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April 11, 1999 63rd Golf Masters Championship: April 11, 1996 "King and I," premieres at Neil Simon Theater in New York City for 781 perform April 11, 1996 Detroit Red Wings become 2nd NHL team to win 60 games in a season April 11, 1993 57th Golf Masters Championship: Bernhard Langer wins, shooting a 277 April 11, 1993 Jeff Rouse swims world record 100m backstroke (51.43 sec) April 11, 1993 Kirsan Ilumzjinov installed as president of Kalmukkie April 11, 1992 BPAA U.S. Open by Robert Lawrence April 11, 1992 Country singer Lee Greenwood weds Miss Tennessee 1989 (Kimberly Payne) April 11, 1992 Euro-Disney opens near Paris April 11, 1992 Indians set team record for long game lose to Red Sox (19 inn - 6 hr) April 11, 1992 Irish Republican Army bombs London financial district, killing 3 April 11, 1991 "Miss Saigon," opens at Broadway Theater New York City April 11, 1991 New York City's Museum of Broadcasting becomes "Museum of Radio and Television" April 11, 1991 Space Shuttle STS 37 (Atlantis 8) lands April 11, 1991 U.N. Security Council issues formal cease fire with Iraq declaration April 11, 1990 Angels Mark Langston and Mike Witt, no-hit Seattle, 1-0 April 11, 1990 New York Lotto pays $35 million to two winner (#s are 6-14-24-32-34-51) April 11, 1990 New York Rangers beat New York Islanders 6-1, Rangers lead 3-1 in preliminary April 11, 1989 1st playoff goal scored by a goalie, Ron Hextall of Phila April 11, 1989 Flyers, scores short-handed into an empty net beating Caps 8-5 April 11, 1988 Royal Concert building in Amsterdam reopens April 11, 1987 Yankees score 12 runs in 7th inning vs Kansas City Royals April 11, 1987 Zoja Ivanova wins 2nd female World Cup marathon (2:30:39) April 11, 1986 A Canadain 1921 50 cent piece auctioned in New York City for $22,000 April 11, 1986 Dodge Morgan sailed solo nonstop around world in 150 days April 11, 1986 Halley's Comet makes closest approach to Earth this trip, 63 M km April 11, 1986 KXA-AM in Seattle, Washington changes call letters to KRPM April 11, 1985 Caps 2-Isles 1 (OT)-Patrick Div Semifinals- Caps hold 2-0 lead April 11, 1984 Challenger astronauts complete 1st in space satellite repair April 11, 1984 Chinese troops invade Vietnam April 11, 1984 Gen Sec Konstantin U Chernenko named President of Soviet Union April 11, 1984 Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth April 11, 1984 U.S.S.R. party leader Chernenko elected president April 11, 1983 3rd Golden Raspberry Awards: Inchon! wins April 11, 1983 47th Golf Masters Championship: Seve Ballesteros wins, shooting a 280 April 11, 1983 55th Academy Awards - "Gandhi," Ben Kingsley and Meryl Streep win April 11, 1983 NASA launches RCA-F April 11, 1982 46th Golf Masters Championship: Craig Stadler wins, shooting a 284 April 11, 1982 Penguins 5-Isles 2-Preliminary-Series tied at 2-2 April 11, 1981 Larry Holmes beats Trevor Holmes in 15 for heavyweight boxing title April 11, 1981 Race riot in London area of Brixton April 11, 1981 Ronald Reagan arrives home from hospital after Hinkley shot him April 11, 1981 Valerie Bertinelli marries Eddie Van Halen April 11, 1980 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regulates sexual harassment April 11, 1980 Paul McCartney releases "Coming Up" April 11, 1979 Ugandan dictator Idi Amin overthrown; Tanzania takes Kampala April 11, 1977 Ireland sets fishing zone at 50 mile April 11, 1976 40th Golf Masters Championship: Ray Floyd wins, shooting a 271 April 11, 1975 Hank Aaron returns as a Milwaukee player (Brewer) April 11, 1975 JP Parise 11 sec OT goal-Isles 1st playoff advance eliminates Rangers April 11, 1974 WW II war criminal JP Philippa arrested April 11, 1972 Benjamin L Hooks, named to FCC April 11, 1972 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test April 11, 1971 "Johnny Johnson" opens/closes at Edison Theater New York City for 1 performance April 11, 1971 35th Golf Masters Championship: Charles Coody wins, shooting a 279 April 11, 1971 WBFF TV channel 45 in Baltimore, MD (IND) begins broadcasting April 11, 1970 Apollo 13 launched to Moon; unable to land, returns in 6 days April 11, 1970 Beatles' "Let It Be," single goes #1 and stays #1 for 2 weeks April 11, 1970 San Francisco beats Cincinnati 2-1, only day Reds aren't in 1st place in 1970 April 11, 1969 South African president Frederik de Klerk marries Marike Willemse April 11, 1968 Polish Marshal Spychalski succeeds Ochab as president April 11, 1968 President Johnson signs 1968 Civil Rights Act April 11, 1968 West Berlin student Rudi Dutschke seriously wounded at demonstration April 11, 1968 WHED TV channel 15 in Hanover, NH (PBS) begins broadcasting April 11, 1967 "Illya Darling" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 320 performances April 11, 1967 Harlem (New York City) voters defy Congress and reelect Adam Clayton Powell Jr April 11, 1967 Tom Stoppard's "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead," premieres April 11, 1966 30th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 288 April 11, 1966 Emmett Ashford becomes 1st black major league umpire April 11, 1965 29th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 271 April 11, 1965 40 tornadoes strike U.S. midwest killing 272 and injuring 5,000 April 11, 1964 "Anyone Can Whistle" closes at Majestic Theater New York City after 9 performances April 11, 1963 John XXIII encyclical On peace in truth, justice, charity and liberty April 11, 1963 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site April 11, 1963 Warren Spahn beats Mets 6-1 for his 328th win (most by a lefty) April 11, 1962 New York Mets make a losing debut April 11, 1961 15th NBA Championship: Bos Celtics beat St. Louis Hawks, 4 games to 1 April 11, 1961 Austrian 4th and last government of Raab resigns April 11, 1961 Israel begins Adolf Eichmann WW II war crimes trial April 11, 1960 1st weather satellite launched (Tiros 1) April 11, 1959 "Jamaica" closes at Imperial Theater New York City after 558 performances April 11, 1959 Dodger pitcher Don Drysdale hits his 2nd Opening Day HR April 11, 1959 Dutch prince Bernhard visits Lockheed factory April 11, 1958 Brooks Hall in Civic Center dedicated in San Francisco April 11, 1957 Pablo Neruda arrested in Buenos Aires April 11, 1957 Ryan X-13 Vertijet becomes 1st jet to take-off and land vertically April 11, 1956 French government decides to sends 200,000 reservists to Algeria April 11, 1956 Singer Nat Cole attacked on stage of Birmingham theater by whites April 11, 1955 Sobers starts run of 85 Test Cricket appearances for WI uninterrupted April 11, 1954 Marlene Bauer wins LPGA New Orleans Golf Open April 11, 1953 Oveta Culp Hobby becomes 1st at Health, Education, and Welfare April 11, 1951 President Truman fires Gen Douglas McArthur April 11, 1950 Prince Rainier III becomes ruler of Monaco April 11, 1950 U.S. B-29 bomber shot down above Latvia April 11, 1948 12th Golf Masters Championship: Claude Harmon wins, shooting a 279 April 11, 1947 Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in modern major-league baseball April 11, 1945 Allied troops liberate Basket-Compascuum April 11, 1945 SS burns and shoots 1,100 at Gardelegen April 11, 1945 U.S. captures Tsugen Shima April 11, 1945 U.S. soldiers liberate Nazi concentration camp "Buchenwald" April 11, 1945 U.S. troops conquers Mulheim, Oberhausen, Bochum, Unna, Essen April 11, 1944 RAF bombs census bureau in The Hague April 11, 1943 Frank Piasecki, Vertol founder, flies his 1st (single-rotor) craft April 11, 1942 Distinguished Service Medal for Merchant Marines authorized April 11, 1941 Germany blitzes Conventry, England April 11, 1941 Jewish Weekly newspaper taken control by Nazis April 11, 1941 Nazi occupiers in Netherlands confiscate Jewish assets April 11, 1939 Hungary leaves League of Nations April 11, 1936 Rodgers and Hammerstein's musical "On Your Toes," premieres in New York City April 11, 1936 Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3 games to 1 April 11, 1933 Hermann Goering becomes premier of Prussia April 11, 1929 KLO-AM in Ogden, Utah begins radio transmissions April 11, 1929 Loetafoon celluloid film system demonstrated in Amsterdam April 11, 1927 Chilean gen Carlos Ibanez names himself president April 11, 1926 Flemish Economic Covenant (VEV) forms in Ghent April 11, 1925 Abd el-Krims Rifkabylen beats French army in Morocco April 11, 1924 1st men's college swimming championships begin April 11, 1924 Socialists win Denmark's parliamentary elections April 11, 1924 WLS-AM in Chicago, Illinois begins radio transmissions April 11, 1921 Iowa imposed 1st state cigarette tax April 11, 1921 KDKA broadcast 1st radio sporting event, a boxing match (Ray-Dundee) April 11, 1921 Turkestan ASSR forms in Russian SFSR April 11, 1917 Babe Ruth beats New York Yanks, pitching 3-hit 10-3 win for Red Sox April 11, 1914 George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion," premieres April 11, 1912 Cornerstone of Technion in Haifa Palestine laid April 11, 1911 Bob Dylan's 1st appearance at Folk City, Greenwich Village April 11, 1907 New York Giant Roger Bresnahan becomes 1st catcher to wear shin guards April 11, 1906 Einstein introduces his Theory of Relativity April 11, 1902 Battle at Rooiwal, South-Africa April 11, 1900 U.S. Navy's 1st submarine made its debut April 11, 1899 Treaty of Paris ratifies ends war; Spain cedes Puerto Rico to US April 11, 1898 President McKinley asks for Spanish-American War declaration April 11, 1895 Anaheim completes it's new electric light system April 11, 1891 8 year old Jewish tailor's daughter disappears in Greece, rumor spreads that she was a Christian girl ritually killed by Jews April 11, 1890 Ellis Island designated as an immigration station April 11, 1881 River ferry "Princess Victoria" sinks in Thames River Ont, 180 die April 11, 1881 Spelman College founded April 11, 1876 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks organizes April 11, 1876 Sir Charles Gordon ends religious tolerance in Sudan April 11, 1865 Battle of Mobile, Alabama - evacuated by Confederates April 11, 1865 Lincoln urges a spirit of generous conciliation during reconstruction April 11, 1863 Battle of Suffolk, Virginia (Norfleet House) April 11, 1862 Rebels surrender Ft. Pulaski, Georgia-Rebels surrender April 11, 1856 Battle of Rivas; Costa Rica beats Wm Walker's invading Nicaraguans April 11, 1848 Hungary becomes constitutional monarchy under king Ferdinand of Aust April 11, 1830 Robert Schumann attends piano concerto by Paganini April 11, 1814 1st abdication of France by Napoleon; he is exiled to Elba April 11, 1801 Johann von Schiller's "Die Jungfrau von Orleans," premieres in Leipzig April 11, 1713 Peace of Utrecht; France cedes Maritime provinces to Britain - English, Prussian, Savoois, Portuguese and French peace treaty April 11, 1689 William III and Mary II crowned as joint rulers of Britain April 11, 1677 Battle at Montcassel, French troops beat Prince William III April 11, 1580 Drenthe joins Union of Utrecht April 11, 1579 Venlo joins Union of Utrecht April 11, 1567 Dutch prince William of Orange flees from Antwerp to Breda April 11, 1564 England and France sign Peace of Troyes April 11, 1564 Liege prince-bishop Robert van Bergen resigns April 11, 1551 English premier John Dudley appointed duke of Northumberland April 11, 1512 Battle at Ravenna: France under Gaston de Foix beat Spanish Army April 11, 1471 King Edward IV of England conquers London from Henry VI April 11, 672 Deusdedit III begins his reign as Catholic Pope |