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This day in history: 11 April

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405 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 11 April.
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2023: During the Pazigyi massacre, an airstrike conducted by the Myanmar Air Force kills at least 100 villagers in Pazigyi, Sagaing Region.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Antipas of Pergamum (Greek Orthodox Church)

Christian feast day: April 11 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Barsanuphius

Christian feast day: Blessed George Gervase

Christian feast day: Elena Guerra

Christian feast day: Gemma Galgani

Christian feast day: George Selwyn (Anglicanism)

Christian feast day: Godeberta

Christian feast day: Guthlac of Crowland

Christian feast day: Stanislaus of Szczepanów

International Louie Louie Day

Juan Santamaría Day, anniversary of his death in the Second Battle of Rivas. (Costa Rica)

Events

2023During the Pazigyi massacre, an airstrike conducted by the Myanmar Air Force kills at least 100 villagers in Pazigyi, Sagaing Region.

2021Twenty-year-old Daunte Wright is shot and killed in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, by officer Kimberly Potter, sparking protests in the city, when the officer mistakes her pistol for her taser.

2018An Ilyushin Il-76 owned and operated by the Algerian Air Force crashes near Boufarik, Algeria, killing 257.

2017The tour bus of the German football team Borussia Dortmund is attacked with roadside bombs in Dortmund, Germany. Three bombs exploded as the bus ferried the team to the Westfalenstadion for the first leg of their quarter-final against Monac

2012A pair of great earthquakes occur in the Wharton Basin west of Sumatra in Indonesia. The maximum Mercalli intensity of this strike-slip doublet earthquake is VII (Very strong). Ten are killed, twelve are injured, and a non-destructive tsuna

2011An explosion in the Minsk Metro, Belarus, kills 15 people and injures 204 others.

2008Kata Air Transport Flight 007 crashes while attempting an emergency landing at Chișinău International Airport, killing eight.

2007Algiers bombings: Two bombings in Algiers kill 33 people and wound a further 222 others.

2006Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces Iran's claim to have successfully enriched uranium.

2002Over two hundred thousand people march in Caracas towards the presidential palace to demand the resignation of President Hugo Chávez. Nineteen protesters are killed.

2002The Ghriba synagogue bombing by al-Qaeda kills 21 in Tunisia.

2001The Australia national men's soccer team sets a world record for the largest victory in an international association football match, winning the game 31–0 against American Samoa at the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifiers for OFC. Australia's Arc

2001The detained crew of a United States EP-3E aircraft that landed in Hainan, China, after a collision with a J-8 fighter, is released.

1993Four hundred fifty prisoners riot at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, and would continue to do so for ten days, citing grievances related to prison conditions, as well as the forced vaccination of Nation of Islam

1993Guillem Agulló, pro-Catalan independence and anti-fascist Valencian young activist, is assassinated by a group of Spanish nationalists and neo-nazis in Montanejos.

1990Customs officers in Middlesbrough, England, seize what they believe to be the barrel of a massive gun on a ship bound for Iraq.

1987The London Agreement is secretly signed between Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Shimon Peres and King Hussein of Jordan.

1986FBI Miami Shootout: A gun battle in broad daylight in Dade County, Florida, between two bank/armored car robbers and pursuing FBI agents. During the firefight, FBI agents Jerry L. Dove and Benjamin P. Grogan are killed, while five other age

1982American-Israeli reservist Alan Harry Goodman carries out a mass shooting at the Dome of the Rock, killing two Palestinians and injuring at least seven others.

1981A massive riot in Brixton, south London, results in almost 300 police injuries and 65 serious civilian injuries.

1979Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed.

1977London Transport's Silver Jubilee AEC Routemaster buses are launched.

1976The Apple I is created.

1970Apollo Program: Apollo 13 is launched.

1968A failed assassination attempt on Rudi Dutschke, leader of the German student movement, leaves Dutschke suffering from brain damage.

1968US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.

1965The Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965: Fifty-five tornadoes hit in six Midwestern states of the United States, killing 266 people.

1964Brazilian Marshal Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco is elected president by the National Congress.

1963Pope John XXIII issues Pacem in terris, the first encyclical addressed to all Christians instead of only Catholics, and which described the conditions for world peace in human terms.

1961The trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem.

1957United Kingdom agrees to Singaporean self-rule.

1955The Air India Kashmir Princess is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by the Kuomintang.

1952Bolivian National Revolution: Rebels take over Palacio Quemado.

1952Pan Am Flight 526A ditches near San Juan-Isla Grande Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, after experiencing an engine failure, killing 52 people.

1951Korean War: President Truman relieves Douglas MacArthur of the command of American forces in Korea and Japan.

1951The Stone of Scone, the stone upon which Scottish monarchs were traditionally crowned, is found on the site of the altar of Arbroath Abbey. It had been taken by Scottish nationalist students from its place in Westminster Abbey.

1945World War II: American forces liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp.

1935Stresa Front: Opening of the conference between the British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, the Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini and the French Minister for Foreign Affairs Pierre Laval to condemn the German violations of the Treaty

1921Emir Abdullah establishes the first centralised government in the newly created British protectorate of Transjordan.

1909The city of Tel Aviv is founded.

Born on this day

2014Arabella Stanton, British actress, plays Hermione Granger

2005Danielle Marsh, South Korean-Australian singer

2005Jack Hinshelwood, English footballer

2002Jake Fraser-McGurk, Australian cricketer

2001Manuel Ugarte, Uruguayan footballer

2000Calen Addison, Canadian ice hockey player

2000Karina, South Korean singer

2000Ken Carson, American rapper and record producer

2000Loïc Badé, French footballer

2000Milly Alcock, Australian actress

1996Dele Alli, English international footballer

1996Summer Walker, American singer-songwriter

1994Brandon Montour, Canadian ice hockey player

1993Florin Andone, Romanian footballer

1992Sinem Dybvad Demir, Danish politician

1991Brennan Poole, American racing driver

1991Cédric Bakambu, Congolese footballer

1991Thiago Alcântara, Spanish footballer

1990Dimitrios Anastasopoulos, Greek footballer

1990Thulani Serero, South African footballer

1989Torrin Lawrence, American sprinter (died 2014)

1988Leland Irving, Canadian ice hockey player

1988Milton Casco, Argentine footballer

1987Joss Stone, English singer-songwriter and actress[citation needed]

1987Lights, Canadian singer-songwriter[citation needed]

1986Lena Schöneborn, German pentathlete

1986Sarodj Bertin, Haitian model and human rights lawyer

1985Pablo Hernández Domínguez, Spanish footballer

1984Kelli Garner, American actress

1984Nikola Karabatić, French handball player

1983Jennifer Heil, Canadian skier

1983Rubén Palazuelos, Spanish footballer

1982Ian Bell, English cricketer[citation needed]

1982Peeter Kümmel, Estonian skier

1981Alessandra Ambrosio, Brazilian model[citation needed]

1981Alexandre Burrows, Canadian ice hockey player

1981Luis Flores, Dominican basketball player

1981Veronica Pyke, Australian cricketer

1980Keiji Tamada, Japanese footballer

1980Mark Teixeira, American baseball player

Died on this day

2026Phil Garner, American baseball player and manager (born 1949)

2025Mike Berry, British singer and actor (born 1942)

2024Park Bo-ram, South Korean singer (born 1994)

2021Mauro Viale, Argentine journalist (born 1947)

2020John Horton Conway, English mathematician (born 1937)

2017J. Geils, American singer and guitarist (born 1946)

2017Mark Wainberg, Canadian researcher and HIV/AIDS activist (born 1945)

2015François Maspero, French journalist and author (born 1932)

2015Hanut Singh, Indian general (born 1933)

2015Jimmy Gunn, American football player (born 1948)

2015Muhammad Kamaruzzaman, Bangladeshi journalist and politician (born 1952)

2015Tekena Tamuno, Nigerian historian and academic (born 1932)

2014Bill Henry, American baseball player (born 1927)

2014Edna Doré, English actress (born 1921)

2014Jesse Winchester, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1944)

2014Lou Hudson, American basketball player and sportscaster (born 1944)

2014Myer S. Kripke, American rabbi and scholar (born 1914)

2014Rolf Brem, Swiss sculptor and illustrator (born 1926)

2014Sergey Nepobedimy, Russian engineer (born 1921)

2013Clorindo Testa, Italian-Argentinian architect (born 1923)

2013Don Blackman, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (born 1953)

2013Gilles Marchal, French singer-songwriter (born 1944)

2013Grady Hatton, American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1922)

2013Hilary Koprowski, Polish-American virologist and immunologist (born 1916)

2013Jonathan Winters, American comedian, actor and screenwriter (born 1925)

2013Maria Tallchief, American ballerina (born 1925)

2013Sue Draheim, American fiddler (born1949)

2013Thomas Hemsley, English actor and singer (born 1927)

2012Agustin Roman, American bishop (born 1928)

2012Ahmed Ben Bella, Algerian soldier and politician, 1st President of Algeria (born 1916)

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