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April 11 in History
2007
2007 Algiers bombings: Two bombings in the Algerian capital of Algiers, kills 33 people and wounds a further 222 others.
2006
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that Iran has successfully enriched uranium.
2002
An attempted coup d'état in Venezuela against President Hugo Chávez takes place.
The Ghriba synagogue bombing by Al Qaeda kills 21 in Tunisia.
2001
The detained crew of a United States EP-3E aircraft that landed in Hainan, People's Republic of China after a collision with an J-8 fighter is released.
Australia beats American Samoa in a 31-0 win, the biggest ever in a international match of football.
2000
AT&T Park in San Francisco, Minute Maid Park in Houston, and Comerica Park in Detroit open.
1993
450 prisoners rioted at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, and continued to do so for ten days, citing grievances related to prison conditions, as well as the forced vaccination of Nation of Islam prisoners (for tuberculosis) against their religious beliefs.
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.
1987
The London Agreement is secretly signed between Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Shimon Peres and King Hussein of Jordan.
1986
The FBI Miami shootout between eight Federal Bureau of Investigation agents and two heavily-armed and well-trained gunmen.
1981
A massive riot in Brixton, South London, results in almost 300 police injuries and 65 serious civilian injuries.
1979
Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed.
1976
The Apple I is created.
1970
''Apollo 13'' is launched.
1968
President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
1965
The Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965: Fifty-one tornadoes hit in six Midwestern states, killing 256 people.
1961
The trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem.
1957
Britain agrees to Singaporean self-rule.
1955
The Air India Kashmir Princess is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by the Kuomintang.
1952
The Battle of Nanri Island takes place.
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 place in Westminster Abbey.
Korean War: President Harry Truman relieves General Douglas MacArthur of overall command in Korea.
1945
World War II: American forces liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp.
1921
The Emirate of Transjordan is created.
1919
The International Labour Organization is founded.
1908
SMS ''Blücher'', the last armored cruiser to be built by the German Imperial Navy, launches.
1905
Albert Einstein reveals his Theory of Relativity (special relativity).
1899
1888
The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam is inaugurated.
1876
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.
1868
The Shogunate is abolished in Japan.
1865
President Abraham Lincoln makes his last public speech.
1856
Battle of Rivas: Juan Santamaria burns down the hostel where William Walker's filibusters are holed up.
1814
The Treaty of Fontainebleau ends the War of the Sixth Coalition against Napoleon Bonaparte, and forces him to abdicate unconditionally for the first time.
1775
The last execution for witchcraft in Germany takes place.
1713
War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne's War): Treaty of Utrecht.
1689
William III and Mary II are crowned as joint sovereigns of Britain.
1512
War of the League of Cambrai: French forces led by Gaston de Foix win the Battle of Ravenna.
1241
Batu Khan defeats Béla IV of Hungary at the Battle of Muhi.
1079
Bishop Stanislaus of Krakow is executed by order of Bolesław II of Poland.
491
Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I.