Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index April 11 is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (102nd in leap years). There are 264 days remaining. Table of contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1512 - Battle of Ravenna 1713 - War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne's War): Treaty of Utrecht 1775 - Last execution for witchcraft in Germany 1803 - French Foreign Minister Charles Talleyrand offers to sell all of the Louisiana Territory to the United States 1814 - Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba. 1868 - The Shogunate is abolished in Japan 1876 - The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized 1888 - The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam is inaugurated. 1899 - Spain cedes Puerto Rico to the United States 1921 - First sports broadcast on the radio 1921 - The Emirate of Transjordan is created 1941 - World War II: The Luftwaffe bombs Coventry, England 1945 - World War II: United States forces liberate Buchenwald concentration camp 1947 - Jackie Robinson is the first African American to play in a modern-day Major League Baseball game 1951 - Korean War: President Harry S. Truman relieves General Douglas MacArthur of overall command in Korea 1965 - The Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak occurred. Fifty-one tornadoes hit in six Midwestern states killing 256 people. 1968 - Lyndon 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 1970 - Apollo 13 is launched 1979 - Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed. 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. Births 146 - Septimius Severus, Roman emperor († 211) 1357 - King John I of Portugal 1492 - Margaret of Navarre, Queen of Navarre and writer († 1549) 1723 - Franz Anton Bustelli, porcelain moulder († 1763) 1810 - Sir Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, soldier and orientalist († 1895) 1819 - Charles Hallé, pianist and conductor († 1895) 1825 - Ferdinand Lassalle, politician († 1864) 1866 - Annie Sullivan, teacher of Helen Keller († 1936) 1869 - Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor († 1943) 1883 - Hozumi Shigeto, Japanese author († 1951) 1893 - Dean Acheson, former United States Secretary of State († 1971) 1896 - Wieland Herzfelde, publisher and author († 1989) 1906 - Dale Messick, cartoonist 1908 - Leo Rosten, humorist, author († 1997) 1913 - Oleg Cassini, fashion designer 1920 - Marlen Haushofer, author († 1990) 1930 - Anton LaVey, founder of the Church of Satan († 1997) 1932 - Joel Grey, singer, actor 1944 - John Milius, director, writer 1949 - Bernd Eichinger, film producer 1951 - Doris McGowen Beck Angleton, Houston, Texas socialite († 1997) 1953 - Andrew Wiles, Mathematician 1953 - Guy Verhofstadt, prime minister of Belgium 1966 - Lisa Stansfield, singer Deaths 1873 - Gen E. R. S. Canby, US Army General 1906 - Francis Pharcellus Church, American editor and publisher 1916 - Richard Harding Davis, author 1917 - Scott Joplin, composer, musician 1926 - Luther Burbank, botanist 1970 - John O'Hara, author 1987 - Erskine Caldwell, author 1987 - Primo Levi, chemist, composer, librettist, author 2001 - Harry Secombe, actor, comedian, member of The Goon Show Holidays and observances See also: April 10 - April 12 - March 11 - May 11 -- listing of all days January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.