On This Day In History
Birthdates which occurred on April 11:
1370 Frederick I the Warlike elector of Saxony
1722 Christopher Smart English poet & journalist (Ceremony of Carols)
1770 George Canning (C) British PM (1827)
1794 Edward Everett Dorchester MA, (Governor-MA), statesman/orator
1837 Ephraim Elmer Ellsworth Colonel (Union Army), died in 1861
1862 Charles Evans Hughs 11th Chief Justice of Supreme Court (1930-41)
1862 William W Campbell US astronomer/director Lick Observatory
1889 Nick La Rocca US coronetist/composer (Tiger Rag)
1893 Dean G Acheson statesman/US Secretary of State (1949-53)
1899 Percy L Julian chemist (drugs for treatment of arthritis)
1901 Adriano Olivetti Italian engineer/manufacturer (typewriter)
1908 Leo Rosten writer/humourist
1912 John Larkin Oakland CA, actor (Saints & Sinners, 12 O'Clock High)
1913 Oleg Cassini Paris France, fashion designer (Jackie Kennedy)
1916 Howard Koch producer/director (Frankenstein, Airplane II)
1918 Cameron Mitchell actor (Hombre, How to Marry a Millionaire)
1919 Hugh Carey (Governor-Democrat-NY)
1928 Ethel [Skakel] Kennedy Chicago IL, wife of Bobby
1930 Nicholas F Brady US Secretary of Treasury (1988-93)
1931 John[ny] Sheffield Pasadena CA, actor (boy in many Tarzan movies)
1932 Joel Grey [Joe Katz] Cleveland OH, actor (Cabaret, Remo Williams, 7% Solution)
1933 Tony Brown Charleston WV, newsman (Tony Brown's Journal)
1938 Michael Deaver politician
1939 Louise Lasser New York NY, actress (Mary Hartman! Mary Hartman!)
1941 Frederick "Rick" Hauck Long Beach CA, astronaut (STS-7, STS 51-A, STS-26)
1942 Anatoli Nikolayevich Berezovoi Enem Adygeya Russia, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-5)
1944 John Milius writer (Red Dawn,The Wind and the Lion)
1948 Ellen Goodman syndicated columnist
1955 Piers J Sellers Sussex England, PhD/astronaut
1973 Monica Chala Miss Ecuador-Universe (1996)
Deaths which occurred on April 11:
0678 Donus Italian Pope (676-78), dies
1034 Romanus III Argyrus Byzantine emperor (1028-34), assasinated by wife
1240 Llywelyn ab Iorwerth the Great monarch of Wales (1194-1240), dies
1839 John Galt Scottish writer (Last of the Lairds), dies at 59
1875 Heinrich Schwabe discoverer of 11-year sunspot cycle, dies
1902 Hendrik Potgieter South African Boer General, dies in battle
1903 Gemma Galgani Italian saint, dies at 25
1906 James A Bailey circus showman (Barnum & Bailey), dies at 58
1921 Augusta Victoria Queen of Prussia/wife of Emperor Wilhelm II, dies
1970 John H O'Hara US journalist (Pal Joey, Rage to Live), dies at 65
1975 Dorothy Patten dies at 70
1983 Dolores Del Rio actress (Cheyenne Autumn), dies at 78
1985 Enver Hoxha party leader/premier of Albania, dies at 76
1987 Erskine Caldwell novelist (Tobacco Road), dies at 83
1987 Kent Taylor actor (Boston Blackie, Rough Riders), dies at 79
1987 Primo Levi Italy, chemist/writer (Survival in Auschwitz), dies at 67
1992 James Brown actor (Rip-Adventures of Rin Tin Tin), dies at 72
1993 Mohammed el-Himi Brigadier-General of Egyptian police, murdered
1993 Rachmon Nabiyev President of Tadzjikistan (1973..92), dies at 63
GWOT Casualties
Iraq
11-Apr-2003 1 | US: 1 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Staff Sergeant Riayan Augusto Tejeda Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - ambush
11-Apr-2004 9 | US: 9 | UK: 0 | Other: 0
US Chief Warrant Officer Wesley C. Fortenberry Baghdad (3 mi. W of Intl. Airport) Hostile - helicopter crash
US Chief Warrant Officer Lawrence S. Colton Baghdad (3 mi. W of Intl. Airport) Hostile - helicopter crash
US 1st Lieutenant Oscar Jimenez Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire
US Corporal Daniel R. Amaya Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire
US Lance Corporal Torrey L. Gray Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire
US Private 1st Class George D. Torres Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire
US Specialist Justin W. Johnson Baghdad Hostile - hostile fire - IED attack
US Private 1st Class Nathan P. Brown Samarra (near) Hostile - hostile fire - ambush
US Sergeant Major Michael Boyd Stack Al Anbar Province Hostile - hostile fire - ambush
Afghanistan
A Good Day
http://icasualties.org/oif/ Data research by Pat Kneisler
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On this day...
0672 Deusdedit III begins his reign as Catholic Pope
0678 Donus ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1471 King Edward IV of England conquers London from Henry VI
1512 Battle at Ravenna France under Gaston de Foix defeats Spanish Army
1567 Dutch Prince William of Orange flees from Antwerp to Breda
1677 Battle at Montcassel, French troops defeats Prince William III
1689 William III & Mary II crowned as joint rulers of Britain
1713 Peace of Utrecht; France cedes Maritime provinces to Britain - English, Prussian, Savoois, Portuguese & French peace treaty
1814 1st abdication of France by Napoleon; he is exiled to Elba
1830 Robert Schumann attends piano concerto by Paganini
1848 Hungary becomes constitutional monarchy under king Ferdinand of Austria
1856 Battle of Rivas; Costa Rica beats Wm Walker's invading Nicaraguans
1861 Brig. Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard ordered the Federals under the command of Major Robert Anderson to surrender Fort Sumter, Anderson refuses.
1862 Rebels surrender Fort Pulaski GA
1863 Battle of Suffolk VA (Norfleet House)
1865 Battle of Mobile AL - evacuated by Confederates
1865 Lincoln urges a spirit of generous conciliation during reconstruction
1876 Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks is organized
1876 Sir Charles Gordon ends religious tolerance in Sudan
1890 Ellis Island designated as an immigration station
1891 8 year old Jewish tailor's daughter disappears in Greece, rumour spreads that she was a Christian girl ritually killed by Jews
1898 President William McKinley asks for Spanish-American War declaration
1899 Treaty of Paris is ratified, ending war; Spain cedes Puerto Rico to US
1900 US Navy's 1st submarine made its debut
1906 Einstein introduces his Theory of Relativity
1907 New York Giant Roger Bresnahan becomes 1st catcher to wear shin guards
1914 George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion", premieres
1917 Babe Ruth beats New York Yankees, pitching 3-hit 10-3 win for Red Sox
1921 Iowa imposes 1st state cigarette tax
1921 KDKA broadcast the 1st radio sporting event, a boxing match (Ray-Dundee)
1924 WLS-AM in Chicago IL began radio transmissions
1925 Abd el-Krims Rifkabylen defeats the French army in Morocco
1927 Chilean General Carlos Ibáñez names himself president
1933 Hermann Göring becomes premier of Prussia
1939 Hungary leaves League of Nations
1941 Germany blitzes Conventry, England
1941 Nazi occupiers in Netherlands confiscate Jewish assets
1942 Detachment 101 of the OSS, a guerrilla force, activated in Burma.
1942 Distinguished Service Medal for Merchant Marines authorized
1943 Frank Piasecki, Vertol founder, flies his 1st (single-rotor) craft
1945 SS burns & shoots 1,100 at Gardelegen
1945 US captures Tsugen Shima
1950 Prince Rainier III becomes ruler of Monaco
1950 US B-29 bomber shot down above Latvia
1951 President Harry Truman fires General Douglas McArthur
1956 Singer Nat Cole attacked on stage of Birmingham theater by whites
1956 Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" goes gold
1956 French government decides to sends 200,000 reservists to Algeria
1957 Ryan X-13 Vertijet becomes 1st jet to take-off & land vertically
1959 Dodger pitcher Don Drysdale hits his 2nd Opening Day homerun
1960 1st weather satellite launched (Tiros 1)
1961 Bob Dylan's 1st appearance at Folk City, Greenwich Village opens for John Lee Hooker
1963 John XXIII encyclical "On peace in truth, justice, charity & liberty"
1963 Warren Spahn beats Mets 6-1 for his 328th win (most by a lefty)
1965 40 tornadoes strike US midwest killing 272 & injuring 5,000
1966 Emmett Ashford becomes 1st black major league umpire
1967 Harlem (NYC) voters defy Congress & reelect Adam Clayton Powell Jr
1967 Tom Stoppard's "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead", premieres
1968 President Lyndon Johnson signs 1968 Civil Rights Act
1970 Apollo 13 launched to Moon; unable to land, returns in 6 days(Houston..we have a problem)
1970 Beatles' "Let It Be", single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks
1972 Benjamin L Hooks, named to the FCC
1974 WWII war criminal JP Philippa arrested
1974 United Mine Workers president W. A. “Tony” Boyle found guilty of first-degree murder, for ordering the assassination of union reformer Joseph A. “Jock” Yablonski
1975 JP Parise 11 second OT goal-Islanders 1st playoff advance eliminates Rangers
1975 Hank Aaron returns as a Milwaukee player (Brewers)
1977 Ireland sets fishing zone at 50 mile
1979 Ugandan dictator Idi Amin overthrown; Tanzania takes Kampala
1980 EEOC regulates sexual harrassment
1981 Ronald Reagan arrives home from hospital after Hinkley shot him
1981 Larry Holmes beats Trevor Holmes in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1981 Race riot in London area of Brixton
1984 Challenger astronauts complete 1st in space satellite repair
1984 Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth
1984 Chinese troops invade Vietnam
1984 General Secretary Konstantin U Chernenko named President of Soviet Union
1986 Dodge Morgan completes nonstop sail solo around the world in 150 days
1986 Halley's Comet makes closest approach to Earth this trip, 63 million km
1989 Mexican officials unearthed the remains of 12 of 13 victims of a drug-trafficking cult near Matamoros.
1991 NYC's Museum of Broadcasting becomes "Museum of Radio & Television"
1991 UN Security Council issues formal cease fire with Iraq declaration
1992 Country singer Lee Greenwood weds Miss Tennessee 1989 (Kimberly Payne)
1992 Euro-Disney opens near Paris France
1992 Irish Republican Army bombs London financial district, killing 3
1993 Nine inmates and one guard were killed when a riot erupted at the maximum security Southern Ohio Correctional Facility near Lucasville. The standoff lasted 11 days.
1997 The Air Force announced that despite an intensive nine-day search, it couldn't find a bomb-laden A-10 warplane that had disappeared with its pilot during a training mission over Arizona. (The plane's wreckage was later found in a Colorado mountainside.)
1997 In Italy, fire damaged the 500-year-old San Giovanni Cathedral, home of the Shroud of Turin, which some consider Christ's burial cloth.
2000 British judge brandes historian David Irving an anti-Semite racist and an apologist for Adolf Hitler, ruling that an American scholar was justified in calling him a Holocaust denier.
2002 Rep. James A Traficant Jr. (60), D Ohio convicted on 10 felony counts of racketeering and corruption.
2002 UN sponsored Int’l. Criminal Court ratified without US approval. Temporary headquarters will be in the Hague, Netherlands.
2003 24th day of Operation Iraqi Freedom the northern city of Mosul fell into US and Kurdish hands after an entire corps of the Iraqi army surrendered. The Pentagon said no major military forces remain in the country. Defense Sec. Rumsfeld called Iraqi looting and chaos a natural “untidiness” that accompanies the transition from tyranny to freedom. The US military issued a most-wanted list in the form of a deck of 55 cards.
2004 Thousands of Hong Kong residents demanded full democracy and called on their unpopular leader to quit as they marched past Beijing's representative office.
Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"
Costa Rica : Juan Santamaria Day/Battle of Rivas Commemoration (1856)
Czechoslovakia : Resistance Movement Day (1945)
Egypt : Shan-et-Nissin
Liberia : Fast & Prayer Day
UUS : Barber Shop Quartet Day
Eight-Track Tape Day
National Woodworking Month
Religious Observances
Sixth Day of Passover
Roman Catholic : Commemoration of St Leo I, pope [440-61], doctor
Roman Catholic : Memorial of St Stanislaus, bishop, martyr
Anglican : Commemoration of George Augustus Selwyn, bishop of New Zealand & Litchfield
Christian : Easter Sunday
Christian : Low (Quasimodo) Sunday, the Octave Day of Easter
Orthodox : Orthodox Easter (3/29 OS)
Religious History
1506 The foundation stone of the new St. Peter's Basilica was laid under the patronage of Julius II. (The church was not completed, however, until 1626.)
1834 Birth of Marcus Dods, Scottish clergyman and biblical scholar. His published works in New Testament studies helped popularize modern biblical scholarship in Great Britain.
1836 English philanthropist George Mueller opened his famous orphanage on Wilson Street in Bristol. (By 1875, Mueller's orphanage was providing care for over 2,000 children.)
1941 French-born American Trappist monk Thomas Merton affirmed in his "Secular Journal": 'If we are willing to accept humiliation, tribulation can become, by God's grace, the mild yoke of Christ, His light burden.'
1967 The Full Gospel Fellowship of Churches and Ministers International, formed in Dallas in 1962, changed its name to Christ for the Nations. This charismatic missions agency specializes in fund-raising and support for church construction and Christian literature distribution worldwide.
Source: William D. Blake. ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 1987.
Thought for the day :
"How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg."
