On this day in History - Apr. 11

• 0146 - Septimius Severus was born (d. 0211). Roman emperor.
• 0896 - Início do pontificado do Papa Bonifácio VI.
• 1034 - Romanus III dies (b. 1028). Byzantine emperor.
• 1199 - Morte do rei inglês Ricardo I Coração de Leão.
• 1240 - Llywelyn the Great dies. Prince of Gwynedd.
• 1241 - Batu Khan defeats Bela IV of Hungary at the Battle of Muhi.
• 1357 - King John I of Portugal was born (d. 1433) / Nasce em Lisboa D. João I cognominado "O Boa- memória" ( m. 14 Ago 1433). Rei de Portugal.
• 1374 - Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March was born.
• 1492 - Margaret of Navarre, was born (d. 1549). Queen of Navarre and writer.
• 1512 - Battle of Ravenna: The forces of the Holy League were heavily defeated by the French.
• 1554 - Thomas Wyatt the younger dies executed (b. 1521). English rebel.
• 1555 - Joanna of Castile dies (b. 1479). Mother of Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor.
• 1568 - Marin Getaldić was born (d. 1626). Croat physicist and astronomer.
• 1586 - Pietro Della Valle was born. Composer.
• 1592 - John Eliot was born (d. 1632). English statesman.
• 1607 - Bento de Góis dies (b. 1562). Portuguese explorer and missionary.
• 1612 - Emanuel van Meteren dies (b. 1535). Flemish historian.
• 1612 - Edward Wightman dies burned at the stake (b. 1566). English Baptist preacher
• 1626 - Marin Getaldić dies (b. 1568). Croatian mathematician.
• 1689 - William III and Mary II were crowned as joint sovereigns of Britain.
• 1705 - William Cookworthy was born (d. 1780). English chemist.
• 1712 - Richard Simon was born (b. 1638). French Biblical critic.
• 1713 - War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne's War): Treaty of Utrecht .
• 1721 - David Zeisberger was born (d. 1808). Moravian missionary.
• 1722 - Christopher Smart was born (d. 1771). English poet.
• 1723 - Franz Anton Bustelli was born (d. 1763). Porcelain moulder.
• 1723 - John Robinson dies (b. 1650). English diplomat.
• 1755 - James Parkinson was born (d. 1824). English physician.
• 1764 - O tratado entre a Rússia e a Prússia garante as constituições vigentes da Polónia e da Suécia e assegura tanto o controlo da eleição do monarca polaco como a acção conjunta contra os nacionalistas.
• 1769 - Jean Lannes was born (d. 1809). French marshal.
• 1770 - George Canning was born. British prime minister.
• 1772 - Manuel Jose Quintana was born. Spanish author, poet (El Duque de Viseo).
• 1775 - Last execution for witchcraft in Germany .
• 1794 - Edward Everett was born. American statesman, educator and orator.
• 1798 - Macedonio Melloni was born (d. 1854). Italian physicist.
• 1798 - Karl Wilhelm Ramler dies (b. 1725). German poet.
• 1803 - French Foreign Minister Charles Talleyrand offers to sell all of the Louisiana Territory to the United States .
• 1810 - Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, was born (d. 1895). Soldier and orientalist.
• 1814 - Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.
• 1815 - The eruption of Mount Tambora, a volcano on the island of Sumbawa, Indonesia, killed about 10,000 people.
• 1819 - Charles Hallé was born (d. 1895). German pianist and conductor.
• 1824 - António de Morais Silva dies. Portuguese lexicographer and philologist.
• 1825 - Ferdinand Lassalle was born (d. 1864). German politician.
• 1827 - The Greek national assembly at Troezene elected Capo d'Istria president of the republic.
• 1843 - Protocolo alemão de reconhecimento da soberania e independência da Confederação Argentina.
• 1844 - Alexandros Mavrokordatos assume o cargo de primeiro-ministro da Grécia.
• 1848 - Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria confirmed the March Laws, which formed the foundation of the modern state of Hungary.
• 1852 - Cap Anson was born (d. 1922). American baseball player.
• 1856 - Juan Santamaría dies. National hero of the Republic of Costa Rica .
• 1856 - Battle of Rivas in the war between the Central American coalition and freebooter William Walker.
• 1861 - Francisco González Bocanegra dies (b. 1824). Mexican poet.
• 1862 - Charles Evans Hughes was born. Chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
• 1862 - Emílio Ribas was born at Pindamonhangaba, Vale do Paraíba, São Paulo (d. 19 Dec 1925). Brazilian physician.
• 1865 - Manuel Ignacio de Vivanco assume o cargo de primeiro-ministro do Peru.
• 1868 - The Shogunate is abolished in Japan .
• 1869 - Gustav Vigeland was born (d. 1943). Norwegian sculptor.
• 1870 - Justo José de Urquiza dies. Argentine politician and militar.
• 1873 - Edward Canby dies assassinated at a peace conference during the Modoc War (b. 1817). US Army General
• 1876 - The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.
• 1876 - Paul Henry was born (d. 1958). Northern Irish artist.
• 1881 - River ferry "Princess Victoria" sank in Thames River, Ontario, and 180 died.
• 1882 - Fernando Fader was born (d. 1935). French-born Argentine impressionist painter.
• 1883 - Hozumi Shigeto was born (d. 1951). Japanese author.
• 1888 - The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam is inaugurated.
• 1889 - Nick LaRocca was born (d. 1961). Jazz musician, cornetist, composer.
• 1893 - Dean Acheson was born (d. 1971). United States Secretary of State from 1949 to 1953, adviser to four presidents, and the principal creator of U.S. foreign policy in the Cold War period following World War II.
• 1895 - Cuban patriot José Julián Martí landed in Cuba at the head of an invading force whose goal was to win independence from Spain.
• 1896 - Wieland Herzfelde was born (d.1989). Publisher and author.
• 1898 - President McKinley asked Congress for a declaration of war against Spain.
• 1899 - The Treaty of Paris ending the Spanish-American War was declared in effect. Spain cedes Puerto Rico to the United States .
• 1900 - Morte de Bezerra de Menezes (Dr. Adolfo Bezerra de Menezes Cavalcanti), eminente e venerável médico, político e líder espírita, cognominado 'médico dos pobres', no Rio de Janeiro-RJ.
• 1901 - Adriano Olivetti was born. Italian engineer, manufacturer (typewriter).
• 1906 - Dale Messick was born. Cartoonist.
• 1906 - Francis Pharcellus Church dies (b. 1839). American editor and publisher.
• 1906 - James Anthony Bailey dies (b. 1847). Co-founder with Phineas Taylor Barnum of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus.
• 1908 - Leo Rosten was born (d. 1997). American humorist, author.
• 1909 - Sebastião Custódio de Sousa Teles assume o cargo de primeiro-ministro de Portugal.
• 1910 - António de Spínola was born. Portugese general and politician. President of Portugal (15 May 1974 - 30. Seo.1974)/ Nascimento de Antonio Sebastião Ribeiro Spínola. Militar e político português, Presidente da República Portuguesa entre 15 Mai 1974 e 30 Set 1974.
• 1911 - Stanislawa Walasiewicz was born (d. 1980). Polish-American sprinter.
• 1912 - Henri Brisson dies. French statesman .
• 1913 - Oleg Cassini was born. American fashion designer.
• 1914 - Robert Stanfield was born (d. 2003). Premier of Nova Scotia.
• 1915 - Charlie Chaplin releases The Tramp.
• 1916 - Nascimento em Buenos Aires, Argentina de Ginastera (Alberto Evaristo Ginastera). Compositor erudito moderno (Panambi).
• 1916 - Richard Harding Davis dies (b. 1864). American author.
• 1916 - Alberto Ginastera was born (d. 1983). Argentine composer.
• 1917 - David Westheimer was born (d. 2005). American novelist.
• 1919 - Foi formada a Organização Internacional do Trabalho (OIT)
• 1920 - Marlen Haushofer, was born (d. 1990). Author.
• 1921 - First sports broadcast on the radio .
• 1921 - The Emirate of Transjordan is created.
• 1921 - Empress Augusta Vitoria [Auguste Viktoria Friederike Luise Feodore Jenny von Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg ] dies in Doorn, Utrech, Netherland (b. 22 Oct 1858 in Dolzig, Germany).
• 1926 - Luther Burbank dies (b. 1849). American botanist.
• 1928 - Ethel Kennedy was born. Widow of Robert F. Kennedy .
• 1929 - Almino Affonso was born in Humaitá, Amazonas. Brazilian politician
• 1930 - Anton LaVey was born (d. 1997). American founder of the Church of Satan .
• 1930 - Kazuo Fukushima was born. Japanese composer.
• 1931 - Johnny Sheffield was born. American actor
• 1932 - Joel Grey was born. American singer, actor .
• 1933 - É promulgada e entra em vigor em Portugal a Constituição Política, terminando o período conhecido por Ditatura Militar.
• 1933 - Hermann Goering became premier of Prussia.
• 1935 - Richard Berry was born (d. 1997). American singer, and composer.
• 1938 - Kurt Moll was born. German bass.
• 1939 - Louise Lasser was born. American actress.
• 1941 - Ellen Goodman was born. Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist.
• 1943 - Se inaugura el Estadio José Amalfitani, propiedad del Club Atlético Vélez Sarsfield, en partido en que el local y River Plate igualan a 2 goles.
• 1944 - John Milius was born. American director, writer .
• 1944 - A los 36 años, fallece Alejandro Villanueva Martinez, apodado el Maestro. Gran figura del futbol peruano. El estadio de Alianza de Lima lleva su nombre.
• 1945 - World War II: United States forces liberate Buchenwald concentration camp. Some 250,000 prisoners passed through the camp and 50,000 are known to have died there.
• 1946 - Bob Harris was born. British disc jockey and presenter.
• 1947 - Peter Riegert was born. American actor
• 1947 - Meshach Taylor was born. American actor
• 1947 - Jackie Robinson is the first African American to play in a modern-day Major League Baseball game.
• 1949 - Bernd Eichinger was born. Ferman film producer.
• 1950 - Início do reinado do príncipe Rainier (Principado de Mónaco).
• 1950 - Bill Irwin was born. American actor, director, and proponent of new vaudeville.
• 1951 - Doris McGowen Beck Angleton was born (d. 1997). American Houston, Texas socialite.
• 1951 - Korean War: President Harry S. Truman relieves General Douglas MacArthur of overall command in Korea .
• 1951 - James Patrick Kelly was born. American author.
• 1953 - Oveta Culp Hobby became the first Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare.
• 1953 - Andrew Wiles was born in Cambridge. English mathematician, deviser of a proof of Fermat's last theorem.
• 1953 - Guy Verhofstadt was born. Prime minister of Belgium .
• 1955 - Kevin Brady was born. American politician.
• 1955 - Michael Callen was born (d. 1993). American singer and songwriter.
• 1956 - French government sent 200,000 reservists to Algeria.
• 1957 - Noruega assina a Convenção das Nações Unidas sobre a Escravatura (1926).
• 1958 - Gana passa a ser membro da UNESCO.
• 1958 - Stuart Adamson was born (d. 2001). British musician (Big Country).
• 1959 - Frank C Scott was born. Australian photo-journalist.
• 1960 - Jeremy Clarkson was born. Motor Journalist and TV Presenter of Top Gear .
• 1961 - Portugal - Abrilada: Tentativa de golpe militar em Portugal, liderado pelo general Botelho Moniz, ministro da Defesa, imediatamente sufocado, que tenta derrubar Salazar, presidente do Conselho de Ministros e nomear Marcelo Caetano para o cargo de presidente do conselho. Salazar assume a pasta da Defesa.
• 1961 - Doug Hopkins was born. American lyricist and musician.
• 1961 - Roberto Cabañas was born. Paraguyan footballer.
• 1961 - Bob Dylan makes his singing début in New York City.
• 1961 - Em Jerusalém, iniciou-se o julgamento do nazi Adolf Eichman.
• 1962 - Vincent Gallo was born. American actor.
• 1963 - Chris Ferguson was born. American poker player
• 1963 - John XXIII put forth his encyclical “On peace in truth, justice, charity and liberty.”.
• 1965 - The Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak: Fifty-one tornadoes hit in six Midwestern states killing 256 people.
• 1966 - Lisa Stansfield, was born in Rocdake, Lancashire. English singer and songwriter (All Around the World, You Can’t Deny It, This is the Right Time).
• 1966 - Zeca Baleiro was born in Maranhão. Brazilian popular singer.
• 1966 - Mason Reese was born. American actor.
• 1968 - Sergey Lukyanenko was born. Russian science fiction author .
• 1968 - Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
• 1968 - German student leader Rudi Dutschke is shot in Berlin.
• 1969 - Roger Moore / Luisa Mattioli wed.
• 1969 - Cerys Matthews was born.Singer.
• 1969 - Janeth dos Santos Arcain was born in Carapicuíbam, São Paulo. Brazilian basketball player.
• 1970 - Apollo 13 blasted off on a mission to the moon that was disrupted when an explosion crippled the spacecraft. The astronauts did return safely.
• 1970 - John O'Hara dies (b. 1905). American author.
• 1970 - Trevor Linden was born. Canadian professional hockey player.
• 1970 - Cathy O'Donnell dies (b. 1923). American actress.
• 1971 - Oliver Riedel was born. German bassist for Rammstein.
• 1972 - Jason Varitek was born. Baseball player.
• 1973 - Jennifer Esposito was born in New York. American actress.
• 1974 - Trot Nixon was born. American baseball player.
• 1974 - Olivia Bonamy was born. French actress.
• 1975 - Walid Soliman was born. Tunisian author
• 1977 - Jacques Prévert dies (b. 04 Feb 1900). French poet, (La puil et le beau), scenarist and screenwriter.
• 1978 - Aretha Franklin / Glynn Turman wed.
• 1979 - Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed. During his brutal regime, an estimated 300,000 civilians were killed.
• 1979 - Malcolm Christie was born. English footballer
• 1980 - Mark Teixeira was born. American baseball player
• 1981 - Brixton riot .
• 1981 - President Reagan returned to the White House from the hospital, 12 days after he was wounded in an assassination attempt
• 1981 - Alessandra Ambrosio was born. Brazilian model.
• 1981 - Cary Grant / Barbara Harris wed.
• 1982 - Waldir Calmon dies (b. 30 Jan 1919). Brazilian pianist.
• 1982 - Ian Bell was born. English cricketer.
• 1983 - In the 3rd Golden Raspberry Awards: Inchon! won.
• 1983 - In the 55th Academy Awards "Gandhi," (Best Picture) Ben Kingsley (Best actor) and Meryl Streep ( the Best Actress for "Sophie’s Choice") won the big prizes; while Jessica Lange received her Best Supporting Actress award for "Tootsie" and Louis Gossett, Jr. picked up his Best Supporting Actor award for "An Officer and a Gentleman".
• 1983 - Dolores del Rio dies (b. 3 Aug 1905). Mexican actress.
• 1984 - Junior (Durval Lima Junior) was born in Campinas, São Paulo. Brazilian pop singer (Sandy & Júnior).
• 1984 - Kelli Garner was born. American actress.
• 1984 - Gen. Sec. Konstantin U. Chernenko was named president of Soviet Union.
• 1985 - Enver Hoxha dies (b. 1908). Albanian statesman.
• 1986 - Halley's Comet reached its perigee (point nearest the Earth) during its most recent passage near the planet.
• 1987 - Erskine Caldwell dies (b. 1903). American author.
• 1987 - Primo Levi dies (b. 1919). Italian chemist, Auschwitz survivor, composer, librettist, author.
• 1987 - Joss Stone was born. English singer.
• 1988 - "The Last Emperor" won best picture at the 60th annual Academy Awards ceremony; Cher won best actress for "Moonstruck," Michael Douglas best actor for "Wall Street." .
• 1991 - Muere Syria Poletti. Novelista, cuentista y autora de libros infantiles.
• 1992 - Estado de emergencia nacional na Costa Rica em virtude da propagação de grandes incendios florestais.
• 1995 - Menez (Maria Inês Ribeiro da Fonseca) dies in Lisbon (b. 1926). Portuguese painter, Prémio Pessoa 1990 (1990 Pessoa Prize laureate).
• 1996 - Jessica Dubroff (7) was killed with her father and flight instructor when their Cessna Cardinal 177B crashed during bad weather in Cheyenne, Wyoming. She was attempting to become the youngest person to fly across the US.
• 1996 - Forty-three African nations signed the African Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Treaty.
• 1997 - In Angola a national reconciliation governing body was formed that united the MPLA under president Jose Eduardo dos Santos and UNITA under Jonas Savimbi.
• 1999 - Jose Maria Olazabal won the Masters by two shots over Davis Love III.
• 1999 - In Los Angeles British architect Sir Norman Foster was named the winner of the 1999 Pritzker Architecture Prize.
• 1999 - D. António Vitalino Fernandes Dantas toma posse da Diocese de Beja - Portugal.
• 1999 - Daouda Malam Wanke was designated president of Niger. President Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara had been assassinated on April 9.
• 1999 - Jean Vander Pyl dies (b. 1919). American voice actress.
• 2000 - In Peru the vote count reached 49.79% for Pres. Fujimori and tensions mounted under suspected irregularities.
• 2000 - Jordânia torna-se membro da Organização Mundial do Comércio
• 2001 - Harry Secombe dies (b. 1921). Welsh actor, comedian, member of The Goon Show.
• 2001 - The detained crew of a United States EP-3E aircraft that landed in
  Hainan, People's Republic of China after a collision with an F-8 fighter is released.
• 2001 - In South Africa 43 people were killed in a stampede at a soccer game in Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg. Over 150 were injured.
• 2002 - Armando Cortez , morre em Lisboa (n. 23 Jun 1928). Grande actor português de teatro, revista, cinema.
• 2002 - In the Philippines the ferry MV Carmela with 240 passengers caught fire and at least 15 people were killed.
• 2002 - In Tunisia a gas tanker truck crashed into the wall of a El Ghriba synagogue on the island of Djerba and killed 14 Germans, 6 Tunisians and a Frenchman. The government at first called it an accident. Later evidence indicated that it was an act of terrorism. Nizar Nawar (24), a Tunisian citizen who had studied in Canada, was the driver. Al Qaeda later claimed responsibility.
• 2002 - The Ghriba synagogue bombing by Al Qaeda kills 21 in Tunisia.
• 2002 - An attempted coup d'état in Venezuela against President Hugo Chavez began.
• 2003 - The Venezuela government of Hugo Chavez and his opponents agreed to a plan for a referendum on his presidency, and the chief of state pledged to leave office if he loses.
• 2003 - Guerra do Iraque - Forças da coligação assumem o controle das cidades iraquianas de Kirkuk e Mosul, com a rendiçao da 5ª Unidade do Exército do Iraque (em Mosul) .O governo norte-americano declara o fim do regime iraquiano.
• 2003 - Registrados 61 novos casos de Síndrome Respiratória Aguda Severa (SRAS) em Hong Kong.
• 2003 - Cecil Howard Green dies (b. 1900). British-born geophysicist and businessman.
• 2005 - André François dies (b. 1915). French cartoonist.
• 2005 - Lucien Laurent dies (b. 1907). French footballer.
• 2006 - Proof dies (b. 1975). American rapper.