APRIL 11TH
- TODAY IS NATIONAL CHEESE FONDUE DAY
- TODAY IS NATIONAL PET DAY
- TODAY IS NATIONAL BARBERSHOP QUARTET DAY
- TODAY IS NATIONAL SUBMARINE DAY
BIRTHDAYS:
- ETHEL KENNEDY (1928, 90)
- KEVIN BRADY (1955, 63)
ON THIS DAY:
- IN 1775, THE LAST KNOWN EXECUTION FOR WITCHCRAFT TAKES PLACE IN GERMANY
- IN 1814, NAPOLEON STEPS DOWN AS LEADER OF FRANCE AND IS EXILED TO ELBA
- IN 1865, PRESIDENT LINCOLN URGES RECONCILIATION DURING THE RECONSTRUCTION PROCESS AFTER THE CIVIL WAR
- IN 1890, ELLIS ISLAND IN NEW YORK CITY IS OFFICIALLY CLAIMED AS AN IMMIGRATION STATION
- IN 1898, PRESIDENT MCKINLEY ASKS CONGRESS TO DECLARE WAR IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR
- IN 1899, THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR ENDS WITH THE TREATY OF PARIS AND THE TRANSFER OF PUERTO RICO TO THE UNITED STATES
- IN 1900, THE US NAVY PUCHASES ITS FIRST MODERN SUBMARINE
- IN 1911, 17 YEAR OLD MAE WEST MARRIES HER FIRST HUSBAND FRANK WALLACE (21)
- IN 1921, IOWA IS THE FIRST STATE TO TAX CIGARETTES
- IN 1921, THE RAY-DUNDEE BOXING MATCH IS THE FIRST EVER SPORTING EVENT CALLED LIVE ON THE RADIO
- IN 1945, ALLIED TROOPS LIBERATE THE BUCHENWALD CONCENTRATION CAMP
- IN 1947, JACKIE ROBINSON PLAYS IN HIS FIRST EXHIBITION GAME FOR THE DODGERS
- IN 1951, PRESIDENT TRUMAN RELIEVES GENERAL MACARTHUR OF COMMAND IN KOREA
- IN 1953, PRESIDENT EISENHOWER CREATES THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION AND WELFARE
- IN 1955, “MARTY”, STARRING ERNEST BORGNINE, OPENS IN NEW YORK CITY
- IN 1956, NAT KING COLE IS ATTACKED ON STAGE DURING A CONCERT IN BIRMINGHAM AND BEATEN BY MEMBERS OF THE KU KLUX KLAN
- IN 1961, THE WAR CRIMES TRIAL OF ADOLF EICHMANN BEGINS IN JERUSALEM
- IN 1961, BOB DYLAN PLAYS HIS FIRST PAID LIVE GIG, OPENING FOR JOHN LEE HOOKER
- IN 1962, THE NEW YORK METS LOSE THEIR FIRST EVER PROFESSIONAL GAME
- IN 1966, FRANK SINATRA RECORDS “STRANGERS IN THE NIGHT”
- IN 1967, HARLEM VOTERS RE-ELECT ADAM CLAYTON POWELL JR, THE FIRST BLACK MAN ELECTED FROM NEW YORK, TO CONGRESS EVEN THOUGH HE IS FACING CORRUPTION CHARGES
- IN 1968, PRESIDENT JOHNSON SIGNS THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1968
- IN 1970, APOLLO 13 LAUNCHES A BID TO LAND ON THE MOON. UNABLE TO LAND IT WOULD RETURN TO EARTH SIX DAYS LATER
- IN 1970, THE BEATLES HIT #1 WITH “LET IT BE”
- IN 1976, THE FIRST APPLE COMPUTER, THE APPLE I, IS RELEASED
- IN 1977, WAYLON JENNINGS RELEASES “LUCKENBACH, TEXAS (BACK TO THE BASICS OF LOVE)”
- IN 1979, THE TANZANIAN ARMY ATTACKS UGANDA AND FORCES DICTATOR IDI AMIN TO FLEE INTO EXILE IN LIBYA
- IN 1980, THE EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION ANNOUNCES THAT IT WILL BEGIN HEARING CASES ON SEXUAL HARASSMENT AT WORK
- IN 1981, PRESIDENT REAGAN IS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPTIAL AFTER BEING SHOT
- IN 1981, EDDIE VAN HALEN MARRIES VALERIE BERTINELLI
- IN 1983, MERYL STREEP WINS HER SECOND ACADEMY AWARD FOR “SOPHIE’S CHOICE”
- IN 1988, CHER WINS AN ACADEMY AWARD FOR “MOONSTRUCK”
- IN 1989, 15 PEOPLE WERE FOUND DEAD IN MEXICO, BELIEVED TO BE MURDERED BY A CULT DURING A PROTECTION RITUAL
- IN 1992, THE IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY KILLS THREE IN A BOMBING ATTACK ON LONDON’S FINANCIAL DISTRICT
- IN 1993, 450 PRISONERS IN SOUTHERN OHIO CORRECTION FACILITY BEGIN A TEN DAY RIOT OVER WHAT THEY SAY ARE POOR CONDITIONS AND FORCED VACCINATIONS
- IN 1996, HUGH JACKMAN MARRIES HIS WIFE DEBORRA
- IN 2002, VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ SURVIVES AN ATTEMPTED COUP
- IN 2006, IRAN’S PRESIDENT MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD ANNOUNCES TO THE WORLD THAT IRAN HAS SUCCESSFULLY ENRICHED URANIUM
- IN 2007, KURT VONNEGUT DIES OF A HEAD TRAUMA AT 84
- IN 2007, HEATHER LOCKLEAR DIVORCES RICHIE SAMBORA AFTER 11 YEARS
- IN 2012, WARREN BUFFET IS DIAGNOSED WITH PROSTATE CANCER
- IN 2012, THE FIRST “AVENGERS” MOVIE OPENS IN LOS ANGELES
- IN 2015, PRESIDENT OBAMA MEETS WITH RAUL CASTRO IN PANAMA, THE FIRST OFFICIAL MEETING BETWEEN THE TWO COUNTRIES IN 60 YEARS