April 11th in History

[5stringJeff]

1241 - Batu Khan defeats Bela IV of Hungary at the Battle of Muhi
1512 - Battle of Ravenna
1713 - War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne's War): Treaty of Utrecht
1775 - Last execution for witchcraft in Germany
1803 - French Foreign Minister Charles Talleyrand offers to sell all of the Louisiana Territory to the United States
1814 - Napoleon abdicates and is exiled to Elba.
1827 - The Greek national assembly at Troezene elected Capo d'Istria president of the republic.
1856 - Battle of Rivas in the war between the Central American coalition and freebooter William Walker.
1868 - The Shogunate is abolished in Japan
1876 - The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks is organized
1888 - The Concertgebouw in Amsterdam is inaugurated.
1899 - Spain cedes Puerto Rico to the United States
1921 - First sports broadcast on the radio
1921 - The Emirate of Transjordan is created
1945 - World War II: United States forces liberate Buchenwald concentration camp
1947 - Jackie Robinson is the first African American to play in a modern-day Major League Baseball game
1951 - Korean War: President Harry S. Truman relieves General Douglas MacArthur of overall command in Korea
1961 - Bob Dylan makes his singing début in New York City
1965 - The Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak: Fifty-one tornadoes hit in six Midwestern states killing 256 people.
1967 - Pure evil is born into the world!
1968 - Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
1968 - German student leader Rudi Dutschke is shot in Berlin
1970 - Apollo 13 is launched
1979 - Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed.
1981 - Brixton riot (1981)
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 F-8 fighter is released.

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[SmarterThanYou]

1968: The American Indian Civil Rights Act is passed.

 

[Avatar4321]

1968: The American Indian Civil Rights Act is passed.

Wasn't that already on the list?

So who is pure evil? Happy birthday pure evil.

 

[SmarterThanYou]

Wasn't that already on the list?

actually, I was referring to the civil rights act passed by the tribes themselves. This act established tribal courts and the rights therein for all native americans.

 

[Avatar4321]

actually, I was referring to the civil rights act passed by the tribes themselves. This act established tribal courts and the rights therein for all native americans.

Ah. i see.