TODAY’S HISTORY LESSON – APRIL 11
1471 King Edward IV of England conquers London from Henry VI
1512 Battle of Ravenna: French forces under Gaston de Foix defeat the Holy League in a major battle of the Italian Wars
1689 William III & Mary II crowned as joint rulers of Britain
1783 After receiving a copy of the provisional treaty on 13 March, Congress proclaims a formal end to hostilities with Great Britain.
1868 The Shogunate is abolished in Japan
1898 American President William McKinley asks Congress for declaration of war with Spain.
1921 Iowa imposed the first state cigarette tax.
1951 President Truman fires General Douglas MacArthur as head of United Nations forces in Korea.
1960 1st weather satellite launched (Tiros 1)
1961 Israel begins the trial of Adolf Eichman, accused of war crimes during WWII.
1966 Emmett Ashford becomes 1st black major league umpire
1968 President Johnson signs the 1968 Civil Rights Act.
1974 The Judiciary committee subpoenas President Richard Nixon to produce tapes for impeachment inquiry.
1979 Tanzanian army captures Kampala, the capital of Uganda forcing Ugandan dictator Idi Amin to flee into exile in Libya
1980 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regulates sexual harrassment
1981 President Ronald Reagan returns to the White House from hospital after recovery from an assassination attempt.
1989 1st playoff goal scored by a goalee, Ron Hextall of the Philadelphia Flyers
1991 The United Nations Security Council issues formal ceasefire with Iraq.
2006 President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that Iran has enriched uranium
2015 Barack Obama and Raúl Castro meet in Panama, the 1st meeting of US and Cuban heads of state since the Cuban Revolution
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