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Saturday, 11 April 2026
1922 Neurenberg fusion congress USDP-SPD; picks Karl Kautsky 
1922 Cornell MacNeil, US, singer/actor (La Traviata)
1923 Premiere of 1st celluloid film "Das Leben auf dem Dorfe" (Berlin).
1923 Ladislav Fuks, writer
1924 Boston, Massachusetts opens its airport.
1924 Jean-Pierre Warner, British high court judge.
1926 Cardinals clinch NL pennant by beating Giants 6-4.
1927 NHL's Toronto St Patricks become the Maple Leafs.
1927 NHL's Toronto St Patricks become Maple Leafs
1927 Richard Swift, composer.
1928 Cohan/Lardner's musical "Elmer the Great," premieres in NYC
1929 Lieutenant James H. (Jimmy) Doolittle pilots a biplane over Mitchel Field in New York to make the inaugural all-instrument flight.
1929 Lt James H Doolittle guides a Consolidated N-Y-2 Biplane over Mitchell Field in NY in the inaugural all-instrument flight.
1929 Lt James H Doolittle guides a Consolidated N-Y-2 Biplane over Mitchell Field in NY in 1st all-instrument flight.
1929 George McNicol, principal (Aberdeen University).
1930 G Kaufman and M Hart's "Once in a Lifetime," premieres in NY
1931 Round-robin playoff among NYC's 3 major league teams, to raise money for unemployed, concludes with Brooklyn losing to both Giants and Yanks.
1932 NY Gov Franklin D Roosevelt visits LA.
1934 2500 fans see Babe Ruth's farewell Yankee appearance at Yankee Stadium
1934 Edwin Lehare, composer, dies at 69
1935 Earl Bascom and Weldon Bascom produce the inaugural rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights at Columbia, Mississippi
1938 In this year, Alice Marble claims her 2nd singles US tennis title.
1939 Carl Laenmie, film producer, dies.
1940 The Cdn. Navy received 6 former US Navy "4 stackers" destroyers and renames them HMCS Annapolis, Columbia,Niagra, St. Clair ST. Croix and St. Francis.
1940 Jimmy Foxx hits his 500th career HR
1941 9 Allied govts pledged adherence to Atlantic Charter
1941 Nine Allied governments pledge adherence to the common principles of policy set forth in the Atlantic Charter.
1942 3000 Tuczyn Jews are killed after resisting and escaping a Nazi attack. Only 15 survive
1942 General Blamey assumes command of Allied Land Forces in New Guinea
1942 HMS SOMALI lost north of Iceland after being stuck by 1 torpedo from German U.703 on 20th in Greenland Sea.floundered while being towed by 'Ashanti', went down in bad weather, 45 men lost.
1943 Soviet forces reconquer Smolensk
1946 Yanks set season attendance record of 2309029 besting 1929 Cubs.
1948 Mildred Gillars, charged with treason as Nazi radio propagandist Axis Sally, pleads innocent in Washington, DC.
1948 Mildred Gillars (Axis Sally) pleads innocent in Wash DC.
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