Historical Events In April - 11

1981  On April - 11 ronald Reagan arrives home from hospital after Hinkley shot him   

1981  On this day in history valerie Bertinelli marries Eddie Van Halen   

1981  On April - 11 marie Ney, dies at 85   

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  On April - 11 dolores Del Rio, actress (Cheyenne Autumn), dies at 78   

1984  Challenger astronauts complete first in space satellite repair on April - 11.   

1984  On April - 11 soyuz T-11 returns to Earth   

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

1986  On this day in history halley's Comet makes closest approach to Earth this trip, 63 M km   

1986  On this day in history 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 April - 11 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  Henk van Galen Last, Dutch journalist, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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  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 April - 11.   

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

1991  On April - 11 uN Security Council issues formal cease fire with Iraq declaration   

1991  On this day in history tom Rosqui, dies at 62   

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 April - 11 johan Block, Dutch aviation pioneer (Martinair/Transavia), dies at 64   

1996  Daniel Wolf, journalist, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1997  On April - 11 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   

1997  Michael Dorris, writer, commits suicide at 52 on April - 11.   

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 April - 11.   

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  Merlin German, United States Marine on April - 11.   

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 April - 11.   

2011  Minsk Metro bombing on April - 11.   

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   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Next Page »

0146  On this day in history birth of septimius Severus (d. 211)   

1370  Frederick I the Warlike, elector of Saxony was born on April - 11.   

1374  Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (d. 1398) was born on April - 11.   

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  Johann Neukrantz, composer was born on April - 11.   

1638  On this day in history birth of diogo Diaz Melgaz, composer   

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

0678  On this day in history donus, Italian Pope (676-78), dies   

1034  Death of Romanus III Argyrus, Byzantine emperor (1028-34), assasinated by wife on April - 11.   

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  Gaston de Foix, French pretender to Navarra throne, dies in battle on April - 11.   

1554  Death of Thomas Wyatt the younger, English rebel (b. 1521) on April - 11.   

1612  Death of Edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (b. 1566) on April - 11.   

1626  Death of Marin Getaldić, Croatian mathematician (b. 1568) on April - 11.