Page 7: Historical Events In April - 11

1981  Ronald Reagan arrives home from hospital after Hinkley shot him on this day in history.   

1981  On April - 11 valerie Bertinelli marries Eddie Van Halen   

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

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

1983  On this day in history dolores Del Rio, actress (Cheyenne Autumn), dies at 78   

1984  On April - 11 challenger astronauts complete first in space satellite repair   

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 this day in history.   

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 April - 11 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  On this day in history harold Ballard dies at age 86; President of Maple Leaf Gardens and the Toronto Maple Leafs since 1961   

1990  On this day in history barbara Ann Miller, dies   

1991  Ottawa to give $15 million compensation to families of victims of 1985 Air India Flight 182 disaster on April - 11.   

1991  Space Shuttle STS 37 (Atlantis 8) lands on April - 11.   

1991  On this day in history uN Security Council issues formal cease fire with Iraq declaration   

1991  Tom Rosqui, dies at 62 on April - 11.   

1992  Adele Dixon, singer/actress (Uneasy Virtue), dies of pneumonia at 83 on April - 11.   

1993  Mohammed el-Himi, brigade-general of Egyptian police, murdered on April - 11.   

1994  Johan Block, Dutch aviation pioneer (Martinair/Transavia), dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1996  On this day in history daniel Wolf, journalist, dies at 80   

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 April - 11.   

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  The European Space Agency's Venus Express spaceprobe enters Venus' orbit on this day in history.   

2007  On this day in history 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.   

2008  Merlin German, United States Marine on this day in history.   

2011  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 on this day in history.   

2011  Minsk Metro bombing on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

1374  On this day in history birth of roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (d. 1398)   

1492  On April - 11 birth of marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre (d. 1549)   

1586  Pietro Della Valle, composer was born on April - 11.   

1602  On April - 11 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  Death of Romanus III Argyrus, Byzantine emperor (1028-34), assasinated by wife on this day in history.   

1240  On April - 11 llywelyn ab Iorwerth the Great, monarch of Wales (1194-1240), dies   

1500  Death of Michael T Marullus, Greeks poet, drowns on April - 11.   

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  On April - 11 death of edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (b. 1566)   

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