EST. DECEMBER 1994 β’ 30+ YEARS ONLINE
yow.com π―
Owned continuously since 1994
TODAY IN HISTORY
April 11
Saturday, April 11, 2026
Day 100 of 2026 | Week 15 | 259 days until Christmas π
HISTORIC EVENTS
During the Pazigyi massacre, an airstrike conducted by the Myanmar Air Force kills at least 100 villagers in Pazigyi, Sagaing Region.
Twenty year old Daunte Wright is shot and killed in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota by officer Kimberly Potter, sparking protests in the city, when the officer mistakes her pistol for her taser.
An Ilyushin Il-76 which was owned and operated by the Algerian Air Force crashes near Boufarik, Algeria, killing 257.
The tour bus of the German football team Borussia Dortmund was attacked with roadside bombs in Dortmund, Germany. Three bombs exploded as the bus ferried the team to the Westfalenstadion for the first leg of their quarter-final against Monaco.
A pair of great earthquakes occur in the Wharton Basin west of Sumatra in Indonesia. The maximum Mercalli intensity of this strike-slip doublet earthquake is VII (Very strong). Ten are killed, twelve are injured, and a non-destructive tsunami is observed on the island of Nias.
An explosion in the Minsk Metro, Belarus kills 15 people and injures 204 others.
Kata Air Transport Flight 007 crashes while attempting an emergency landing at ChiΘinΔu International Airport, killing eight.
Algiers bombings: Two bombings in Algiers kill 33 people and wound a further 222 others.
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces Iran's claim to have successfully enriched uranium.
The Ghriba synagogue bombing by al-Qaeda kills 21 in Tunisia.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
American guitarist and songwriter (Gin Blossoms - "Til I Hear It From You")
American model (GQ
British rock guitarist (Bush - Sixteen Stone)
American actor
broadcaster and TV presenter (Top Gear
Slovenian soccer defender (14 caps Yugoslavia
American actress and murderer
Ukrainian composer (David's Psalms; Δlegiya)
New Zealand equestrian (World C'ship gold team eventing 1998; Olympic silver individual 1996)
Scottish rock vocalist and guitarist (Big Country - "Wonderland"; "In A Big Country")
West Indian cricket batsman (4 Tests
American actor (John Silva in "The Young and the Restless")
American diplomat
American politician (Rep Texas (R) 1997-)
American AIDS activist
π― yow.com Connection
On March 9, 1994 - just months before yow.com would be registered - the internet was still in its infancy. There were only about 3,000 websites in existence, and most people accessed the web through 14.4kbps dial-up modems. Today, you're visiting a domain that has survived 30+ years of that incredible evolution.
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