Page 5: Historical Events In April - 11

1921  Augusta Victoria, Queen of Prussia/wife of Emperor Wilhelm II, dies on this day in history.   

1922  Alexander Raichev, composer on April - 11.   

1924  1st men's college swimming championships begin on April - 11.   

1925  Abd el-Krims Rifkabylen beats French army in Morocco on this day in history.   

1925  Ethel Kennedy, wife of Bobby on April - 11.   

1926  Flemish Economic Covenant (VEV) forms in Ghent on this day in history.   

1927  Chilean gen Carlos Ibáñez names himself president on this day in history.   

1929  On this day in history kLO-AM in Ogden UT begins radio transmissions   

1933  On this day in history hermann Goering becomes premier of Prussia   

1936  On this day in history rodgers & Hammerstein's musical "On Your Toes," premieres in NYC   

1936  Mitya Stillman, composer, dies at 44 on April - 11.   

1939  Hungary leaves League of Nations on April - 11.   

1939  SS Van Dine, [William Huntingdon Wright], detective writer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1941  Belgrade, in Yugoslavia, occupied by German forces during World War 2 on April - 11.   

1941  On this day in history germany blitzes Conventry, England   

1942  Distinguished Service Medal for Merchant Marines authorized on April - 11.   

1943  On this day in history frank Piasecki, Vertol founder, flies his first (single-rotor) craft   

1943  On April - 11 frank Piasecki, Vertol founder, flies his 1st (single-rotor) craft   

1944  On April - 11 rAF bombs census bureau in The Hague   

1945  At the end of World War 2, the Red army enters the Austrian city of Vienna on April - 11.   

1945  On April - 11 u.S. troops liberate approximately 20,000 prisoners from Buchenwald.   

1945  On April - 11 allied troops liberate Basket-Compascuum   

1945  On April - 11 kamiel van Baelen, Flemish resistance fighter (in Dachau), dies at 29   

1947  Jackie Robinson becomes first black in modern major-league baseball on this day in history.   

1947  On this day in history jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in modern major-league baseball   

1948  12th Golf Masters Championship: Claude Harmon wins, shooting a 279 on this day in history.   

1950  Prince Rainier III becomes ruler of Monaco on April - 11.   

1951  On this day in history general MacArthur relieved of command in the Far East, over Korea   

1951  On this day in history pres Truman fires Gen Douglas McArthur   

1952  On April - 11 the Battle of Nanri island takes place.   

1952  Wadi' Sabra, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1953  Oveta Culp Hobby becomes 1st at Health, Education, & Welfare on April - 11.   

1954  Marlene Bauer wins LPGA New Orleans Golf Open on this day in history.   

1955  On April - 11 sobers starts run of 85 Test Cricket appearances for WI uninterrupted   

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

1370  On April - 11 birth of frederick I the Warlike, elector of Saxony   

1374  On this day in history birth of roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (d. 1398)   

1492  Marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre (d. 1549) was born on April - 11.   

1586  On this day in history birth of pietro Della Valle, composer   

1602  On this day in history birth of johann Neukrantz, composer   

1638  On April - 11 birth of diogo Diaz Melgaz, composer   

1661  On this day in history birth of antoine Coypel, French painter/poet   

0678  On April - 11 donus, Italian Pope (676-78), dies   

1034  Death of Romanus III Argyrus, Byzantine emperor (1028-34), assasinated by wife on this day in history.   

1240  Llywelyn ab Iorwerth the Great, monarch of Wales (1194-1240), dies on April - 11.   

1500  On April - 11 death of michael T Marullus, Greeks poet, drowns   

1512  On April - 11 gaston de Foix, French pretender to Navarra throne, dies in battle   

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 this day in history.   

1626  On April - 11 death of marin Getaldić, Croatian mathematician (b. 1568)