On This Day in History

April 11

Historical Events

The Battle of Ravenna, fought between forces of the Holy League and France

1512 Battle of Ravenna: French forces under Gaston de Foix defeat the Holy League in a major battle of the Italian Wars.

1783 Hostilities formally cease in the American Revolutionary War after the Continental Congress proclaims the "Cessation of Arms" against and His Britannic Majesty.

1814 Napoléon Bonaparte abdicates unconditionally and is exiled to the island of Elba in the Mediterranean.

1968 US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the 1968 Civil Rights Act.

1979 Tanzanian army captures Kampala, the capital of Uganda forcing Ugandan dictator Idi Amin to flee into exile in Libya.

2015 Barack Obama and Raúl Castro meet in Panama, the first meeting of US and Cuban heads of state since the Cuban Revolution.

Alaa Salah during a protest against President Omar al-Bashir

2019 Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is overthrown and arrested by the army in Khartoum after 29 years in power following massive street protests.

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Famous Birthdays

John I of Portugal 1357 - 1433 Masaru Ibuka 1908 - 1997

Ethel Kennedy 96th Birthday Jeremy Clarkson 64th Birthday

Also Percy Lavon Julian, Joel Grey and Alessandra Ambrosio (43).

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Famous Deaths

James Anthony Bailey 1847 - 1906 Maria Tallchief 1925 - 2013

Also Luther Burbank and Enver Hoxha.

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From Hate And Horror To Worldwide Acclaim

Elie Wiesel, who went on to become a Nobel Peace Prize winner, was among the thousands freed from Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany on this day.

The Leading Spokesperson on the Holocaust