Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/April 11
This is a list of selected April 11 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.
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The Nevill Ground's pavilion after the 1913 arson
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| Blurb | Reason |
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| Juan Santamaría Day in Costa Rica | refimprove |
| 1241 – Mongol invasion of Europe: Mongols led by Batu Khan and Subutai crushed the Hungarian army of King Béla IV at the Battle of Mohi near the Sajó River in Hungary. | refimprove section |
| 1713 – The main agreements of the Treaty of Utrecht were signed in the Dutch city of Utrecht, helping to end the War of the Spanish Succession. | refimprove section |
| 1828 – Bahía Blanca in Argentina was founded as a fortress to protect dwellers and their cattle from native rustling, and to protect the coast from the Brazilian Navy. | citations need formatting |
| 1909 – The city of Tel Aviv in Ottoman Syria was founded as 66 Jewish families held a lottery to distribute land their organisation had purchased north of Jaffa. | refimprove section |
| 1965 – Almost 50 confirmed tornadoes struck six states in the Midwestern United States during the Palm Sunday tornado outbreak, killing over 270 people and injuring 1,500 others. | needs more footnotes |
| 1981 – Tensions between residents and the police in Brixton, South London, escalated into a massive riot that resulted in almost 300 police injuries, 45 civilian injuries, over a hundred vehicles burned, and over 150 buildings damaged. | refimprove |
| 1986 – Eight FBI agents exchanged gunfire with two bank robbers in Miami, Florida, an incident which led to the introduction of more powerful handguns in many police departments around the country. | unreferenced section |
| 2002 – In a coup attempt, members of the Venezuelan military detained President Hugo Chávez and demanded his resignation. | multiple issues |
Eligible
- 1908 – Blücher, the last armored cruiser built by the Imperial German Navy, was launched.
- 1913 - The Nevill Ground's pavilion was destroyed in the only suffragette arson attack on a cricket ground.
- 1814 – The Treaty of Fontainebleau was signed, ending the War of the Sixth Coalition, and forcing Napoleon to abdicate as ruler of France and sending him into exile on Elba.
- 1951 – U.S. President Harry S. Truman relieved General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of his commands for making public statements about the Korean War that contradicted the administration's policies.
- 1955 – Air India's Kashmir Princess was destroyed in mid-air by a bomb in an assassination attempt on Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai, who had not been on board.
- 1968 – U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting racial discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
- 1979 – Uganda–Tanzania War: The Uganda National Liberation Army and Tanzanian forces captured Kampala, forcing Ugandan President Idi Amin to flee.
- 1996 – While attempting to set a record as the youngest person to pilot an airplane across the United States, the aircraft flown by seven-year-old Jessica Dubroff crashed in Cheyenne, Wyoming, killing her and two others.
- 2001 – In a qualifying match for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, Australia set a world record for the largest victory in an international football match, defeating American Samoa 31–0.
- 2011 – A bomb exploded at the central Oktyabrskaya station of the Minsk Metro in Belarus, killing 15 people and injuring more than 200.
April 11: Holy Saturday (Eastern Christianity, 2015); Easter Saturday (Western Christianity, 2015)
- 1544 – Italian War of 1542–46: French and Spanish forces fought a massive pitched battle in the Piedmont region of Italy.
- 1888 – The Concertgebouw concert hall (pictured) in Amsterdam was inaugurated.
- 1921 – Emir Abdullah established the first centralised government in the recently created British protectorate of Transjordan.
- 1945 – World War II: American forces liberated the Buchenwald concentration camp near Weimar, Germany.
- 1963 – Pope John XXIII issued Pacem in terris ("Peace on Earth"), the first papal encyclical addressed to "all men of good will", rather than only to Catholics.