Historical Events In April - 11

1981  On this day in history ronald Reagan arrives home from hospital after Hinkley shot him   

1981  On April - 11 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 this day in history.   

1983  On April - 11 dolores Del Rio, actress (Cheyenne Autumn), dies at 78   

1984  On this day in history challenger astronauts complete first in space satellite repair   

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

1985  On April - 11 enver Hoxha, party leader/premier of Albania, dies at 76   

1986  Halley's Comet makes closest approach to Earth this trip, 63 M km on this day in history.   

1986  On April - 11 in New York City a Canadian 1921 50 cent piece fetches a record US$22,000 at auction.   

1987  Erskine Caldwell, novelist (Tobacco Road), dies at 83 on April - 11.   

1988  On this day in history david Prater, US singer (Sam & Dave-Soul Man), dies in car crash at 50   

1989  Philadelphia Flyers' goalie Ron Hextall scores short-handed into an empty net on this day in history.   

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  On April - 11 barbara Ann Miller, dies   

1991  On this day in history ottawa to give $15 million compensation to families of victims of 1985 Air India Flight 182 disaster   

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

1991  UN Security Council issues formal cease fire with Iraq declaration on April - 11.   

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

1992  On April - 11 adele Dixon, singer/actress (Uneasy Virtue), dies of pneumonia at 83   

1993  Mohammed el-Himi, brigade-general of Egyptian police, murdered on this day in history.   

1994  On this day in history johan Block, Dutch aviation pioneer (Martinair/Transavia), dies at 64   

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

1997  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 on this day in history.   

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

2006  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

2007  On April - 11 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.   

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 this day in history.   

2011  On this day in history minsk Metro bombing   

2012  8.6 magnitude earth quack and 8.2 aftershock occurs off the coast of Indonesia on April - 11.   

2013  14 people are killed in clashes between drug traffickers and police in Michoacán, Mexico on April - 11.   

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0146  Septimius Severus (d. 211) was born on April - 11.   

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  On this day in history birth of johann Neukrantz, composer   

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

1661  Antoine Coypel, French painter/poet was born on April - 11.   

0678  Donus, Italian Pope (676-78), dies on this day in history.   

1034  On this day in history death of romanus III Argyrus, Byzantine emperor (1028-34), assasinated by wife   

1240  Llywelyn ab Iorwerth the Great, monarch of Wales (1194-1240), dies on this day in history.   

1500  Death of Michael T Marullus, Greeks poet, drowns on April - 11.   

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 April - 11.   

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