April 11

Events

 * - Flavius Anastasius becomes, with the name of.
 * - Bishop is executed by order of.
 * - defeats  at the.
 * - : forces led by  was victorious in the.
 * - and  are crowned as joint sovereigns of Britain.
 * - Last execution for in.
 * - Foundation of
 * - The is patented by
 * - In, , burns down the hostel where 's  are holed up.
 * - makes his last public speech.
 * - The is abolished in.
 * - The is organized.
 * - The in  is inaugurated.
 * - cedes  to the.
 * - reveals his.
 * - founded.
 * - First sports broadcast on the.
 * 1921  - The  is created.
 * 1921  -  becomes the first U.S. state to impose a  tax.
 * - : forces liberate.
 * - :  relieves   of overall command in.
 * 1951  - The, the stone upon which Scottish monarchs were traditionally crowned, is found on the site of the altar of . It had been taken by Scottish nationalist students from its traditional (to the British government) location in.
 * - The takes place.
 * - The  downs in a failed assassination attempt on  by the.
 * - Britain agrees to an self-rule.
 * 1961  - Trial of  begins in.
 * - The : Fifty-one tornadoes hit in six states, killing 256 people.
 * - signs the, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
 * 1968  -  student leader  is shot in.
 * -  is launched.
 * - n dictator is deposed.
 * - A massive in, , results in almost 300 police injuries and 65 serious civilian injuries.
 * 1981  - President  returns to the  from the hospital, 12 days after he was wounded in an assassination attempt.
 * - The is secretly signed between i Foreign Affairs Minister  and  of.
 * - Customs officers in, , say they have seized what they believe to be the barrel of a massive gun on a ship bound for.
 * - Customs officers in, , say they have seized what they believe to be the barrel of a massive gun on a ship bound for.


 * - becomes the first Greek team to win the European Championships (now ) in Paris, beating  by 67-66.
 * - Chloe Conaway Zack was born
 * - in,  in , and  in  open.
 * - The detained crew of a  aircraft that landed in,  after a collision with an  fighter is released.
 * 2001  -  beat  31-0 in a , an international record in which  scored 13 goals
 * - The by  kills 21 in.
 * 2002  - An  in  against   began.
 * 2003  - U.S. troops take the northern i city of  without a fight.


 * - Iranian President announces that  has successfully enriched.
 * 2007  - Two bombings in the Algerian capital of, kills 33 people and wounds a further 222 others..

Births

 * - (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * - (d. )
 * -, wife of (d. )
 * -, English statesman (d. )
 * -, English chemist (d. )
 * -, Moravian missionary (d. )
 * -, English poet (d. )
 * -, English physician (d. )
 * -, French marshal (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, Italian physicist (d. )
 * -, English scholar (d. )
 * -, German pianist and conductor (d. )
 * -, German politician (d. )
 * -, American baseball player (d. )
 * -, 11th (d. )
 * 1862  -, American astronomer (d. )
 * -, Superintendent of Schools of Los Angeles County (d. )
 * -, Norwegian sculptor (d. )
 * -, Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. )
 * -, Northern Irish artist (d. )
 * -, Japanese author (d. )
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * -, wife of (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, Quebec novelist (d. )
 * -, American chemist (d. )
 * -, Hungarian writer (d. )
 * -, American cartoonist (d. )
 * -, English farmer, entrepreneur and inventor (d. )
 * -, first African American female judge (d. )
 * 1908  -, Japanese industrialist  (d. )
 * 1908  -, English tennis commentator (d. )
 * 1908  -, American humorist and author (d. )
 * -, Portuguese general and politician (d. )
 * - aka Stella Walsh, Polish-born runner (d. )
 * -, American fashion designer (d. )
 * -, Canadian film animator and director (d. )
 * 1914  -, Premier of Nova Scotia (d. )
 * -, Argentine composer (d. )
 * 1916  -, American film director (d. )
 * -, Canadian radio and television sportscaster (d. )
 * 1917  -, American novelist  (d. )
 * -, English politician (d. )
 * -, American baseball player (d. )
 * -, Canadian businessman and newspaper editor (d. )
 * -, wife of
 * -, American founder of the Church of Satan (d. )
 * -, American actor
 * 1931  -, Japanese composer
 * -, American singer and actor
 * -, American journalist
 * -, Canadian-born American poet
 * -, American singer and composer (d. )
 * 1935  -, American mafia hitman (d. )
 * -, Reagan Administration (d. )
 * 1938  -, German bass
 * -, American actress
 * -, American political columnist
 * -, American director and writer
 * -, British disc jockey and presenter
 * -, American actor
 * 1947  -, American actor
 * -, Italian football coach
 * -, German film producer
 * 1949  -, American actor
 * -, American socialite (d. )
 * 1951  -, English guitarist  (d. )
 * 1951  -, American author
 * -, British mathematician
 * 1953  - ,
 * -, American politician
 * 1955  -, American singer, songwriter and AIDS activist (d. )
 * -, British musician (d. )
 * 1958  -, American murderer (d. )
 * -, British journalist
 * -, American musician
 * -, American actor
 * -, American poker player
 * 1963  -, test cricket umpire from New Zealand
 * -, American cellist
 * -, American actor
 * 1966  -, American professional wrestler (Dustin Rhodes; Goldust; Black Reign)
 * 1966  -, English singer
 * -, Russian author
 * -, Welsh singer
 * 1969  -, Japanese singer
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * 1970  -, American actor
 * -, German musician
 * -, American baseball player
 * 1972  -, American professional wrestler
 * -, American actress
 * -, American baseball player
 * 1974  -, Danish actor
 * 1974  -, Canadian model and actress
 * 1974  -, Spanish tennis player
 * 1974  -, British Television Actress
 * -, Tunisian author
 * -, American actor
 * 1978  -, American baseball player (d. )
 * -, English footballer
 * 1979  -, American drummer
 * 1979  -, Swiss ice hockey player
 * 1979  -, American actor
 * -, Canadian musician
 * -, American baseball player
 * -, Brazilian model
 * 1981  -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, English cricketer
 * -, Dutch racing driver
 * -, American actress
 * -, Australian rules footballer
 * -, American porn actor
 * -, English singer
 * -, English child actress
 * -, American child actress

Deaths

 * -, (b. )
 * -, English rebel (b. )
 * -, Flemish historian (b. )
 * 1612  -, English Baptist preacher (b. )
 * -, Croatian mathematician (b. )
 * -, French Biblical critic (b. )
 * -, English diplomat (b. )
 * -, German poet (b. )
 * -, national hero of Costa Rica (b. )
 * -, Mexican poet (b. )
 * -, U.S. general (b. )
 * -, "The Elephant Man" (b. )
 * -, German architect (b. )
 * -, American circus impresario (b. )
 * 1906  -, American editor and publisher (b. )
 * -, American author (b. )
 * -, American botanist (b. )
 * -, American murderess (b. )
 * -, American baseball player (b. )
 * -, Russian painter (b. )
 * -, Jamaican prime-minister (b. )
 * -, American actress (b. )
 * 1970  -, American author (b. )
 * -, French poet and screenwriter (b. )
 * -, Mexican actress (b. )
 * -, Albanian dictator (b. )
 * 1985  -, British ice hockey promoter (b. )
 * -, American author (b. )
 * 1987  -, Italian chemist and author (b. )
 * -, Canadian ice hockey club owner and executive (b. )
 * 1990  -, Greek economist, Prime Minister of Greece (b. )
 * -, American baseball player (b. )
 * -, Colombian painter (b. )
 * -, American playwright, director, and poet (b. )
 * -, American pilot (b. )
 * -, British actress, singer and dancer (b. )
 * -, American musician (b. )
 * 2001  -, Welsh actor and comedian (b. )
 * -, British geophysicist and businessman (b. )
 * -, French cartoonist (b. )
 * 2005  -, French footballer (b. )
 * -, American singer (b. )
 * 2006  -, American rapper  (b. )
 * -, American actor (b. )
 * 2007  -, American author (b. )
 * 2007  -, American Army officer(CO of ) (b. )
 * 2007  -, American novelist  (b. )
 * 2007  -, American novelist  (b. )

Holidays and observances

 * Day, anniversary of his death in the Battle of (State holiday in ).

Liturgical feasts
In the Catholic church:
 * The of Martyr Antipas in the  Church.
 * Saint