Page 7: Historical Events In April - 11

1981  Ronald Reagan arrives home from hospital after Hinkley shot him on April - 11.   

1981  On April - 11 valerie Bertinelli marries Eddie Van Halen   

1981  Marie Ney, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1983  Statistics Canada reports Canada's unemployment rate in March of 13.6% or 1,658,000 unemployed; a new record on April - 11.   

1983  Dolores Del Rio, actress (Cheyenne Autumn), dies at 78 on April - 11.   

1984  Challenger astronauts complete first in space satellite repair on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history soyuz T-11 returns to Earth   

1985  Enver Hoxha, party leader/premier of Albania, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1986  Halley's Comet makes closest approach to Earth this trip, 63 M km on April - 11.   

1986  On April - 11 in New York City a Canadian 1921 50 cent piece fetches a record US$22,000 at auction.   

1987  On this day in history erskine Caldwell, novelist (Tobacco Road), dies at 83   

1988  On this day in history david Prater, US singer (Sam & Dave-Soul Man), dies in car crash at 50   

1989  On this day in history philadelphia Flyers' goalie Ron Hextall scores short-handed into an empty net   

1989  On April - 11 henk van Galen Last, Dutch journalist, dies at 68   

1990  Harold Ballard dies at age 86; President of Maple Leaf Gardens and the Toronto Maple Leafs since 1961 on this day in history.   

1990  Barbara Ann Miller, dies on April - 11.   

1991  Ottawa to give $15 million compensation to families of victims of 1985 Air India Flight 182 disaster on this day in history.   

1991  Space Shuttle STS 37 (Atlantis 8) lands on this day in history.   

1991  UN Security Council issues formal cease fire with Iraq declaration on this day in history.   

1991  Tom Rosqui, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1992  On this day in history adele Dixon, singer/actress (Uneasy Virtue), dies of pneumonia at 83   

1993  On April - 11 mohammed el-Himi, brigade-general of Egyptian police, murdered   

1994  On this day in history johan Block, Dutch aviation pioneer (Martinair/Transavia), dies at 64   

1996  Daniel Wolf, journalist, dies at 80 on April - 11.   

1997  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 on this day in history.   

1997  On this day in history 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  On April - 11 the European Space Agency's Venus Express spaceprobe enters Venus' orbit.   

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 this day in history.   

2008  On April - 11 merlin German, United States Marine   

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  On this day in history minsk Metro bombing   

2012  On April - 11 8.6 magnitude earth quack and 8.2 aftershock occurs off the coast of Indonesia   

2013  14 people are killed in clashes between drug traffickers and police in Michoacán, Mexico on April - 11.   

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0146  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1492  Marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre (d. 1549) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1638  On April - 11 birth of diogo Diaz Melgaz, composer   

1661  Antoine Coypel, French painter/poet was born on this day in history.   

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

1034  On April - 11 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  On this day in history death of thomas Wyatt the younger, English rebel (b. 1521)   

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

1626  On April - 11 death of marin Getaldić, Croatian mathematician (b. 1568)