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What happened in history on this day: April 11?
On April 11 in ...
- 672 - Deusdedit III begins his reign as Catholic Pope.
- 678 - Donus dies, ending his reign as Catholic Pope.
- 1034 - Romanus III Argyrus Byzantine emperor (1028-34), assasinated by wife.
- 1240 - Llywelyn ab Iorwerth the Great monarch of Wales (1194-1240), dies.
- 1241 - King Béla of Hungary, with 100,000 men, face the army of Mongol leader Batu Khan at the Sajo River. While the Hungarians engage at a stone bridge, the main force of Mongols attack from the south with 30,000 men. Hungarians retreat in a column from their beseiged camp, and are then attacked from both sides. 50-70,000 killed.
- 1370 - Birth of Friederich I (also called Friedrich der Streitbare) in Saxony; elector of Saxony in the Holy Roman Empire.
- 1471 - King Edward IV of England conquers London from Henry VI.
- 1493 - The Pope learns of Columbus' journey to the New World.
- 1500 - Michael T Marullus Greeks poet, drowns.
- 1512 - Battle at Ravenna France under Gaston de Foix beat Spanish Army.
- 1512 - Gaston de Foix French pretender to Navarra throne, dies in battle.
- 1551 - English premier John Dudley appointed duke of Northumberland.
- 1564 - England and France sign Peace of Troyes.
- 1564 - Liege Prince-Bishop Robert van Bergen resigns.
- 1567 - Dutch Prince William of Orange flees from Antwerp to Breda.
- 1579 - Venlo joins Union of Utrecht.
- 1580 - Drenthe joins Union of Utrecht.
- 1602 - Birth of Johann Neukrantz composer.
- 1609 - Japanese forces land on Oshima of the Ryukus Islands, securing it by the 20th.
- 1638 - Birth of Diogo Diaz Melgaz composer.
- 1648 - Matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern composer, dies at age 53.
- 1677 - Battle at Montcassel, French troops beat Prince William III.
- 1681 - Birth of Anne Danican Philidor composer.
- 1682 - Birth of Jean-Joseph Mouret composer.
- 1689 - Coronation of Prince William III of Orange and consort Mary Stuart. William III and Mary II are crowned as joint rulers of Britain.
- 1713 - Peace of Utrecht; France cedes Maritime provinces to Britain - English, Prussian, Savoois, Portuguese and French peace treaty.
- 1722 - Birth of Christopher Smart English poet and journalist (Ceremony of Carols).
- 1755 - Birth of James Parkinson; physician (Essay on the Shaking Palsy (1817), namesake of Parkinson's disease).
- 1770 - Birth of George Canning (Conservative) British Prime Minister (1827).
- 1772 - Birth of Manuel José Quintana Spanish author/poet (El Duque de Viseo).
- 1783 - Death of Nikita I Panin at age 64; Russian earl/ambassador in Denmark.
- 1794 - Birth of Edward Everett in Dorchester, Massachusetts, USA; Governor-Massachusetts, statesman/orator.
- 1801 - Birth of Claude Tillier; French journalist/writer (My Uncle Benjamin).
- 1812 - Death of Gottlieb Schick at age 35; German painter (Opfer Noachs).
- 1814 - Napoleon Bonaparte, emperor of France, abdicates the throne, and, in the Treaty of Fontainebleau, is banished to the Mediterranean island of Elba.
- 1815 - Birth of Klara Fey; German orchestra leader (Deutscher Arbeiterverein).
- 1825 - Birth of Ferdinand Lassalle; French politician/founder (Allgemeiner).
- 1837 - Birth of Ephraim Elmer Ellsworth; US Colonel (Union Army) (dies 1861).
- 1838 - Pieter L Uys, South African pioneer (Great Pull), is murdered at age 40.
- 1839 - John Galt, Scottish writer (Last of the Lairds), dies at age 59.
- 1848 - Hungary becomes constitutional monarchy under king Ferdinand of Austria.
- 1854 - Birth of Hugh Massie; cricket player (Australian batsman of the 1880s).
- 1856 - Battle of Rivas; Costa Rica beats William Walker's invading Nicaraguans.
- 1856 - Birth of Arthur Shrewsbury; cricket player (dominant England bat late 19th cent).
- 1856 - Birth of Constantly Lievens; Flemish missionary in India.
- 1862 - Birth of Charles Evans Hughs; 11th Chief Justice of US Supreme Court (1930-41).
- 1862 - Birth of William W Campbell; US astronomer/director of Lick Observatory.
- 1867 - Birth of John P Lotsy; Dutch botanist/geneticist (Genetics).
- 1875 - Heinrich Schwabe, discoverer of 11-year sunspot cycle, dies.
- 1876 - Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized.
- 1876 - Sir Charles Gordon ends religious tolerance in Sudan.
- 1879 - Birth of Leendert Round; Dutch sculptor (entrance Rotterdam Zoo).
- 1881 - Kristian Mandrup Elster, Norwegian author (Torn Trondal), dies at age 40.
- 1883 - Birth of Leonard Mudie in England; actor (Magnetic Monster, British Intelligence).
- 1888 - Birth of Donald Calthrop in London, England; actor (Blackmail, Scrooge, Rome Express).
- 1889 - Birth of Nick La Rocca; US coronetist/composer (Tiger Rag).
- 1890 - Ellis Island is designated as an immigration station.
- 1893 - Birth of Dean G Acheson; statesman/US Secretary of State (1949-53).
- 1893 - Birth of Johannes T Thijsse; Dutch founder (Waterloopkundig lab Delft).
- 1898 - Birth of Lou Holtz; comedian/actor (Follow the Leader).
- 1898 - President William McKinley asks for Spanish-American War declaration.
- 1899 - Birth of Percy L Julian; chemist (drugs for treatment of arthritis).
- 1899 - Treaty of Paris is ratified, ending Spanish-American War; Spain cedes Puerto Rico to US.
- 1900 - US Navy's first submarine makes its debut.
- 1901 - Birth of Adriano Olivetti; Italian engineer/manufacturer (typewriter).
- 1901 - Birth of Glenway Wescott; American writer (Apartment in Athens).
- 1902 - Battle at Rooiwal, South Africa.
- 1902 - Birth of Quentin Reynolds in New York City, New York, USA; newscaster (Its News to Me), author (FBI).
- 1902 - Hendrik Potgieter, South African Boer General, dies in battle.
- 1904 - Birth of Paul McGrath in Chicago, Illinois, USA; actor (Witness, No Time for Love).
- 1906 - Albert Einstein introduces his Theory of Relativity.
- 1906 - Georgi Apollonovitch Gapon, Russian-orthodox clergyman/tsarist agent, dies.
- 1906 - James A Bailey, circus showman (Barnum and Bailey), dies at age 58.
- 1907 - Birth of Paul Douglas in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Adventure Theater, Clash by Night).
- 1907 - New York Giants' Roger Bresnahan becomes first catcher to wear shin guards.
- 1908 - Birth of Karel Ancerl in Czechoslovakia; conductor (Prague/Toronto).
- 1910 - Birth of Antonio Sebastiao Ribiero de Spínola; General/President of Portugal.
- 1911 - Birth of Stella Walsh-Stanislawa-Walasiewicz in Poland; sprinter (Olympics-gold-1932, won 41 Amateur Athletic Union track titles).
- 1912 - Birth of John Larkin in Oakland, California, USA; actor (Saints and Sinners, 12 O'Clock High).
- 1913 - Birth of Oleg Cassini in Paris, France; fashion designer (Jackie Kennedy).
- 1914 - George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion play premieres.
- 1916 - Birth of Alberto E Ginastera in Buenos Aires, Argentina; composer (Panambi).
- 1916 - Birth of Dan Fortmann; NFL guard (Chicago Bears).
- 1916 - Birth of Howard Koch; producer/director (Frankenstein, Airplane II).
- 1917 - Babe Ruth beats New York Yankees, pitching 3-hit 10-3 win for Boston Red Sox.
- 1918 - Arthur Ochse, cricket player (played for South Africa in 1889 aged 19), dies.
- 1919 - Birth of Hugh Carey; American politician (Governor-Democrat-New York).
- 1919 - Birth of Raymond Carr; Warden (Saint Antony's College Oxford).
- 1921 - Augusta Victoria, Queen of Prussia/wife of Emperor Wilhelm II, dies.
- 1921 - Birth of Jeff Stollmeyer; cricket player (West Indies batsman pre/post-war).
- 1921 - Iowa imposes first state cigarette tax.
- 1921 - KDKA broadcasts the first radio sporting event, a boxing match (Johnny Ray vs Johnny Dundee).
- 1921 - Turkestan ASSR is established in Russian SFSR.
- 1921 - Birth of Virginia O'Brien in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Francis in the Navy, Gus, Ziegfeld Follies, Thousands Cheer).
- 1924 - First men's college swimming championships begin.
- 1924 - Socialists win Denmark's parliamentary elections.
- 1925 - Abd el-Krims Rifkabylen beats French army in Morocco.
- 1925 - Birth of Oscar De Ville; CEO (Meyer International).
- 1925 - Birth of Rik Kuijpers; Belgian director (Sea gulls die in the harbor).
- 1926 - Flemish Economic Covenant (VEV) forms in Ghent.
- 1927 - Chilean General Carlos Ibáñez names himself president.
- 1929 - Birth of Lawrence Coughlin; American politician (Representative-Republican-Pennsylvania, 1969-).
- 1929 - Loetafoon celluloid film system demonstrated in Amsterdam.
- 1930 - Birth of Carl Franklin in Richmond, California, USA; actor (Fantastic Journey).
- 1930 - Birth of James Alan Ferman; secretary (British Board of Film Classification).
- 1930 - Birth of Joseph Burnett-Stuart; CEO (Robert Fleming Holdings).
- 1930 - Birth of Nicholas F Brady; US Secretary of Treasury (1988-93).
- 1930 - Birth of W G [Bill] Hefner; American politician (Representative-Democrat-North Carolina, 1975-).
- 1930 - Panama passes a law for new coinage of the same size, weight, silver content, and denominations as US coins.
- 1931 - Birth of John[ny] Sheffield in Pasadena, California, USA; American actor (boy in many Tarzan movies).
- 1931 - Birth of Luis Cabral; Guinea-Bissauan President (dies 2009).
- 1932 - Birth of Joel Grey [Joe Katz] in Cleveland, Ohio, USA; actor (Cabaret, Remo Williams, 7 percent Solution).
- 1933 - Birth of Tony Brown in Charleston, West Virginia, USA; newsman (Tony Brown's Journal).
- 1933 - Hermann Göring becomes premier of Prussia.
- 1934 - Birth of Anne Poole; chief nursing officer (Department of Health).
- 1934 - Birth of Mark Strand; American poet/editor/translator (Another Republic).
- 1935 - Birth of Pierre Kartner [Father Abraham]; Dutch singer (Smurf Song).
- 1936 - Birth of Janet Allen; headmistress (Benenden School).
- 1936 - NHL Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings beat Toronto Maple Leafs, three games to one.
- 1938 - Birth of Michael Deaver; American politician/influence peddler (Savings and Loan scandal).
- 1939 - Birth of Louise Lasser in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Mary Hartman! Mary Hartman!).
- 1939 - Hungary leaves League of Nations.
- 1941 - Birth of David Lyle Boren; American politician (Senator-Democrat-Oklahoma, 1979-).
- 1941 - Birth of Frederick "Rick" Hauck in Long Beach, California, USA; astronaut (STS-7, STS 51-A, STS-26).
- 1941 - Germany blitzes Conventry, England.
- 1941 - Jewish Weekly newspaper taken control of by Germans.
- 1941 - German occupiers in Netherlands confiscate Jewish assets.
- 1942 - Birth of Anatoli Nikolayevich Berezovoi in Enem, Adygeya, Russia; cosmonaut (Soyuz T-5).
- 1942 - Distinguished Service Medal for Merchant Marines authorized.
- 1943 - Frank Piasecki, Vertol founder, flies his first (single-rotor) craft.
- 1944 - Birth of John Milius; writer (Red Dawn, 1941, Big Wednesday).
- 1944 - Birth of R J B Knight; deputy director (National Maritime Museum).
- 1944 - RAF bombs census bureau in The Hague.
- 1945 - American forces liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp.
- 1945 - Birth of Robert Fripp; guitarist (King Crimson).
- 1945 - Kamiel van Baelen, Flemish resistance fighter (in Dachau), dies at age 29.
- 1945 - SS burns and shoots 1,100 people at Gardelegen.
- 1945 - US captures Tsugen Shima.
- 1945 - US troops conquers Mülheim, Oberhausen, Bochum, Unna, Essen.
- 1947 - Birth of Michael Hindley; British Member of European Parliament.
- 1947 - Birth of Michael Wright; Vice-Chancellor (Aston University).
- 1947 - Birth of Peter Riegert in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Americathon, Animal House, Crossing Delancey).
- 1947 - Birth of Ulrich Edel in Neuenburg am Rhein, Germany; American film director (The Little Vampire, Body of Evidence).
- 1948 - 12th Golf Masters Championship: Claude Harmon wins, shooting a 279.
- 1950 - Birth of Bill Irwin in Santa Monica, California, USA; actor (My Blue Heaven, Scenes From a Mall).
- 1950 - Prince Rainier III becomes ruler of Monaco.
- 1950 - US B-29 bomber shot down above Latvia.
- 1951 - Birth of Robbie House; rocker (Snuff).
- 1951 - American President Harry Truman fires General Douglas McArthur.
- 1952 - Birth of Michael Daly in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Canadian Tour golfer (1991 British Columbia Winter Tour).
- 1954 - Birth of Chris Difford; rocker (Squeeze).
- 1954 - Marlene Bauer wins LPGA New Orleans Golf Open.
- 1955 - Birth of Michele Scarabelli in Montréal, Québec, Canada; actress (Jo Santini - Airwolf, Alienation, Dallas).
- 1955 - Birth of Piers J Sellers in Sussex, England; PhD/astronaut.
- 1956 - French government decides to send 200,000 reservists to Algeria.
- 1956 - Singer Nat Cole attacked on stage of Birmingham (Alabama) theater by whites.
- 1957 - Birth of Everton Mattis; cricket player (West Indies batsman early 1980s).
- 1957 - Ryan X-13 Vertijet becomes first jet to take-off and land vertically.
- 1958 - Birth of John Castellanos in San Diego, California, USA; actor (John Silva - The Young and the Restless).
- 1958 - Birth of Sally Clark in Feilding, New Zealand; equestrian three day event (Olympics-silver-1996).
- 1958 - Birth of [William] Stuart Adamson in Manchester, England; rock vocalist/guitarist (Big Country - "Wonderland").
- 1959 - Jamaica closes at Imperial Theater in New York City after 558 performances.
- 1959 - Los Angeles Dodgers' pitcher Don Drysdale hits his second Opening Day homerun.
- 1960 - First weather satellite launched (Tiros 1).
- 1961 - 15th NBA Championship: Boston Celtics beat Saint Louis Hawks, 4 games to 1.
- 1961 - Austrian fourth and last government of Raab resigns.
- 1961 - Birth of Lucky Vanous in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA; model (GQ, Diet Coke).
- 1961 - Israel begins the Adolf Eichman WWII crimes trial.
- 1962 - Birth of André Wasiman; soccer player (FC Volendam).
- 1962 - Birth of Terry Hoage; NFL wide receiver (Arizona Cardinals).
- 1962 - New York Mets make a losing debut.
- 1963 - Birth of Elizabeth Smylie in Perth, Australia; tennis star (1987 Oklahoma City).
- 1963 - Pope John XXIII encyclical On peace in truth, justice, charity and liberty.
- 1963 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1963 - Warren Spahn beats New York Mets 6-1 for his 328th win (most by a lefty).
- 1965 - 29th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 271.
- 1965 - 40 tornadoes strike US midwest killing 272 and injuring 5,000.
- 1966 - 30th Golf Masters Championship: Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 288; Jack Nicklaus is the first man to win consecutive Masters.
- 1966 - Birth of Dave Richards; NFL guard (Atlanta Falcons).
- 1966 - Birth of Kara McGaw in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; softball rightfielder (Olympics-1996).
- 1966 - Birth of Lisa Stansfield; English pop singer (Around the World).
- 1966 - Birth of Mark Higgs; NFL running back (Arizona Cardinals).
- 1966 - Birth of Steve Scarsone in Anaheim, California, USA; infielder (San Francisco Giants).
- 1967 - Birth of Lachlan Dreher; Australian field hockey goal keeper (Olympics-silver-1992, 1996).
- 1967 - Birth of Mark Seay; NFL wide receiver (San Diego Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles).
- 1967 - Birth of Stefan Johnstown; Norwegian speed walker (world record 20 km).
- 1967 - Birth of Wendel Suckow in Marquette, Michigan, USA; luger (Olympics-1994).
- 1967 - Harlem (New York City) voters defy US Congress and re-elect Adam Clayton Powell Junior.
- 1968 - Birth of Eric Moten; NFL guard/tackle (San Diego Chargers).
- 1968 - Marshal Spychalski succeeds Ochab as President of Poland.
- 1968 - US President Lyndon Johnson signs 1968 Civil Rights Act.
- 1969 - Birth of Gavin Briant; cricket player (Zimbabwe Test batsman 1993).
- 1969 - Birth of J Nick Adamson in Freeport, Bahamas; US laser yachter (Olympics-21st-1996).
- 1969 - Birth of Janeth Arcain; WNBA forward (Houston Comets).
- 1969 - Birth of Jesse Campbell; NFL safety (New York Giants, Washington Redskins).
- 1969 - South African President Frederik de Klerk marries Marike Willemse.
- 1969 - The export ban of US silver coins is lifted.
- 1970 - Apollo 13, the third manned lunar landing mission, is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, carrying astronauts James A. Lovell, John L. Swigert, and Fred W. Haise.
- 1970 - Beatles' "Let It Be", single goes #1 and stays #1 for two weeks.
- 1970 - Birth of Delroy Pearson in Romford, Essex, England; rocker (Five Star - "Between the Lines").
- 1970 - Birth of Joe Vitiello in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; infielder (Kansas City Royals).
- 1970 - Birth of Sean Bergman in Joliet, Illinois, USA; pitcher (San Diego Padres).
- 1970 - Birth of Trevor Linden in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada; NHL right wing (Vancouver Canucks, New York Islanders).
- 1970 - John H O'Hara, American journalist (Pal Joey, Rage to Live), dies at age 65.
- 1970 - San Francisco Giants beat Cincinnati Reds 2-1, only day Cincinnati Reds aren't in first place in 1970.
- 1971 - 35th Golf Masters Championship: Charles Coody wins, shooting a 279.
- 1972 - Benjamin L Hooks is named to the US Federal Communications Commission.
- 1972 - Birth of Avo Avetisyan; WLAF defensive linesman (Amsterdam Admirals).
- 1972 - Birth of Dietrich Jells; wide receiver (New England Patriots).
- 1972 - Birth of Kunihiko Sakurai; hockey forward (Team Japan 1998).
- 1972 - Birth of Nicole Levesque; WNBA guard (Charlotte Sting).
- 1972 - Birth of Ted Johnson; linebacker (New England Patriots).
- 1972 - USSR performs underground nuclear test.
- 1973 - Birth of Blake Brockermeyer; NFL tackle (Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers).
- 1973 - Birth of Monica Chala; Miss Ecuador-Universe (1996).
- 1973 - Birth of Reggie Tongue; NFL safety (Kansas City Chiefs).
- 1973 - Ted Decorsia, actor (Police Chief Hegedorn - Steve Canyon), dies at age 69.
- 1974 - Birth of Alex Corretja in Barcelona, Spain; tennis star (1990 Orange Bowl boys 16).
- 1974 - Birth of Sascha van Wissen; Dutch soccer player (MVV).
- 1975 - Birth of Terry Cousin; NFL cornerback (Chicago Bears).
- 1975 - Hank Aaron returns as a Milwaukee Brewers' player.
- 1976 - 40th Golf Masters Championship: Ray Floyd wins, shooting a 271.
- 1977 - Ireland sets fishing zone at 50 miles.
- 1977 - Jacques Prévert, French poet (La puil et le beau), dies at age 77.
- 1978 - Birth of Victor Sikora; soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles).
- 1979 - Tanzanian troops take Kampala, the capital of Uganda; Idi Amin flees.
- 1980 - American Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regulates sexual harrassment.
- 1981 - Larry Holmes beats Trevor Holmes in 15 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1981 - US President Ronald Reagan returns to the White House from hospital after being shot on March 30.
- 1981 - Rioters in South London (Brixton) throw petrol bombs, attack police and loot shops.
- 1982 - 46th Golf Masters Championship: Craig Stadler wins, shooting a 284.
- 1983 - Dolores Del Rio, actress (Cheyenne Autumn), dies at age 78.
- 1983 - NASA launches RCA-F.
- 1983 - The 55th Academy Awards, hosted by Liza Minnelli, Dudley Moore, Richard Pryor, and Walter Matthau, are held at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles, California. Gandhi wins Best Picture, Ben Kingsley wins Best Actor, Meryl Streep wins Best Actress.
- 1983 - The National Economic Summit is held in Canberra, Australia.
- 1983 - Third Golden Raspberry Awards: Inchon! wins.
- 1983 - 47th Golf Masters Championship: Seve Ballesteros wins, shooting a 280.
- 1984 - Space Shuttle Challenger astronauts complete first in-space satellite repair.
- 1984 - Chinese troops invade Vietnam.
- 1984 - General Secretary Konstantin U Chernenko named President of Soviet Union.
- 1984 - Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth.
- 1985 - Enver Hoxha, party leader/premier of Albania, dies at age 76 (born 1908).
- 1985 - The 100th episode of US TV show Hill Street Blues airs.
- 1986 - Dodge Morgan completes nonstop sail solo around the world in 150 days.
- 1986 - Halley's Comet makes closest approach to Earth this trip, 63 million km.
- 1987 - Erskine Caldwell, novelist (Tobacco Road), dies at age 83.
- 1987 - Kent Taylor, actor (Boston Blackie, Rough Riders), dies at age 79.
- 1987 - Primo Levi, Italian chemist/writer (Survival in Auschwitz), dies at age 67.
- 1987 - New York Yankees score 12 runs in 7th inning versus Kansas City Royals.
- 1987 - Zoja Ivanova wins second female World Cup marathon (2:30:39).
- 1988 - Death of Jeff (Jean Marie) Donnell of a heart attack at age 66; actress (Alice - The George Gobel Show, Hoedown, Nine Girls, Dr. Kildare and Matt Helm, General Hospital).
- 1988 - Royal Concert building in Amsterdam reopens.
- 1988 - The Last Emperor (directed by Bernardo Bertolucci) wins nine Oscar awards.
- 1989 - First playoff goal scored by a goalee, Ron Hextall of the Philadelphia Flyers.
- 1989 - Henk van Galen Last, Dutch journalist, dies at age 68.
- 1989 - Philadelphia Flyers score short-handed into an empty net beating Washington Capitals 8-5.
- 1990 - California Angels' Mark Langston and Mike Witt, no-hit Seattle Mariners, 1-0.
- 1990 - New York Lotto pays US$35 million to two winners (numbers are 6-14-24-32-34-51).
- 1990 - New York Rangers beat New York Islanders 6-1, Rangers lead 3-1 in preliminary.
- 1991 - New York City's Museum of Broadcasting becomes "Museum of Radio and Television".
- 1991 - Space Shuttle STS 37 (Atlantis 8) lands.
- 1991 - United Nations Security Council issues formal cease fire with Iraq declaration.
- 1992 - Death of Adele Dixon of pneumonia at age 83; singer/actress (Uneasy Virtue).
- 1992 - BPAA US Open won by Robert Lawrence.
- 1992 - Cleveland Indians set team record for long game lose to Boston Red Sox (19 innings - 6.5 hours).
- 1992 - Eve Merriam, poet (Inner City Mother Goose), dies of cancer at age 75.
- 1992 - Death of Alejandro Obregón, Colombian painter (born 1920).
- 1992 - James Brown, actor (Rip - Adventures of Rin Tin Tin), dies at age 72.
- 1993 - 57th Golf Masters Championship: Bernhard Langer wins, shooting a 277.
- 1993 - Jeff Rouse swims world record 100 metre backstroke (51.43 seconds).
- 1993 - Kirsan Ilumzjinov installed as President of Kalmukkie.
- 1993 - Mohammed el-Himi, Brigadier-General of Egyptian police, murdered.
- 1993 - Rachmon Nabiyev, President of Tadzjikistan (1973-92), dies at age 63.
- 1994 - Johan Block, Dutch aviation pioneer (Martinair/Transavia), dies at age 64.
- 1994 - The TV Show Mike & Maty debuts.
- 1996 - King and I premieres at Neil Simon Theater in New York City for 781 performances.
- 1996 - Detroit Red Wings become second NHL team to win 60 games in a season.
- 1996 - A construction accident leads to the burning of the Düsseldorf airport in Germany.
- 1997 - In Chambrey, France, a meteorite penetrates the roof of a car and starts a fire.
- 1997 - Fire damages the Turin Cathedral in Italy.
- 1997 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Hollywood Pictures live-action feature film Grosse Pointe Blank to theaters in the USA.
- 1997 - In Southern Xinjiang, China, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurs. At least 9 people killed, 89 injured, 100,000 homeless, thousands of buildings destroyed.
- 1999 - 63rd Golf Masters Championship.
- 2000 - Hansie Cronje, cricketer of South Africa, confesses to having accepted money from Indian bookmakers to manipulate a number of South Africa's international cricket matches.
- 2002 - (to April 14) Failed military coup d'état against Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez.
- 2003 - Death of Cecil Howard Green, British-born geophysicist and businessman (born 1900).
- 2004 - Phil Mickelson wins The Masters Tournament, his first Men's major golf championship.
- 2006 - The European Space Agency's Venus Express spaceprobe enters Venus' orbit.
- 2006 - US Vice President Dick Cheney throws out the ceremonial first pitch at the home opener at RFK Stadium.
- 2006 - President of Iran Mahmoud Ahmadinejad confirms that Iran has successfully produced a few grams of low-grade enriched uranium.
- 2006 - Death of Shin Sang Ok, South Korean film director kidnapped to North Korea (1979-86) to make propaganda movies.
- 2007 - Princess Cruises' Emerald Princess cruise ship (113,000 gross tons) commences service out of Rome, Italy, for Greek Islands / Mediterranean cruises.
- 2007 - Al Qaeda claims responsibility for two bomb blasts in the Algerian capital of Algiers. At least 33 people are killed and 222 others injured.
- 2007 - Death of Roscoe Lee Browne at age 81; actor (All in the Family, Maude, Sanford and Son, Good Times, Barney Miller, Saunders - Soap, The Cosby Show (1986, Emmy award)).
- 2009 - (to April 12) The Fourth East Asia Summit is postponed after Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva declares a state of emergency in Bangkok and surrounding areas.
- 2010 - American golfer Phil Mickelson scores a 16-under-par 272 victory in the Masters.
- 2010 - Metal detectorist Dave Crisp finds a hoard of 52,503 Roman coins in a single container in a farmer's field near Frome in Somerset, England. The coins date to about 253-293 C.E.
- 2011 - Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo is arrested in his home in Abidjan by supporters of elected President Alassane Ouattara with support from French forces.
- 2012 - Death of Ahmed Ben Bella, 1st President of Algeria (born 1918).
- 2018 - 257 people are killed after an Ilyushin Il-76 belonging to the Algerian Air Force crashes near Algiers.
- 2019 - WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange is arrested after seven years in Ecuador's embassy in London, England.
- 2019 - Amid mass protests, Omar al-Bashir is deposed as President of Sudan in a coup d'état, after nearly 30 years in office.
- 2020 - Death of Edem Kodjo, 3rd Prime Minister of Togo (born 1938).
- 2021 - Hideki Matsuyama wins the 2021 Masters Tournament, becoming the first man from Japan to win a major golf championship.
- 2021 - Peru holds a general election with Pedro Castillo and the left-wing Free Peru party winning a close election.
- 2021 - Iran accuses Israel of "nuclear terrorism" and vows revenge after a large explosion destroys the internal power system of the Natanz uranium enrichment plant.
- 2022 - Shehbaz Sharif is sworn in as prime minister of Pakistan.
- 2022 - Referendum in Mexico, over 90 percent of voters indicate the President should stay in office rather than step down.
- 2022 - U.S. passports begin allowing a third gender option of "X".
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