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 See a larger version of this front page. | On April 11, 1951, President Truman relieved Gen. Douglas MacArthur of his commands in the Far East.
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 | On April 11, 1885, Harper's Weekly featured a cartoon about college sports and education. (See the cartoon and read an explanation.) | ||
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| 1689 | William III and Mary II were crowned as joint sovereigns of Britain. |
| 1814 | Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated as emperor of France and was banished to the island of Elba. |
| 1898 | President William McKinley asked Congress for a declaration of war against Spain. |
| 1899 | The treaty ending the Spanish-American War was declared in effect. |
| 1921 | Iowa became the first state to impose a cigarette tax. |
| 1945 | American soldiers liberated the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany. |
| 1970 | Apollo 13 blasted off on a mission to the moon that was cut short when an explosion crippled the spacecraft. |
| 1979 | Idi Amin was deposed as president of Uganda as rebels and exiles backed by Tanzanian forces seized control. |
| 1980 | The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued regulations prohibiting sexual harassment of workers by supervisors. |
| 1981 | President Ronald Reagan returned to the White House from the hospital, 12 days after he was wounded in an assassination attempt. |
| 1996 | Seven-year-old Jessica Dubroff, who'd hoped to become the youngest person to fly cross-country, was killed with her father and flight instructor when her plane crashed after takeoff from Cheyenne, Wyo. |
| 2001 | Ending an 11-day standoff, China agreed to free the 24 crew members of an American spy plane that had collided with a Chinese fighter plane, killing its pilot. |
| 2002 | U.S. Rep. James A. Traficant Jr., D-Ohio, was convicted of taking bribes and kickbacks from businessmen and his own staff. |
| 2003 | American troops took the northern Iraqi city of Mosul without a fight. |
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| Jason Varitek turns 34 years old today. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
AP Photo/Elise Amendola Boston Red Sox catcher Jason Varitek turns 34 years old today.
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Historic Birthdays |
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| Dean Acheson | |
4/11/1893 - 10/12/1971 American secretary of state (1949-1953) (Go to obit.) |
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Margaret of Angouleme 4/11/1492 - 12/21/1549 French queen consort of Henry II of Navarre; Renaissance poet and patron of the arts |
| 71 |
Edward Everett 4/11/1794 - 1/15/1865 American statesman and orator |
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Sir Charles Halle 4/11/1819 - 10/25/1895 German-born English pianist and conductor |
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John Davidson 4/11/1857 - 3/23/1909 Scottish poet and playwright |
| 86 |
Charles Evans Hughes 4/11/1862 - 8/27/1948 11th chief justice of the United States (1930-41) |
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Gustav Vigeland 4/11/1869 - 3/12/1943 Norwegian sculptor |
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Quentin Reynolds 4/11/1902 - 3/17/1965 American newscaster and writer |
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Attila Jozsef 4/11/1905 - 12/3/1937 Hungarian poet |
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Leo Rosten 4/11/1908 - 2/19/1997 Polish-born American author and social scientist |
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