Jensen, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1970  Beatles' "Let It Be," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks on this day in history.   

1970  On April - 11 launch of Apollo 13, commanded by CAPT James A. Lovell, Jr., USN. Former naval aviator Fred W. Haise, Jr. was the Lunar Module Pilot. While 200,000 miles from Earth there was an explosion on board which forced Apollo 13 to circle the moon without landing. Mission duration was 5 days, 22 hours, and 54 minutes. Recovery was by HS-4 helicopters from USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2).   

1970  The American Apollo 13 spacecraft launched to the Moon on April - 11.   

1970  Cathy O'Donnell, dies at 66 on April - 11.   

1972  200,000 Hydro-Quebec workers, teachers, and hospital staff go on 2-week strike; largest in history on April - 11.   

1973  On April - 11 ted Decorsia, actor (Police Chief Hegedorn-Steve Canyon), dies at 69   

1974  Curt Conway, dies on April - 11.   

1975  On April - 11 dorothy Patten, dies at 70   

1976  On this day in history liam Dunn, dies a 59   

1978  E F Helin and G Grueff discovers asteroid #3101 Goldberger on this day in history.   

1979  Ugandan dictator Idi Amin overthrown; Tanzania takes Kampala on this day in history.   

1980  On this day in history equal Employment Opportunity Commission regulates sexual harrassment   

1980  Paul McCartney releases "Coming Up" on April - 11.   

1980  Charlotte Henry, dies on April - 11.   

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

1370  On April - 11 birth of frederick I the Warlike, elector of Saxony   

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

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

0678  Donus, Italian Pope (676-78), dies on this day in history.   

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 April - 11.   

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  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.