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11 April, 2007
Two bombings in the Algerian capital of Algiers, kills 33 people and wounds a further 222 others. 2007 Algiers bombings.
11 April, 2006
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that Iran has successfully enriched uranium.
11 April, 2002
The Ghriba synagogue bombing by Al Qaeda kills 21 in Tunisia.
11 April, 2002
An attempted coup détat in Venezuela against President Hugo Chávez began.
11 April, 2001
The detained crew of a United States EP-3E aircraft that landed in Hainan, Peoples Republic of China after a collision with an J-8 fighter is released.
11 April, 2000
AT&T Park in San Francisco, Minute Maid Park in Houston, and Comerica Park in Detroit open.
11 April, 1990
Customs officers in Middlesbrough, United Kingdom, say they have seized what they believe to be the barrel of a massive gun on a ship bound for Iraq.
11 April, 1987
The London Agreement is secretly signed between Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Shimon Peres and King Hussein of Jordan.
11 April, 1981
A massive riot in Brixton, South London, results in almost 300 police injuries and 65 serious civilian injuries.
11 April, 1981
President Ronald Reagan returns to the White House from the hospital, 12 days after he was wounded in an assassination attempt.
11 April, 1979
Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed.
11 April, 1970
Apollo 13 is launched.
11 April, 1968
Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
11 April, 1968
German student leader Rudi Dutschke is shot in Berlin.
11 April, 1965
The Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965: Fifty-one tornadoes hit in six Midwestern states, killing 256 people.
11 April, 1961
Trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem.
11 April, 1957
Britain agrees to Singaporean self-rule.
11 April, 1955
The Air India Kashmir Princess downs in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by the Kuomintang.
11 April, 1952
The Battle of Nanri island takes place.
11 April, 1951
Korean War: President Harry S. Truman relieves General Douglas MacArthur of overall command in Korea.
11 April, 1951
The 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 traditional (to the British government) location in Westminster Abbey.
11 April, 1945
World War II: United States forces liberate Buchenwald concentration camp.
11 April, 1921
First sports broadcast on the radio.
11 April, 1921
The Emirate of Transjordan is created.
11 April, 1921
Iowa becomes the first U.S. state to impose a cigarette tax.
11 April, 1919
International Labour Organization founded.
11 April, 1905
Einstein reveals his Theory of Relativity (special relativity).
11 April, 1899
Spain cedes Puerto Rico to the United States.
11 April, 1888
The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam is inaugurated.
11 April, 1876
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.
11 April, 1868
The Shogunate is abolished in Japan.
11 April, 1865
Abraham Lincoln makes his last public speech.
11 April, 1856
In Rivas, Nicaragua, Juan Santamaria burns down the hostel where William Walkers filibusters are holed up.
11 April, 1828
Foundation of Bahia Blanca
11 April, 1775
Last execution for witchcraft in Germany.
11 April, 1713
War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Annes War): Treaty of Utrecht.
11 April, 1689
William III and Mary II are crowned as joint sovereigns of Britain.
11 April, 1512
War of the League of Cambrai: French forces led by Gaston de Foix was victorious in the Battle of Ravenna.
11 April, 1241
Batu Khan defeats Béla IV of Hungary at the Battle of Muhi.
11 April, 1079
Bishop Stanislaus of Krakow is executed by order of Boleslaw II of Poland.
11 April, 491
Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I.

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