April 11: Zodiac, Trivia, Birthdays and Holidays

April 11th marks the 101st day of the Gregorian calendar year (or the 102nd in case of leap years). There are 264 days remaining until the end of the year. People born on this day are under the sign of Aries. Famous birthdays on this day include Alessandra Ambrosio (1981), Anton LaVey (1930) and Joss Stone (1987).
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Holidays

Saint Stanislas
Juan Santamarfa Day, anniversary of his death in the Battle of Rivas (State holiday in Costa Rica).
Saint Godeberta
Saint Gemma of Lucca
The Feast Day of Martyr Antipas in the Greek Orthodox Church.
Saint Danidl of Grimbergen
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Events

2019 The Sudanese army surrounds the capital Khartoum's presidential palace and takes control of state media buildings. This is amid protests against President Omar al-Bashir. A number of senior ministers, including Abdel Rahim Mohammed Hussein, were reportedly detained.
2018 Yemeni Crisis (2011-present: Royal Saudi Air Defense intercepts an ballistic missile from Yemen that was fired over Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This caused panic among residents. Houthis claim they launched several Burkan-2 missiles against targets in Saudi Arabia including oil facilities owned by Saudi Aramco. Two Qasef-1 drones operated by Houthis were also shot down by Saudi Air Defenses close to the border.
2017 Russian military intervention in Syria, Syrian Civil War: According to Russia's Defence Ministry, two soldiers were killed in a mortar attack in Syria. Another soldier was injured. The ministry didn't specify the date or location of the attack. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty). 18 members of Syria's Democratic Forces were mistakenly killed by an airstrike led by the US in an attempt to kill ISIS soldiers.
2016 2016 Stavropol bombings, at least three suicide bombers attacked a Stavropol police station, Russia.
2015 Yemeni Civil War (2015-present). Heavy Saudi Arabian air attacks hit southern Yemen, resulting in at most 20 deaths of Houthis soldiers as well as two members of other militias. Saudi Arabia claims that 500 rebels have been killed since March's start of military operations. (Reuters), (CNN). India evacuates 5600 Yemenis, including 960 foreigners under Operation Raahat. Many flights were allowed to land and take off from Yemen, despite the no fly zone.
2014 Two rival Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan factions clash in Waziristan (Pakistan), killing 12 insurgents.
2013 Mexican Drug War: A series of clashes between drug traffickers and the police in Mexico's state of Michoacan has resulted in at least 14 deaths. According to the government, a prominent drug lord was killed during the battle.
2012 Conflict at the border of South Sudan and Sudan 2012: Sudan claims that South Sudan has taken control of Heglig, its largest oilfield after a battle.
2011 2011 Minsk Metro bombing
2010 Aftermath of the 2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 accident:
2009 Fourth East Asia Summit cancelled in protest by anti-government protestors, Pattaya (Thailand).
2008 Cuba's President Raul Castro gives thousands of renters title to their houses.
2007 2007 Algiers bombings. 33 people are killed and 222 more are injured in two bombings that took place in Algiers, Algeria's capital.
2006 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced that Iran had successfully enriched its uranium.
2005 Yad Vashem posthumously bestows the honour of "Righteous Among the Nations," upon a Nazi Major, Karl Plagge. Plagge was able to save around 1,200 Jews (mostly women and children) from being executed during the Holocaust. He also placed them in forced labor at a vehicle workshop.
2004 Over 2500 Nepalese protestors against the suspension democracy were arrested in Nepal last week and denied food and sanitation.
2003 As the fifth Corps of the Iraqi Army offers a letter to surrender, Mosul, a northern Iraqi city, falls to coalition forces. Saddam Hussein's Tikrit hometown is the last major city to fall. Some expect that remaining loyalists will make their final stand.
2002 Al Qaeda bombs the Ghriba synagogue killing 21 Tunisians.
2001 Film: "Joe Dirt" starring David Spade
2000 AT&T Park San Francisco, Minute Maid Park Houston and Comerica Park Detroit are open.
1997 Fire breaks out in a pilgrim camp on the Plain of Mena, from Mecca 343 die.
1996 Detroit Red Wings become second NHL team to win 60 games in a season.
1995 Former United States Defense Secretary Robert MacNamara admits in his book that the Vietnam War was a terrible mistake.
1993 57th Golf Masters Championship: Bernhard Langer wins, shooting a 277.
1992 Country singer Lee Greenwood weds Miss Tennessee 1989
1991 Miss Saigon, opens at Broadway Theater, New York City
1990 New York Rangers beat the New York Islanders 6-1, Rangers lead 3-1 in preliminary
1989 Flyers, scores short-handed into an empty net beating Caps 8-5
1988 Royal Concert building in Amsterdam reopens.
1987 Zoja Ivanova wins second female World Cup marathon (2:30:39).
1986 A Canadain 1921 50 cent piece auctioned in NYC for $22,000
1985 Caps 2-Isles 1 (OT) - Patrick Division Semifinals - Caps hold 2-0 lead
1984 Challenger Astronauts complete 1st in space satellite repair
1983 3rd Golden Raspberry Awards: Inchon! wins
1982 Penguins 5-Isles 2-Preliminary-Series tied at 2-2
1981 Race riot in London area of Brixton
1980 Paul McCartney releases Coming Up
1979 Tanzanian troops take Kampala, the capital of Uganda Idi Amin flees.
1977 Ireland sets fishing zone at 50 miles.
1976 40th Golf Masters Championship: Ray Floyd wins, shooting a 271.
1975 JP Parise 11 sec OT goal-Isles 1st playoff advance eliminates Rangers
1974 WW II war criminal JP Philippa arrested
1973 The British House of Commons voted against restoring capital punishment by a margin of 142 votes.
1972 Benjamin L Hooks is named to the US Federal Communications Commission.
1971 Johnny Johnson opens / closes at Edison Theater NYC for 1 performance
1970 Apollo 13 launched to Moon; unable to land, returns in 6 days
1969 South African President Frederik de Klerk marries Marike Willemse.
1968 President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
1967 Illya Darling opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 320 performances
1966 Emmett Ashford becomes 1st black major league umpire
1965 40 tornadoes strike US midwest killing 272 and injuring 5,000.
1964 Anyone Can Whistle closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 9 performances
1963 John XXIII encyclical On peace in truth, justice, charity and liberty
1962 New York Mets make a losing debut.
1961 Adolf Eichmann trial begins in Israel
1960 First weather satellite launched (Tiros 1).
1959 Jamaica closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 558 performances
1958 Brooks Hall in Civic Center dedicated
1957 Pablo Neruda arrested in Buenos Aires
1956 French government decides to send 200,000 reservists to Algeria.
1955 The Air India Kashmir Princess is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by the Kuomintang.
1954 Marlene Bauer wins LPGA New Orleans Golf Open.
1953 Oveta Culp Hobby becomes 1st at Health, Education, and Welfare
1952 The Battle of Nanri Island takes place.
1951 American President Harry Truman fires General Douglas McArthur.
1950 US B-29 bomber shot down above Latvia.
1948 12th Golf Masters Championship: Claude Harmon wins, shooting a 279.
1947 Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in modern major-league baseball
1945 Allied troops liberate Basket-Compascuum
1944 RAF bombs census bureau in The Hague.
1943 Frank Piasecki, Vertol founder, flies his first (single-rotor) craft.
1942 Distinguished Service Medal for Merchant Marines authorized.
1941 Jewish Weekly newspaper taken control by Nazis
1939 Hungary leaves League of Nations.
1936 The first Butlins holiday camp opens at Skegness. It was officially opened by Amy Johnson from Hull, who was the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia.
1933 Aviator Bill Lancaster takes off in England, in an attempt to make a speed record to the Cape of Good Hope, but vanishes (his body is not found in the Sahara Desert until 1962).
1929 KLO-AM in Ogden UT begins radio transmissions
1926 Flemish Economic Covenant (VEV) forms in Ghent.
1925 Abd el-Krims Rifkabylen beats French army in Morocco.
1924 WLS-AM in Chicago IL begins radio transmissions
1921 KDKA broadcast the first radio sporting event, a boxing match (Ray-Dundee).
1920 Mexican Revolution: Álvaro Obregón flees from Mexico City during a trial intended to ruin his reputation he flees to Guerrero where he joins Fortunato Maycotte.
1919 The International Labour Organization is founded.
1917 Babe Ruth beats New York Yankees, pitching 3-hit 10-3 win for Boston Red Sox.
1912 Cornerstone of Technion in Haifa Palestine laid.
1909 The city of Tel Aviv (then known as Ahuzat Bayit) is founded.
1908 SMS Blucher, the last armored cruiser to be built by the German Imperial Navy, launches.
1907 New York Giants Roger Bresnahan becomes first catcher to wear shin guards.
1906 Einstein introduces his Theory of Relativity.
1902 Battle at Rooiwal, South Africa.
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