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Events from History on April 11

1964 : "Anyone Can Whistle" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 9 perfs
1967 : "Illya Darling" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 320 perfs
1959 : "Jamaica" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 558 performances
1971 : "Johnny Johnson" opens/closes at Edison Theater NYC for 1 performance
1996 : "King & I," premieres at Neil Simon Theater in NYC for 781 perform
1991 : "Miss Saigon," opens at Broadway Theater NYC
1814 : 1st abdication of France by Napoleon; he is exiled to Elba
1924 : 1st men's college swimming championships begin
1989 : 1st playoff goal scored by a goalie, Ron Hextall of Phila
1960 : 1st weather satellite launched (Tiros 1)
1965 : 40 tornadoes strike US midwest killing 272 & injuring 5,000
1999 : 63rd Golf Masters Championship:
1891 : 8 year old Jewish tailor's daughter disappears in Greece, rumor
1986 : A Canadain 1921 50› piece auctioned in NYC for $22,000
1925 : Abd el-Krims Rifkabylen beats French army in Morocco
1961 : Adolf Eichmann trial begins in Israel
1945 : Allied troops liberate Basket-Compascuum
1895 : Anaheim completes it's new electric light system
1990 : Angels Mark Langston & Mike Witt, no-hit Seattle, 1-0
1970 : Apollo 13 launched to Moon; unable to land, returns in 6 days
1961 : Austrian 4th & last government of Raab resigns
1677 : Battle at Montcassel, French troops beat Prince William III
1512 : Battle at Ravenna: France under Gaston de Foix beat Spanish Army
1902 : Battle at Rooiwal, South-Africa
1865 : Battle of Mobile, AL - evacuated by Confederates
1856 : Battle of Rivas; Costa Rica beats Wm Walker's invading Nicaraguans
1863 : Battle of Suffolk, VA (Norfleet House)
1876 : Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks organizes
1972 : Benjamin L Hooks, named to FCC
1911 : Bob Dylan's 1st appearance at Folk City, Greenwich Village
1992 : BPAA US Open by Robert Lawrence
1958 : Brooks Hall in Civic Center dedicated (SF)
1985 : Caps 2-Isles 1 (OT)-Patrick Div Semifinals- Caps hold 2-0 lead
1984 : Challenger astronauts complete 1st in space satellite repair
1927 : Chilean gen Carlos Ib ¤ez names himself president
1984 : Chinese troops invade Vietnam
1912 : Cornerstone of Technion in Haifa Palestine laid
1992 : Country singer Lee Greenwood weds Miss Tennessee 1989 (Kimberly Payne)
1942 : Distinguished Service Medal for Merchant Marines authorized
1986 : Dodge Morgan sailed solo nonstop around world in 150 days
1959 : Dodger pitcher Don Drysdale hits his 2nd Opening Day HR
1580 : Drenthe joins Union of Utrecht
1959 : Dutch prince Bernhard visits Lockheed factory
1567 : Dutch prince William of Orange flees from Antwerp to Breda
1906 : Einstein introduces his Theory of Relativity
1890 : Ellis Island designated as an immigration station
1966 : Emmett Ashford becomes 1st black major league umpire
1564 : England & France sign Peace of Troyes
1551 : English premier John Dudley appointed duke of Northumberland
1713 : English, Prussian, Savoois, Portuguese & French peace treaty
1980 : Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regulates sexual harassment
1992 : Euro-Disney opens near Paris
1926 : Flemish Economic Covenant (VEV) forms in Ghent
1989 : Flyers, scores short-handed into an empty net beating Caps 8-5
1943 : Frank Piasecki, Vertol founder, flies his 1st (single-rotor) craft
1956 : French govt decides to sends 200,000 reservists to Algeria
1984 : Gen Sec Konstantin U Chernenko named pres of Soviet Union
1914 : George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion," premieres
1941 : Germany blitzes Conventry, England
1986 : Halley's Comet makes closest approach to Earth this trip, 63 M km
1975 : Hank Aaron returns as a Milwaukee player (Brewer)
1967 : Harlem (NYC) voters defy Congress & reelect Adam Clayton Powell Jr
1933 : Hermann G”ring becomes premier of Prussia
1848 : Hungary becomes constitutional monarchy under king Ferdinand of Aust
1939 : Hungary leaves League of Nations
1921 : Iowa imposed 1st state cigarette tax
1977 : Ireland sets fishing zone at 50 mile
1992 : Irish Republican Army bombs London financial district, killing 3
1961 : Israel begins Adolf Eichmann WW II crimes trial
1947 : Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in modern major-league baseball
1993 : Jeff Rouse swims world record 100m backstroke (51.43 sec)
1941 : Jewish Weekly newspaper taken control by Nazis
1801 : Johann von Schiller's "Die Jungfrau von Orleans," premieres in Leipzig
1963 : John XXIII encyclical On peace in truth, justice, charity & liberty
1975 : JP Parise 11 sec OT goal-Isles 1st playoff advance eliminates Rangers
1921 : KDKA broadcast 1st radio sporting event, a boxing match (Ray-Dundee)
1471 : King Edward IV of England conquers London from Henry VI
1993 : Kirsan Ilumzjinov installed as president of Kalmukkie
1929 : KLO-AM in Ogden UT begins radio transmissions
1986 : KXA-AM in Seattle WA changes call letters to KRPM
1981 : Larry Holmes beats Trevor Holmes in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1564 : Liege prince-bishop Robert van Bergen resigns
1865 : Lincoln urges a spirit of generous conciliation during reconstruction
1929 : Loetafoon celluloid film system demonstrated in Amsterdam
1983 : NASA launches RCA-F
1941 : Nazi occupiers in Neth confiscate Jewish assets
1962 : New York Mets make a losing debut
1907 : NY Giant Roger Bresnahan becomes 1st catcher to wear shin guards
1990 : NY Rangers beat NY Islanders 6-1, Rangers lead 3-1 in preliminary
1991 : NYC's Museum of Broadcasting becomes "Museum of Radio & Television"
1953 : Oveta Culp Hobby becomes 1st at Health, Education, & Welfare
1957 : Pablo Neruda arrested in Buenos Aires
1980 : Paul McCartney releases "Coming Up"
1713 : Peace of Utrecht; France cedes Maritime provinces to Britain
1982 : Penguins 5-Isles 2-Preliminary-Series tied at 2-2
1968 : Polish Marshal Spychalski succeeds Ochab as president
1968 : Pres Johnson signs 1968 Civil Rights Act
1951 : Pres Truman fires Gen Douglas McArthur
1898 : President McKinley asks for Spanish-American War declaration
1950 : Prince Rainier III becomes ruler of Monaco
1981 : Race riot in London area of Brixton
1944 : RAF bombs census bureau in The Hague
1862 : Rebels surrender Ft Pulaski, Georgia-Rebels surrender
1881 : River ferry "Princess Victoria" sinks in Thames River Ont, 180 die
1830 : Robert Schumann attends piano concerto by Paganini
1936 : Rodgers & Hammerstein's musical "On Your Toes," premieres in NYC
1981 : Ronald Reagan arrives home from hospital after Hinkley shot him
1988 : Royal Concert building in Amsterdam reopens
1957 : Ryan X-13 Vertijet becomes 1st jet to take-off & land vertically
1970 : SF beats Cincinnati 2-1, only day Reds aren't in 1st place in 1970
1956 : Singer Nat Cole attacked on stage of Birmingham theater by whites
1876 : Sir Charles Gordon ends religious tolerance in Sudan
1955 : Sobers starts run of 85 Test Cricket appearances for WI uninterrupted
1969 : South African president Frederik de Klerk marries Marike Willemse
1984 : Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth
1991 : Space Shuttle STS 37 (Atlantis 8) lands
1881 : Spelman College founded
1891 : spreads that she was a Christian girl ritually killed by Jews
1945 : SS burns & shoots 1,100 at Gardelegen
1967 : Tom Stoppard's "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead," premieres
1899 : Treaty of Paris ratifies ends war; Spain cedes Puerto Rico to US
1921 : Turkestan ASSR forms in Russian SFSR
1979 : Ugandan dictator Idi Amin overthrown; Tanzania takes Kampala
1991 : UN Security Council issues formal cease fire with Iraq declaration
1950 : US B-29 bomber shot down above Latvia
1945 : US captures Tsugen Shima
1900 : US Navy's 1st submarine made its debut
1945 : US soldiers liberate Nazi concentration camp "Buchenwald"
1945 : US troops conquers Mlheim, Oberhausen, Bochum, Unna, Essen
1984 : USSR party leader Chernenko elected president
1972 : USSR performs underground nuclear test
1981 : Valerie Bertinelli marries Eddie Van Halen
1579 : Venlo joins Union of Utrecht
1968 : W Berlin student Rudi Dutschke seriously wounded at demonstration
1971 : WBFF TV channel 45 in Baltimore, MD (IND) begins broadcasting
1968 : WHED TV channel 15 in Hanover, NH (PBS) begins broadcasting
1689 : William III & Mary II crowned as joint rulers of Britain
1924 : WLS-AM in Chicago IL begins radio transmissions
1974 : WW II war criminal JP Philippa arrested

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