April 11

1713 – Peace of Utrecht; France cedes Maritime provinces to Britain – English, Prussian, Savoois, Portuguese & French peace treaty

1775 – The last execution for witchcraft in Germany takes place.

1865 – Abraham Lincoln urges a spirit of generous conciliation during reconstruction

1868 – The Shogunate is abolished in Japan.

1890 – Ellis Island designated as an immigration station

1906 – Albert Einstein introduces his Theory of Relativity

1941 – Germany blitzes Conventry, England

1951 – President Harry Truman fires Gen Douglas McArthur

1961 – Trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem

1961 – Bob Dylan makes his first appearance at Folk City, Greenwich Village

1976 – The Apple I is created

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

	Mr. Dylan

2002 – An attempted coup d’état takes place in Venezuela against President Hugo Chávez

2006 – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that Iran has successfully enriched uranium

2013 – Two women are beheaded for sorcery in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea

2013 – Fossilized dinosaur eggs with embryos are discovered in China

1866 – Carla Ford, wife of Henry Ford

1869 – Kasturba Gandhi, wife of Mohandas Gandhi (d. 1944)

1890 – Donna Rachele Mussolini, wife of Benito Mussolini (d. 1979)

1913 – Oleg Cassini, Paris France, fashion designer

1925 – Ethel Kennedy, wife of Robert F Kennedy

1932 – Joel Grey, [Joe Katz], actor

1875 – Heinrich Schwabe, discoverer (11-year sunspot cycle), dies

1890 – Joseph Merrick, “The Elephant Man” (b. 1862)

1906 – James A Bailey, circus showman (Barnum & Bailey), dies at 58

1987 – Primo Levi, Italy, chemist/writer, dies at 67

2007 – Kurt Vonnegut Jr, American author, dies from head trauma at 84