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April 11th


- Christian Feast Day
- Juan Santamaría Day, anniversary of his death in the Second Battle of Rivas. (Costa Rica)

April 11th


- 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 - The Ghriba synagogue bombing by Al Qaeda kills 21 in Tunisia.
- 2002 - An attempted coup d'état in Venezuela against President Hugo Chávez takes place.
- 2001 - The detained crew of a United States EP-3E aircraft that landed in Hainan, People's Republic of China after a collision with a J-8 fighter is released.
- 2001 - Australia beats American Samoa in a 31-0 win, the biggest ever in an 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 - Korean War: President Harry Truman relieves General Douglas MacArthur of overall command in Korea.
- 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.
- 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 - Spain cedes Puerto Rico to the United States.
- 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.
- 1809 - Battle of the Basque Roads Naval battle fought between France and Britain
- 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 Boles?aw II of Poland.
- 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I.

April 11th


- 2002 - Alexa Gerasimovich, American actress
- 2000 - Morgan Lily, American actress
- 1994 - Dakota Blue Richards, English actress
- 1987 - Giuseppe Caccavallo, Italian footballer
- 1987 - Lights Poxleitner, Canadian singer-songwriter
- 1987 - Joss Stone, English singer
- 1986 - Roman Heart, American porn actor
- 1986 - Stephanie Pratt, American reality TV personality (The Hills)
- 1985 - Will Minson, Australian rules footballer
- 1985 - Ash Delaney, Australian Swimmer
- 1984 - Kelli Garner, American actress
- 1983 - Nicky Pastorelli, Dutch racing driver
- 1983 - Rubén Palazuelos, Spanish football player
- 1982 - Ian Bell, English cricketer
- 1982 - Danja, American record producer, composer, and songwriter
- 1981 - Alessandra Ambrosio, Brazilian model
- 1981 - Alexandre Burrows, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1980 - Keiji Tamada, Japanese footballer
- 1980 - Mark Teixeira, American baseball player
- 1980 - Festus Baise, Nigerian footballer
- 1979 - Nazanin Afshin-Jam, Canadian beauty pageant winner
- 1979 - Malcolm Christie, English footballer
- 1979 - Chris Gaylor, American drummer
- 1979 - Sebastien Grainger, Canadian musician
- 1979 - Michel Riesen, Swiss ice hockey player
- 1979 - Josh Server, American actor
- 1979 - María Elena Swett, Chilean actress
- 1978 - Brett Claywell, American actor
- 1978 - Josh Hancock, American baseball player (d. 2007)
- 1978 - Tom Thacker, Canadian musician
- 1976 - Kelvim Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1975 - Walid Soliman, Tunisian author
- 1974 - Ŕlex Corretja, Spanish tennis player
- 1974 - Ashot Danielyan, Armenian weightlifter
- 1974 - Anton Glanzelius, Swedish actor
- 1974 - Tricia Helfer, Canadian model and actor
- 1974 - Zöe Lucker, British television actor
- 1974 - Trot Nixon, American baseball player
- 1974 - David Jassy, Swedish musician, songwriter, and music producer
- 1973 - Jennifer Esposito, American actress
- 1972 - Jason Varitek, American baseball player
- 1972 - Balls Mahoney, American professional wrestler
- 1971 - Oliver Riedel, German musician (Rammstein)
- 1971 - Vicellous Reon Shannon, American actor
- 1970 - Trevor Linden, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1970 - Delroy Pearson, former singer Five Star
- 1970 - Johnny Messner, American actor
- 1969 - Cerys Matthews, Welsh singer
- 1969 - Chisato Moritaka, Japanese singer
- 1969 - Dustin Rhodes, American professional wrestler
- 1968 - Sergey Lukyanenko, Russian author
- 1966 - Mason Reese, American actor
- 1966 - Steve Scarsone, American baseball player
- 1966 - Lisa Stansfield, English singer
- 1964 - Steve Azar, American singer-songwriter
- 1964 - Bret Saberhagen, American baseball player
- 1964 - Johann Sebastian Paetsch, American cellist
- 1963 - Chris Ferguson, American poker player
- 1963 - Billy Bowden, New Zealand umpire
- 1962 - Vincent Gallo, American actor
- 1961 - Doug Hopkins, American musician (d. 1993)
- 1960 - Jeremy Clarkson, British journalist
- 1959 - Ana María Polo, Cuban-American lawyer and arbitrator
- 1958 - Stuart Adamson, British musician (Big Country) (d. 2001)
- 1958 - Brynn Hartman, wife and murderer of comedian Phil Hartman (d. 1998)
- 1955 - Kevin Brady, American politician
- 1955 - Michael Callen, American musician (d. 1993)
- 1955 - Micheal Ray Richardson, American basketball player
- 1955 - Neville Staple, Jamaican musician
- 1953 - Andrew Wiles, British mathematician
- 1953 - Guy Verhofstadt, Prime Minister of Belgium
- 1952 - Peter Windsor, English motor racing journalist and reporter
- 1951 - Doris McGowen Beck Angleton, American socialite (d. 1997)
- 1951 - Paul Fox, English guitarist (The Ruts) (d. 2007)
- 1951 - James Patrick Kelly, American author
- 1950 - Tom Hill, English bass guitarist (Geordie)
- 1949 - Bernd Eichinger, German film producer
- 1949 - Carl Franklin, American actor
- 1948 - Marcello Lippi, Italian football coach
- 1947 - Peter Riegert, American actor
- 1947 - Uli Edel, German film director
- 1947 - Meshach Taylor, American actor
- 1947 - Lev Bulat, Russian physicist
- 1946 - Bob Harris, British disc jockey and presenter
- 1946 - Laurie Faso, American actor and game show host
- 1944 - John Milius, American director and writer
- 1943 - Harley Race, American professional wrestler
- 1941 - Ellen Goodman, American political columnist
- 1941 - Shirley Stelfox, English actress
- 1939 - Louise Lasser, American actress
- 1938 - Kurt Moll, German bass
- 1938 - Michael Deaver, Deputy White House Chief of Staff (d. 2007)
- 1935 - Richard Berry, American singer and composer (d. 1997)
- 1935 - Richard Kuklinski, American mafia hitman (d. 2006)
- 1934 - Mark Strand, Canadian-born American poet
- 1933 - Tony Brown, American journalist
- 1932 - Joel Grey, American singer and actor
- 1931 - Johnny Sheffield, American actor (d. 2010)
- 1931 - Koichi Sugiyama, Japanese composer
- 1930 - Anton LaVey, American founder of the Church of Satan (d. 1997)
- 1928 - Ethel Kennedy, widow of Robert F. Kennedy
- 1926 - Victor Bouchard, Quebec pianist and composer
- 1925 - Pierre Péladeau, Canadian businessman and newspaper editor (Quebecor) (d. 1997)
- 1923 - George J. Maloof, Sr., American businessman (d. 1980)
- 1921 - Jim Hearn, American baseball player (d. 1998)
- 1918 - Richard Wainwright, English politician (d. 2003)
- 1917 - Danny Gallivan, Canadian radio and television sportscaster (d. 1993)
- 1917 - David Westheimer, American novelist (d. 2005)
- 1916 - Alberto Ginastera, Argentine composer (d. 1983)
- 1916 - Howard W. Koch, American film director (d. 2001)
- 1914 - Norman McLaren, Canadian film animator and director (d. 1987)
- 1914 - Robert Stanfield, Premier of Nova Scotia (d. 2003)
- 1913 - Oleg Cassini, American fashion designer (d. 2006)
- 1911 - Stanis?awa Walasiewicz, Polish runner (d. 1980)
- 1910 - António de Spínola, Portuguese politician (d. 1996)
- 1908 - Jane Bolin, first African-American woman judge (d. 2007)
- 1908 - Masaru Ibuka, Japanese industrialist (Sony) (d. 1997)
- 1908 - Dan Maskell, English tennis commentator (d. 1992)
- 1908 - Leo Rosten, American humorist and author (d. 1997)
- 1907 - Ivor Spencer-Thomas, English farmer and entrepreneur (d. 2001)
- 1906 - Dale Messick, American cartoonist (d. 2005)
- 1905 - József Attila, Hungarian poet (d. 1937)
- 1900 - Sandor Marai, Hungarian writer (d. 1989)
- 1899 - Percy Lavon Julian, American chemist (d. 1975)
- 1896 - Léo-Paul Desrosiers, Quebec novelist (d. 1967)
- 1893 - Dean Acheson, American statesman (d. 1971)
- 1890 - Donna Rachele Mussolini, wife of Benito Mussolini (d. 1979)
- 1889 - Nick LaRocca, American musician (d. 1961)
- 1876 - Paul Henry, Northern Irish artist (d. 1958)
- 1873 - Edward Lawson, Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 1955)
- 1869 - Kasturba Gandhi, Wife of Mohandas Gandhi (d. 1944)
- 1869 - Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (d. 1943)
- 1867 - Mark Keppel, Superintendent of Schools of Los Angeles County (d. 1928)
- 1866 - Bernard O'Dowd, Australian poet (d. 1953)
- 1862 - Charles Evans Hughes, 11th Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1948)
- 1862 - William Wallace Campbell, American astronomer (d. 1938)
- 1856 - Arthur Shrewsbury, English cricketer (d. 1903)
- 1852 - Cap Anson, American baseball player (d. 1922)
- 1827 - Mahatma Jyotirao Phule, Indian social reformer (d. 1890)
- 1825 - Ferdinand Lassalle, German politician (d. 1864)
- 1819 - Charles Hallé, German pianist and conductor (d. 1895)
- 1810 - Henry Rawlinson, English scholar (d. 1895)
- 1798 - Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist (d. 1854)
- 1794 - Edward Everett, 15th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1865)
- 1770 - George Canning, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1827)
- 1769 - Jean Lannes, French marshal (d. 1809)
- 1755 - James Parkinson, English physician (d. 1824)
- 1722 - Christopher Smart, English poet (d. 1771)
- 1721 - David Zeisberger, Moravian missionary (d. 1808)
- 1592 - John Eliot, English statesman (d. 1632)
- 1492 - Marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre (d. 1549)
- 1374 - Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (d. 1398)
- 1357 - John I of Portugal (d. 1433)
- 145 - Septimius Severus (d. 211)