On This Day: April 11 - The New York Times
- ️Tue Apr 11 1893
Updated April 11, 2014, 8:54 am
On April 11, 1951, President Truman relieved Gen. Douglas MacArthur of his commands in the Far East.
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On April 11, 1893, Dean Acheson, who advised four U.S. presidents as secretary of state and played an important role in the Cold War period, was born. Following his death on Oct. 12, 1971, his obituary appeared in The Times.
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| 1689 | William III and Mary II were crowned as joint sovereigns of Britain. |
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| 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. |
| 1951 | President Harry S. Truman relieved Gen. Douglas MacArthur of his command in the Far East. |
| 1979 | Idi Amin was deposed as president of Uganda as rebels and exiles backed by Tanzanian forces seized control of the capital, Kampala. |
| 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. |
| 2006 | Iran announced that it had enriched uranium on a small scale for the first time. |
| 2006 | Israel's Cabinet declared Prime Minister Ariel Sharon permanently incapacitated. |
| 2007 | Charges were dropped against three former Duke University lacrosse players who were falsely accused of rape. |
Historic Birthdays
Dean Acheson
4/11/1893 - 10/12/1971
American secretary of state (1949-1953).Go to obituary »
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |