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 Irish Republican Army bombs London financial district, killing 3
April 11, 1991 "Miss Saigon," opens at Broadway Theater New York City
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, 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, 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 Valerie Bertinelli marries Eddie Van Halen
April 11, 1980 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regulates sexual harassment
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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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 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