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CELEBRATIONS ON APRIL 11th Liberation Day (Uganda)

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

Eight Track Tape Day

National Pet Day

The Most Boring Day in History, The Most Boring Day In History Was said to be April 11th, 1954. Scientist William Tunstall-Pedoe developed a software to determine that April 11th, was the most boring day ever. Usually in other days, someone famous was born, someone notorious died, or something significant happened. On April 11th, 1954, a Sunday, nothing was found. Tunstall- Pedoe used his sophisticated search engine, True Knowledge. "It occurred to us that we are able to objectively measure the importance of every day in history. Some days are highly eventful and on some days far less happens and we can also objectively estimate the importance of these events. For fun we wrote the program and set it going. When the results came back the winner (or perhaps loser) was April 11th, 1954 – a Sunday in the 1950s. Nobody significant died that day, no major events apparently occurred and although a typical day in the 20th century has many notable people being born, for some reason that day had only one who might make that claim: Abdullah Atalar – a Turkish academic."

International "Louie Louie" Day

World Parkinson's Disease Day

Barbershop Quartet Day

National Submarine Day .. Christian Feast Day of Antipas of Pergamum (Greek Orthodox Church)

Christian Feast Day of Gemma Galgani

Christian Feast Day of Godeberta

Christian Feast Day of Guthlac

Christian Feast Day of Stanislaus of Szczepanów

Classic City Brew Fest (Athens GA, USA)

CELEBRATIONS THIS WEEK .. American Indian Awareness Week, Second Week of April

Garden Week, Second Week of April

National Animal Control Appreciation Week, First Full Week of April

National Blue Ribbon Week (Child Abuse), First Full Week of April

National Public Health Week, First Full Week of April

National Week of the Ocean, Usually the Week of April 6th

National Window Safety Week, First Full Week of April .. The Masters Tournament, Second Wednesday through Sunday in April

YoYo & Skill Toy Weekend, Second Friday and Saturday of April .. PADDY's JOKE OF THE DAY

A real woman is a man's best friend. She will never stand him up and never let him down. She will reassure him when he feels insecure and comfort him after a bad day. She will inspire him to do things he never thought he could do; to live without fear and forget regret. She will enable him to express his deepest emotions and give in to his most intimate desires. She will make sure he always feels as though he's the most handsome man in the room and will enable him to be the most confident, sexy, seductive, and invincible... No wait... Sorry... I'm thinking of beer. That's what beer does... Never mind. LILLY's DRINK OF THE DAY

HARVEY WALLBANGER .. 5 parts orange juice, 2 parts vodka, 1 part galliano, Pour vodka and orange juice over ice cubes stir then layer the galliano on top. SCOTTY's TOAST OF THE DAY

"Thirst is a shameless disease, so here's to a shameful cure." - Unknown

HISTORICAL EVENTS ON APRIL 11th

491 Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. .. 672 Deusdedit III begins his reign as Catholic Pope .. 1079 Bishop Stanislaus of Krakow is executed by order of Boleslaw II of Poland. .. 1241 Batu Khan defeats Béla IV of Hungary at the Battle of Muhi. .. 1471 King Edward IV of England conquers London from Henry VI .. 1512 French forces led by Gaston de Foix win the Battle of Ravenna against the Spanish Army in the War of the League of Cambrai. .. 1551 English premier John Dudley appointed duke of Northumberland .. 1564 England & 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 .. 1677 Battle at Montcassel, French troops beat Prince William III .. 1689 William III and Mary II are crowned as joint sovereigns of Britain. .. 1713 In the Treaty of Utrecht, France cedes Maritime provinces to Britain English, Prussian, Savoois, Portuguese & French peace treaty in the War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne's War). .. 1775 The last execution for witchcraft in Germany takes place. .. 1801 Johann von Schiller's "Die Jungfrau von Orleans," premieres in Leipzig .. 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, he is exiled to Elba. .. 1828 Foundation of Bahia Blanca. .. 1830 Robert Schumann attends piano concerto by Paganini .. 1848 Hungary becomes constitutional monarchy under king Ferdinand of Aust .. 1856 In the Battle of Rivas, Costa Rica beats Wm Walker's invading Nicaraguans, Juan Santamaria burns down the hostel where William Walker's filibusters are holed up. .. 1862 Rebels surrender Ft Pulaski, Georgia-Rebels surrender .. 1863 Battle of Suffolk, VA (Norfleet House) .. 1865 Battle of Mobile, AL evacuated by Confederates .. 1865 President Abraham Lincoln makes his last public speech, urges a spirit of generous conciliation during reconstruction. .. 1868 The Shogunate is abolished in Japan. .. 1876 Sir Charles Gordon ends religious tolerance in Sudan .. 1876 The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized. .. 1881 River ferry "Princess Victoria" sinks in Thames River Ont, 180 die .. 1881 Spelman College founded .. 1888 The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam is inaugurated. .. 1890 Ellis Island designated as an immigration station .. 1891 8 year old Jewish tailor's daughter disappears in Greece, rumor spreads that she was a Christian girl ritually killed by Jews .. 1895 Anaheim completes it's new electric light system .. 1898 President McKinley asks for Spanish-American War declaration .. 1899 Treaty of Paris ratifies ends war, Spain cedes Puerto Rico tothe United States. .. 1900 US Navy's 1st submarine made its debut .. 1902 Battle at Rooiwal, South-Africa .. 1905 Albert Einstein reveals his Theory of Relativity (special relativity). .. 1906 Einstein introduces his Theory of Relativity .. 1907 NY Giant Roger Bresnahan becomes 1st catcher to wear shin guards .. 1912 Cornerstone of Technion in Haifa Palestine laid .. 1914 George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion," premieres .. 1917 Babe Ruth beats NY Yanks, pitching 3-hit 10-3 win for Red Sox .. 1919 The International Labour Organization is founded. .. 1921 First sports broadcast on the radio takes place. KDKA broadcasts a boxing match (Ray-Dundee) .. 1921 Iowa imposed 1st state cigarette tax .. 1921 The Emirate of Transjordan is created. .. 1921 Turkestan ASSR forms in Russian SFSR .. 1924 1st men's college swimming championships begin .. 1924 Socialists win Denmark's parliamentary elections .. 1924 WLS-AM in Chicago IL begins radio transmissions .. 1925 Abd el-Krims Rifkabylen beats French army in Morocco .. 1926 Flemish Economic Covenant (VEV) forms in Ghent .. 1927 Chilean gen Carlos Ibáñez names himself president .. 1929 KLO-AM in Ogden UT begins radio transmissions .. 1929 Loetafoon celluloid film system demonstrated in Amsterdam .. 1933 Hermann Goering becomes premier of Prussia .. 1936 Rodgers & Hart's musical "On Your Toes," premieres in NYC .. 1936 Stanley Cup, Detroit Red Wings beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 3 games to 1 .. 1939 Hungary leaves League of Nations .. 1941 Germany blitzes Conventry, England .. 1941 Jewish Weekly newspaper taken control by Nazis .. 1941 Nazi occupiers in Neth confiscate Jewish assets .. 1942 Distinguished Service Medal for Merchant Marines authorized .. 1943 Frank Piasecki, Vertol founder, flies his 1st (single-rotor) craft .. 1944 RAF bombs census bureau in The Hague .. 1945 Allied troops liberate Basket-Compascuum .. 1945 SS burns & shoots 1,100 at Gardelegen .. 1945 US captures Tsugen Shima .. 1945 US soldiers liberate Nazi concentration camp "Buchenwald", World War II. .. 1945 US troops conquers Mulheim, Oberhausen, Bochum, Unna, Essen .. 1947 Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in modern major-league baseball .. 1948 12th Golf Masters Championship, Claude Harmon wins, shooting a 279 .. 1950 Prince Rainier III becomes ruler of Monaco .. 1950 US B-29 bomber shot down above Latvia .. 1951 President Harry Truman relieves General Douglas MacArthur of overall command in the Korean War .. 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. .. 1952 The Battle of Nanri Island takes place. .. 1953 Oveta Culp Hobby becomes 1st at Health, Education, & Welfare .. 1954 Marlene Bauer wins LPGA New Orleans Golf Open .. 1955 Sobers starts run of 85 Test Cricket appearances for WI uninterrupted .. 1955 The Air India Kashmir Princess is bombed and crashes in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by the Kuomintang. .. 1956 French government decides to sends 200,000 reservists to Algeria .. 1956 Singer Nat Cole attacked on stage of Birmingham theater by whites .. 1957 Britain agrees to Singaporean self-rule. .. 1957 Pablo Neruda arrested in Buenos Aires .. 1957 Ryan X-13 Vertijet becomes 1st jet to take-off & land vertically .. 1958 Brooks Hall in Civic Center dedicated (SF) .. 1959 "Jamaica" closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 558 performances .. 1959 Dodger pitcher Don Drysdale hits his 2nd Opening Day HR .. 1959 Dutch prince Bernhard visits Lockheed factory .. 1961 15th NBA Championship. Bos Celtics beat St Louis Hawks, 4 games to 1 .. 1961 Austrian 4th & last government of Raab resigns .. 1961 Bob Dylan makes his 1st appearance at Folk City, Greenwich Village .. 1961 The WW II crimes trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem, Israel. .. 1962 New York Mets make a losing debut .. 1963 John XXIII encyclical On peace in truth, justice, charity & liberty .. 1963 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site .. 1963 Warren Spahn beats Mets 6-1 for his 328th win (most by a lefty) .. 1964 "Anyone Can Whistle" closes at Majestic Theater NYC after 9 perfs .. 1965 29th Golf Masters Championship, Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 271 .. 1965 40 tornadoes strike US midwest killing 272 & injuring 5,000 .. 1965 The Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965, Fifty-one tornadoes hit in six Midwestern states, killing 256 people. .. 1966 30th Golf Masters Championship, Jack Nicklaus wins, shooting a 288 .. 1966 Emmett Ashford becomes 1st black major league umpire .. 1967 "Illya Darling" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 320 perfs .. 1967 Harlem (NYC) voters defy Congress & reelect Adam Clayton Powell Jr .. 1967 Tom Stoppard's "Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead," premieres .. 1968 Polish Marshal Spychalski succeeds Ochab as president .. 1968 President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing. .. 1968 W Berlin student Rudi Dutschke seriously wounded at demonstration .. 1968 WHED TV channel 15 in Hanover, NH (PBS) begins broadcasting .. 1969 South African president Frederik de Klerk marries Marike Willemse .. 1970 Apollo 13 launched to Moon, unable to land, returns in 6 days .. 1970 Beatles' "Let It Be," single goes #1 & stays #1 for 2 weeks .. 1970 SF beats Cincinnati 2-1, only day Reds aren't in 1st place in 1970 .. 1971 "Johnny Johnson" opens/closes at Edison Theater NYC for 1 performance .. 1971 35th Golf Masters Championship: Charles Coody wins, shooting a 279 .. 1971 WBFF TV channel 45 in Baltimore, MD (IND) begins broadcasting .. 1972 Benjamin L Hooks, named to FCC .. 1972 USSR performs underground nuclear test .. 1974 WW II war criminal JP Philippa arrested .. 1975 Hank Aaron returns as a Milwaukee player (Brewer) .. 1975 JP Parise 11 sec OT goal-Isles 1st playoff advance eliminates Rangers .. 1976 40th Golf Masters Championship: Ray Floyd wins, shooting a 271 .. 1976 The Apple I is created. .. 1977 Ireland sets fishing zone at 50 mile .. 1979 Ugandan dictator Idi Amin overthrown, Tanzania takes Kampala .. 1980 Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regulates sexual harassment .. 1980 Paul McCartney releases "Coming Up" .. 1981 A massive riot in Brixton, South London, results in almost 300 police injuries and 65 serious civilian injuries. .. 1981 Larry Holmes beats Trevor Holmes in 15 for heavyweight boxing title .. 1981 Race riot in London area of Brixton .. 1981 Ronald Reagan arrives home from hospital after Hinkley shot him .. 1981 Valerie Bertinelli marries Eddie Van Halen .. 1982 46th Golf Masters Championship, Craig Stadler wins, shooting a 284 .. 1982 Penguins 5-Isles 2-Preliminary-Series tied at 2-2 .. 1983 3rd Golden Raspberry Awards: Inchon! wins .. 1983 47th Golf Masters Championship, Seve Ballesteros wins, shooting a 280 .. 1983 55th Academy Awards "Gandhi," Ben Kingsley & Meryl Streep win .. 1983 NASA launches RCA-F .. 1984 Challenger astronauts complete 1st in space satellite repair .. 1984 Chinese troops invade Vietnam .. 1984 Gen Sec Konstantin U Chernenko named pres of Soviet Union .. 1984 Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth .. 1984 USSR party leader Chernenko elected president .. 1985 Caps 2-Isles 1 (OT)-Patrick Div SemifinalsCaps hold 2-0 lead .. 1986 A Canadain 1921 50 cent piece auctioned in NYC for $22,000 .. 1986 Dodge Morgan sailed solo nonstop around world in 150 days .. 1986 Halley's Comet makes closest approach to Earth this trip, 63 M km .. 1986 KXA-AM in Seattle WA changes call letters to KRPM .. 1986 The FBI Miami shootout between eight Federal Bureau of Investigation agents and two heavily-armed and well-trained gunmen. .. 1987 The London Agreement is secretly signed between Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Shimon Peres and King Hussein of Jordan. .. 1987 Yankees score 12 runs in 7th inning vs KC Royals .. 1987 Zoja Ivanova wins 2nd female World Cup marathon (2:30:39) .. 1988 Royal Concert building in Amsterdam reopens .. 1989 1st playoff goal scored by a goalie, Ron Hextall of Phila .. 1989 Flyers, scores short-handed into an empty net beating Caps 8-5 .. 1990 Angels Mark Langston & Mike Witt, no-hit Seattle, 1-0 .. 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. .. 1990 NY Lotto pays $35 million to two winner (#s are 6-14-24-32-34-51) .. 1990 NY Rangers beat NY Islanders 6-1, Rangers lead 3-1 in preliminary .. 1991 "Miss Saigon," opens at Broadway Theater NYC .. 1991 NYC's Museum of Broadcasting becomes "Museum of Radio & Television" .. 1991 Space Shuttle STS 37 (Atlantis 8) lands .. 1991 UN Security Council issues formal cease fire with Iraq declaration .. 1992 BPAA US Open by Robert Lawrence .. 1992 Country singer Lee Greenwood weds Miss Tennessee 1989 (Kimberly Payne) .. 1992 Euro-Disney opens near Paris .. 1992 Indians set team record for long game loss to Red Sox (19 inn 6½ hr) .. 1992 Irish Republican Army bombs London financial district, killing 3 .. 1993 57th Golf Masters Championship: Bernhard Langer wins, shooting a 277 .. 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. It was Easter Sunday. .. 1993 Jeff Rouse swims world record 100m backstroke (51.43 sec) .. 1993 Kirsan Ilumzjinov installed as president of Kalmukkie .. 1996 "King & I," premieres at Neil Simon Theater in NYC for 781 perform .. 1996 Detroit Red Wings become 2nd NHL team to win 60 games in a season .. 2000 AT&T Park in San Francisco, Minute Maid Park in Houston, and Comerica Park in Detroit open. .. 2001 The detained crew of a United States EP-3E aircraft that landed in Hainan, People's Republic of China after a collision with an J-8 fighter is released. .. 2002 An attempted coup d'état in Venezuela against President Hugo Chávez takes place. .. 2002 The Ghriba synagogue bombing by Al Qaeda kills 21 in Tunisia. .. 2006 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that Iran has successfully enriched uranium. .. 2007 2007 Algiers bombings, Two bombings in the Algerian capital of Algiers, kills 33 people and wounds a further 222 others. .. 2011 Minsk Metro bombing .. 2012 8.6 magnitude earth quack and 8.2 aftershock occurs off the coast of Indonesia .. 2012 2011 London riot looter is jailed for 11 years after starting a fire at a furniture retailer .. 2012 Prime Minister of Greece, Lucas Papademos, resigns and calls an election for May 6 .. 2012 South Korean legislative elections result in the governing Saenuri Party retaining governance.

SCOTTY's QUOTE OF THE DAY

“To win, all you need to do is get up one more time than you fall down.” -Unknown PADDY's BEER OF THE DAY

Behemoth, Brewed by Three Floyds Brewing Co. LLC in Munster, Indiana, USA. It is an Imperial Red Ale. LILLY's WINE OF THE DAY

Firesteed (2008) Pinot Gris. It is a Pinot Noir from Oregon, USA, priced at approximately $18 per bottle. FAMOUS BIRTHS ON APRIL 11th

146 Septimius Severus (d. 211) .. 1357 John I of Portugal (d. 1433) .. 1370 Frederick I the Warlike, elector of Saxony .. 1374 Roger Mortimer, 4th Earl of March (d. 1398) .. 1492 Marguerite of Navarre, wife of Henry II of Navarre (d. 1549) .. 1586 Pietro Della Valle, composer .. 1592 John Eliot, English statesman (d. 1632) .. 1602 Johann Neukrantz, composer .. 1638 Diogo Diaz Melgaz, composer .. 1661 Antoine Coypel, French painter/poet .. 1681 Anne Danican Philidor, composer .. 1682 Jean-Joseph Mouret, composer .. 1715 John Alcock, composer .. 1721 David Zeisberger, Moravian missionary (d. 1808) .. 1722 Christopher Smart, English poet & journalist (Ceremony of Carols) (d. 1771) .. 1735 Pierre Nicolas La Houssaye, composer .. 1755 James Parkinson, English physician (d. 1824) .. 1769 Jean Lannes, French marshal (d. 1809) .. 1769 Johann Georg Lickl, composer .. 1770 George Canning, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1827) .. 1772 Manuel Jose Quintana, Spanish author/poet (El Duque de Viseo) .. 1775 Charles-Francois Dumonchau, composer .. 1779 Louise Reichardt, composer .. 1793 Nicolaas C Kist, Dutch church historian/archivist .. 1794 Edward Everett, 15th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1865) .. 1798 Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist (d. 1854) .. 1801 Claude Tillier, French journalist/writer (My Uncle Benjamin) .. 1810 Henry Rawlinson, English scholar (d. 1895) .. 1815 Klara Fey, German orchestra leader (Deutscher Arbeiterverein) .. 1819 Charles Hallé, German pianist and conductor (d. 1895) .. 1825 Ferdinand Lassalle, German politician (Allgemeiner) (d. 1864) .. 1827 Mahatma Jyotirao Phule, Indian social reformer (d. 1890) .. 1837 Ephraim Elmer Ellsworth, Col (Union Army), died in 1861 .. 1838 Joseph Leopold Rockel, composer .. 1840 John Conrad Nordqvist, composer .. 1852 Cap Anson, American baseball player (d. 1922) .. 1854 Hugh Massie, cricketer (Australian batsman of the 1880's) .. 1856 Arthur Shrewsbury, cricketer (dominant England bat late 19th cent) .. 1856 Constantly Lievens, Flemish missionary in India .. 1859 Basil Harwood, composer .. 1862 Charles Evans Hughes, 11th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court (1930-41) (d. 1948) .. 1862 William Wallace Campbell, American astronomer, director Lick Observatory (d. 1938) .. 1866 Bernard O'Dowd, Australian poet (d. 1953) .. 1866 Carla Ford, Henry's wife .. 1867 John P Lotsy, Dutch botanist/geneticist (Genetics) .. 1867 Mark Keppel, Superintendent of Schools of Los Angeles County (d. 1928) .. 1869 Gustav Vigeland, Norwegian sculptor (d. 1943) .. 1869 Kasturba Gandhi, Wife of Mohandas Gandhi (d. 1944) .. 1873 Edward Lawson, Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross (d. 1955) .. 1876 Paul Henry, Northern Irish artist (d. 1958) .. 1879 Leendert Round, Dutch sculptor (entrance Rotterdam Zoo) .. 1881 Harvey Bartlett Gaul, composer .. 1883 Leonard Mudie, England, actor (Magnetic Monster, British Intelligence) .. 1888 Donald Calthrop, London, actor (Blackmail, Scrooge, Rome Express) .. 1889 Nick LaRocca, American musician (Tiger Rag) (d. 1961) .. 1890 Donna Rachele Mussolini, wife of Benito Mussolini (d. 1979) .. 1893 Dean G Acheson, American statesman, US Secretary of State (1949-53) (d. 1971) .. 1893 Johannes T Thijsse, Dutch founder (Waterloopkundig lab Delft) .. 1896 Léo-Paul Desrosiers, Quebec novelist (d. 1967) .. 1897 Caspar Neher, German set designer/librettist .. 1898 Lou Holtz, comedian/actor (Follow the Leader) .. 1899 Percy Lavon Julian, American chemist (drugs for treatment of arthritis) (d. 1975) .. 1900 Sandor Marai, Hungarian writer (d. 1989) .. 1901 Adriano Olivetti, Italian engineer/manufacturer (typewriter) .. 1901 Glenway Wescott, US writer (Apartment in Athens) .. 1901 Theodor Rogalski, composer .. 1902 Quentin Reynolds, NYC, newscaster (Its News to Me)/author (FBI) .. 1904 Arthur Ernest Mourant, haematologist .. 1904 Paul McGrath, Chicago IL, actor (Witness, No Time for Love) .. 1905 József Attila, Hungarian poet (d. 1937) .. 1906 Dale Messick, American cartoonist (d. 2005) .. 1907 Ivor Spencer-Thomas, English farmer, entrepreneur and inventor (d. 2001) .. 1907 Paul Douglas, Phila Pa, actor (Adventure Theater, Clash by Night) .. 1907 William Henry Swinburne, music teacher .. 1908 Dan Maskell, English tennis commentator (d. 1992) .. 1908 Jane Bolin, first African-American woman judge (d. 2007) .. 1908 Karel Ancerl, Czech conductor (Prague/Toronto) .. 1908 Leo Rosten, American humorist and author (d. 1997) .. 1908 Masaru Ibuka, Japanese industrialist (Sony) (d. 1997) .. 1910 Anna Magnani, Ital's actress (Awakening, Roma) .. 1910 Antonio Sebastiao Ribiero de Spinola, general/president Portugal .. 1910 António de Spínola, Portuguese politician (d. 1996) .. 1910 Henry William Collins, artist .. 1911 Stella Walsh-Stanislawa-Walasiewicz, Polish, sprinter (Oly-gold-32) (d. 1980) .. 1912 John Larkin, Oakland California, actor (Saints & Sinners, 12 O'Clock High) .. 1913 Oleg Cassini, American fashion designer (Jackie Kennedy) (d. 2006) .. 1914 Norman McLaren, Canadian film animator and director (d. 1987) .. 1914 Robert Stanfield, Premier of Nova Scotia (d. 2003) .. 1915 (Hanlon) Pat Clarke, cyclist .. 1916 Alberto E Ginastera, Argentine composer (Panambi) (d. 1983) .. 1916 Dan Fortmann, NFL guard (Chicago Bears) .. 1916 Howard W. Koch, American film director (Frankenstein, Airplane II) (d. 2001) .. 1917 Danny Gallivan, Canadian radio and television sportscaster (d. 1993) .. 1917 David Westheimer, American novelist (d. 2005) .. 1918 Jean-Claude Servan-Schreiber, journalist .. 1918 Richard Wainwright, English politician (d. 2003) .. 1918 William Perrie, British prison governor .. 1919 Hugh Carey, (Gov-D-NY) .. 1919 Raymond Carr, Warden (St Antony's College Oxford) .. 1920 Marlen Haushofer, writer .. 1921 Jeff Stollmeyer, cricketer (WI batsman pre/post-war) .. 1921 Jim Hearn, American baseball player (d. 1998) .. 1921 Virginia O'Brien, LA California, actress (Francis in the Navy) .. 1921 Viscount Buckmaster .. 1922 Alexander Raichev, composer .. 1922 Antoine Blondin, writer .. 1923 George J. Maloof, Sr., American businessman (d. 1980) .. 1925 Ethel Kennedy, wife of Bobby .. 1925 Johan van Zonderen, painter .. 1925 Oscar De Ville, CEO (Meyer International) .. 1925 Pierre Péladeau, Canadian businessman and newspaper editor (Quebecor) (d. 1997) .. 1925 Rik Kuijpers, Belgian director (Sea gulls die in the harbor) .. 1926 Gervase de Peyer, clarinettist .. 1926 Robert Hall Lewis, composer .. 1926 Victor Bouchard, Quebec pianist and composer .. 1927 Domenico Guaccero, composer .. 1928 Ethel Kennedy, widow of Robert F. Kennedy .. 1929 Lawrence Coughlin, (Rep-R-PA, 1969) .. 1930 Anton LaVey, American founder of the Church of Satan (d. 1997) .. 1930 Carl Franklin, Richmond California, actor (Fantastic Journey) .. 1930 Clive Exton, scriptwriter & playwright .. 1930 James Alan Ferman, secretary (British Board of Film Classification) .. 1930 Joseph Burnett-Stuart, CEO (Robert Fleming Holdings) .. 1930 Kazuo Fukushima, composer .. 1930 Nicholas F Brady, US Secretary of Treasury (1988-93) .. 1930 W G (Bill) Hefner, (Rep-D-NC, 1975) .. 1931 Johnny Sheffield, American actor (Boy-Tarzan Finds a Son) .. 1931 Koichi Sugiyama, Japanese composer .. 1932 F Gregory Neubeck, USAF pilot .. 1932 Joel Grey (Joe Katz), American singer and actor (Cabaret, Remo Williams, 7% Solution) .. 1932 Max Schubel, composer .. 1933 Tony Brown, American journalist (Tony Brown's Journal) .. 1934 Dame Anne Poole, chief nursing officer (Dept of Health) .. 1934 Mark Strand, Canadian-born American poet (Another Republic) .. 1934 Richard A Garland, artist/photographer .. 1935 Pierre Kartner (Father Abraham), Dutch singer (Smurf Song) .. 1935 Richard Berry, American singer and composer (d. 1997) .. 1935 Richard Kuklinski, American mafia hitman (d. 2006) .. 1936 Janet Allen, Headmistress (Benenden School) .. 1938 Kurt Moll, German bass .. 1938 Michael Deaver, Deputy White House Chief of Staff (S&L scandal) (d. 2007) .. 1939 Louise Lasser, American actress (Mary Hartman! Mary Hartman!) .. 1941 David Lyle Boren, (Sen-D-OK, 1979) .. 1941 Ellen Goodman, American political columnist .. 1941 Frederick "Rick" Hauck, Long Beach Ca, astr (STS-7, STS 51-A, STS-26) .. 1941 Shirley Stelfox, English actress .. 1942 Anatoly Nikolayevich Berezovoi, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-5) .. 1943 E J Dommering, Dutch lawyer .. 1943 Earl of Sandwich .. 1943 Elmer R Wilsoe, Island mayor (Curacao) .. 1943 Harley Race, American professional wrestler .. 1944 John Milius, American director and writer (Red Dawn, 1941, Big Wednesday) .. 1944 R J B Knight, deputy director (National Maritime Museum) .. 1946 Bob Harris, British disc jockey and presenter .. 1947 Lev Bulat, Russian physicist .. 1947 Meshach Taylor, American actor .. 1947 Michael Hindley, British MEP .. 1947 Michael Wright, Vice-Chancello, (Aston University) .. 1947 Peter Riegert, American actor (Animal House, Crossing Delancey) .. 1947 Uli Edel, German film director .. 1948 Ellen Goodman, syndicated columnist (or 1941) .. 1948 Marcello Lippi, Italian football coach .. 1949 Bernd Eichinger, German film producer .. 1949 Carl Franklin, American actor .. 1950 Bill Irwin, Santa Monica, actor (My Blue Heaven, Scenes From a Mall) .. 1950 Tom Hill, English bass guitarist (Geordie) .. 1951 Doris McGowen Beck Angleton, American socialite (d. 1997) .. 1951 James Patrick Kelly, American author .. 1951 Paul Fox, English guitarist (The Ruts) (d. 2007) .. 1951 Robbie House, rocker (Snuff) .. 1952 Michael Daly, Toronto, Canadian Tour golfer (1991 BC Winter Tour) .. 1952 Peter Windsor, English motor racing journalist and reporter .. 1953 Andrew Wiles, British mathematician .. 1953 Guy Verhofstadt, Prime Minister of Belgium .. 1954 Abdullah Atalar, a Turkish academic .. 1955 Kevin Brady, American politician .. 1955 Michael Callen, American musician (d. 1993) .. 1955 Micheal Ray Richardson, American basketball player .. 1955 Michele Scarabelli, actress (Jo Santini-Airwolf, Alienation, Dallas) .. 1955 Neville Staple, Jamaican musician .. 1955 Piers J Sellers, Sussex England, PhD/astronaut .. 1957 Everton Mattis, cricketer (WI batsman early 80's) .. 1957 John Castellanos, San Diego California, actor (John Silva-Young & Restless) .. 1958 Brynn Hartman, wife and murderer of comedian Phil Hartman (d. 1998) .. 1958 Sally Clark, Feilding NZ, equestrian 3 day event (Olympics-silver-96) .. 1958 Stuart Adamson, British musician (Big Country) (d. 2001) .. 1958 William Stuart Adamson, Manchester, rock guitarist (Big Country) .. 1959 Ana María Polo, Cuban-American lawyer and arbitrator .. 1960 Jeremy Clarkson, British journalist .. 1961 Doug Hopkins, American musician (d. 1993) .. 1961 Lucky Vanous, Lincoln Nebraska, model (GQ, Diet Coke) .. 1962 Andre Wasiman, soccer player (FC Volendam) .. 1962 Terry Hoage, NFL wide receiver (Arizona Cardinals) .. 1962 Vincent Gallo, American actor .. 1963 Billy Bowden, New Zealand umpire .. 1963 Chris Ferguson, American poker player .. 1963 Eddy Moya, El Paso Tx, actor .. 1963 Elizabeth Smylie, Perth Australia, tennis star (1987 Oklahoma City) .. 1964 Bret Saberhagen, American baseball player .. 1964 Johann Sebastian Paetsch, American cellist .. 1964 Steve Azar, American singer-songwriter .. 1966 Dave Richards, NFL guard (Atlanta Falcons) .. 1966 Dustin Patrick Runnels, American professional wrestler .. 1966 Kara McGaw, Toronto Ontario, softball rightfielder (Olympics-96) .. 1966 Lisa Stansfield, English pop singer (Around the World) .. 1966 Mark Higgs, NFL running back (Arizona Cardinals) .. 1966 Mason Reese, American actor .. 1966 Steve Scarsone, American baseball player, infielder (SF Giants) .. 1967 Lachlan Dreher, Australian field hockey goal keeper (Oly-silv-92, 96) .. 1967 Mark Seay, NFL wide receiver (San Diego Chargers, Philadelphia Eagles) .. 1967 Stefan Johnstown, Norwegian speed walker (world record 20 km) .. 1967 Wendel Suckow, Marquette Mich, luger (Olympics-1994) .. 1968 Eric Moten, NFL guard/tackle (San Diego Chargers) .. 1968 Sergey Lukyanenko, Russian author .. 1969 Cerys Matthews, Welsh singer .. 1969 Chisato Moritaka, Japanese singer .. 1969 Dustin Rhodes, American professional wrestler .. 1969 Gavin Briant, cricketer (Zimbabwe Test batsman 1993) .. 1969 J Nick Adamson, Freeport Bahamas, US laser yachter (Olymp-21st-1996) .. 1969 Janeth Arcain, WNBA forward (Houston Comets) .. 1969 Jesse Campbell, NFL safety (NY Giants, Washington Redskins) .. 1970 Delroy Pearson, vocalist (Five Star) .. 1970 Joe Vitiello, Cambridge MA, infielder (KC Royals) .. 1970 Johnny Messner, American actor .. 1970 Sean Bergman, Joliet IL, pitcher (San Diego Padres) .. 1970 Trevor Linden, Canadian ice hockey player, NHL right wing (Canucks, NY Islanders) .. 1971 Oliver Riedel, German musician (Rammstein) .. 1971 Vicellous Reon Shannon, American actor .. 1972 Avo Avetisyan, WLAF defensive linesman (Amsterdam Admirals) .. 1972 Balls Mahoney, American professional wrestler .. 1972 Dietrich Jells, wide receiver (New England Patriots) .. 1972 Jason Varitek, American baseball player .. 1972 Kunihiko Sakurai, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998) .. 1972 Nicole Levesque, WNBA guard (Charlotte Sting) .. 1972 Ted Johnson, linebacker (New England Patriots) .. 1973 Blake Brockermeyer, NFL tackle (GB Packers, Carolina Panthers) .. 1973 Jennifer Esposito, American actress .. 1973 Monica Chala, Miss Universe-Ecuador (1996) .. 1973 Reggie Tongue, NFL safety (KC Chiefs) .. 1974 Alex Corretja, Barcelona Spain, tennis star (1990 Orange Bowl boys 16) .. 1974 Anton Glanzelius, Danish actor .. 1974 Ashot Danielyan, Armenian weightlifter .. 1974 David Jassy, Swedish musician, songwriter, and music producer .. 1974 Sascha van Wissen, Dutch soccer player (MVV) .. 1974 Tricia Helfer, Canadian model and actor .. 1974 Trot Nixon, American baseball player .. 1974 Zöe Lucker, British television actor .. 1974 Àlex Corretja, Spanish tennis player .. 1975 Terry Cousin, NFL cornerback (Chicago Bears) .. 1975 Walid Soliman, Tunisian author .. 1976 Kelvim Escobar, Venezuelan baseball player .. 1978 Brett Claywell, American actor .. 1978 Josh Hancock, American baseball player (d. 2007) .. 1978 Tom Thacker, Canadian musician .. 1978 Victor Sikora, soccer player (Go Ahead Eagles) .. 1979 Chris Gaylor, American drummer .. 1979 Josh Server, American actor .. 1979 Malcolm Christie, English footballer .. 1979 María Elena Swett, Chilean actress .. 1979 Michel Riesen, Swiss ice hockey player .. 1979 Nazanin Afshin-Jam, Canadian Miss World 2003, Singer, Songwriter, Human Rights Activist .. 1979 Sebastien Grainger, Canadian musician .. 1980 Festus Baise, Nigerian footballer .. 1980 Keiji Tamada, Japanese footballer .. 1980 Mark Teixeira, American baseball player .. 1981 Alessandra Ambrosio, Brazilian model .. 1981 Alexandre Burrows, Canadian ice hockey player .. 1982 Danja, American record producer, composer, and songwriter .. 1982 Ian Bell, English cricketer .. 1983 Nicky Pastorelli, Dutch racing driver .. 1983 Rubén Palazuelos, Spanish football player .. 1984 Kelli Garner, American actress .. 1985 Will Minson, Australian rules footballer .. 1986 Roman Heart, American porn actor .. 1986 Stephanie Pratt, American reality TV personality (The Hills) .. 1987 Joss Stone, English singer .. 1987 Lights Poxleitner, Canadian singer-songwriter .. 1994 Dakota Blue Richards, English actress .. 2000 Morgan Lily, American actress .. 2002 Alexa Gerasimovich, American actress.

FAMOUS DEATHS ON APRIL 11th

678 Donus, Italian Pope (676-78) .. 1034 Romanus III Argyrus, Byzantine emperor (1028-34), assasinated by wife (b. 968) .. 1165 Stephen IV, King of Hungary (b. 1133) .. 1240 Llywelyn ab Iorwerth the Great, King of Gwynedd, Wales (1194-1240) .. 1500 Michael T Marullus, Greeks poet, drowns .. 1512 Gaston de Foix, French pretender to Navarra throne, dies in battle .. 1554 Thomas Wyatt the younger, English rebel (b. 1521) .. 1612 Edward Wightman, English Baptist preacher (b. 1566) .. 1612 Emanuel van Meteren, Flemish historian (b. 1535) .. 1626 Marin Getaldic, Croatian mathematician (b. 1568) .. 1648 Matthaus Apelles von Lowenstern, composer .. 1712 Richard Simon, French Biblical critic (b. 1638) .. 1723 John Robinson, English diplomat (b. 1650) .. 1729 Manuel de Egues, composer .. 1783 Nikita I Panin, Russian earl/ambassador in Denmark .. 1798 Karl Wilhelm Ramler, German poet (b. 1725) .. 1810 Jakob Zupan, composer .. 1812 Gottlieb Schick, German painter (Opfer Noachs) .. 1838 Pieter L Uys, South African pioneer (Great Pull), murdered .. 1839 John Galt, Scottish writer (Last of the Lairds) .. 1842 John England, bishop of Charleston Carolina .. 1853 Louis Emmanuel Eadin, composer .. 1854 Karl Adolph von Basedow, German DR (Ziekte van Basedow) .. 1856 Juan Santamaría, national hero of Costa Rica (b. 1831) .. 1861 Francisco González Bocanegra, Mexican poet (b. 1824) .. 1873 Edward Canby, U.S. general (b. 1817) .. 1875 Heinrich Schwabe, discoverer (11-year sunspot cycle) .. 1881 Kristian Mandrup Elster, Norwegian author (Torn Trondal) .. 1887 Pyotr Petrovich Sokal'sky, composer .. 1890 Joseph Merrick, "The Elephant Man" (b. 1862) .. 1894 Constantin Lipsius, German architect (b. 1832) .. 1901 Ivar Christian Hallstrom, composer .. 1902 ... Potgieter, South African Boer general, dies in battle .. 1903 Gemma Galgani, Catholic saint and mystic (b. 1878) .. 1906 Francis Pharcellus Church, American editor and publisher (b. 1839) .. 1906 Georgi Apollonovitch Gapon, Rus-orthodox clergyman/tsarist agent .. 1906 James Anthony Bailey, American circus impresario (Barnum & Bailey) (b. 1847) .. 1908 Henry Bird, English Chess player and author (b. 1829) .. 1916 Richard Harding Davis, American author, journalist (b. 1864) .. 1918 Arthur Ochse, cricketer (WW I played for S Afr in 1889 aged 19) .. 1921 Augusta Victoria, Queen of Prussia/wife of Emperor Wilhelm II, .. 1926 Luther Burbank, American botanist (b. 1849) .. 1936 Mitya Stillman, composer .. 1939 SS Van Dine (William Huntingdon Wright), detective writer .. 1945 Kamiel van Baelen, Flemish resistance fighter (in Dachau) .. 1947 Louise Peete, American murderess (b. 1880) .. 1952 Wadi' Sabra, composer .. 1953 Kid Nichols, American baseball player (b. 1869) .. 1958 Konstantin Yuon, Russian painter (b. 1875) .. 1961 Francis de Bourguignon, composer .. 1962 Ukichiro Nakaya, Japanese physicist (b. 1900) .. 1967 Donald Sangster, Jamaican Prime Minister (b. 1911) .. 1969 Ludvig Irgens Jensen, composer .. 1970 Cathy O'Donnell, American actress (b. 1923) .. 1970 John O'Hara, American author, journalist (Pal Joey, Rage to Live) (b. 1905) .. 1973 Ted Decorsia, actor (Police Chief Hegedorn-Steve Canyon) .. 1974 Curt Conway .. 1975 Dorothy Patten .. 1976 Liam Dunn .. 1977 Jacques Prévert, French poet and screenwriter (b. 1900) .. 1980 Charlotte Henry .. 1980 Florence Lake .. 1981 Marie Ney .. 1983 Dolores del Río, Mexican actress (Cheyenne Autumn) (b. 1905) .. 1985 Bunny Ahearne, British ice hockey promoter (b. 1900) .. 1985 Enver Hoxha, Albanian Communist dictator (b. 1908) .. 1987 Erskine Caldwell, American author (Tobacco Road) (b. 1903) .. 1987 Kent Taylor, actor (Boston Blackie, Rough Riders) .. 1987 Primo Levi, Italian chemist and author (Survival in Auschwitz) (b. 1919) .. 1988 Jeff Donnell, actor (Hoedown, 9 Girls) .. 1989 Henk van Galen Last, Dutch journalist .. 1990 Barbara Ann Miller .. 1990 Harold Ballard, Canadian ice hockey club owner and executive (b. 1903) .. 1990 Xenophon Zolotas, Greek economist, Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1904) .. 1991 Tom Rosqui .. 1991 Walker Cooper, American baseball player (b. 1915) .. 1992 Adele Dixon, singer/actress (Uneasy Virtue) .. 1992 Alejandro Obregón, Colombian painter (b. 1920) .. 1992 Eve Merriam, American playwright, director, and poet (Inner City Mother Goose) (b. 1916) .. 1992 James Brown, actor (Rip-Adv of Rin Tin Tin) .. 1993 Mohammed el-Himi, brigade-general of Egyptian police, murdered .. 1993 Rachmon Nabiyev, President of Tadzjikistan (1973..92) .. 1994 Johan Block, Dutch aviation pioneer (Martinair/Transavia) .. 1996 Daniel Wolf, journalist .. 1996 Edwin Clarke, historian/neurologist .. 1996 Jessica Dubroff, American pilot, hoped to be youngest to fly across US, crashed at 7yo (b. 1988) .. 1996 Louis Osman, artist/goldsmith/craftsman .. 1996 Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet, advertising magnate .. 1997 Michael Dorris, writer, commits suicide .. 2000 Diana Darvey, British actress, singer and dancer (b. 1945) .. 2001 Harry Secombe, Welsh actor and comedian (b. 1921) .. 2001 Sandy Bull, American musician (b. 1941) .. 2003 Cecil Howard Green, British geophysicist and businessman (b. 1900) .. 2005 André François, French cartoonist (b. 1915) .. 2005 Lucien Laurent, French footballer (b. 1907) .. 2006 June Pointer, American singer (Pointer Sisters) (b. 1953) .. 2006 Proof, American rapper (D12) (b. 1973) .. 2007 Janet McDonald, American novelist (b. 1954) .. 2007 Kurt Vonnegut, American author (b. 1922) .. 2007 Ronald Speirs, American Army officer (CO of Easy Company) (b. 1920) .. 2007 Roscoe Lee Browne, American actor (b. 1925) .. 2008 Merlin German, United States Marine (b. 1985) .. 2009 Corín Tellado, Spanish romance novelist (b. 1927) .. 2009 Gerda Gilboe, Danish actress (b. 1914) .. 2011 La Esterella, Flemish singer (b. 1919) .. 2012 Ahmed Ben Bella, First president of Algeria .. 2013 Maria Tallchief, American prima ballerina (b. 1925) .. 2013 Jonathan Winters, American comedian and actor (b. 1925) .. 2013 Hilary Koprowski, Polish virologist and immunologist (b. 1916).