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TODAY IN HISTORY

April 11

Saturday, April 11, 2026

Day 100 of 2026 | Week 15 | 259 days until Christmas πŸŽ…

HISTORIC EVENTS

1
2023

During the Pazigyi massacre, an airstrike conducted by the Myanmar Air Force kills at least 100 villagers in Pazigyi, Sagaing Region.

2
2021

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.

3
2018

An Ilyushin Il-76 which was owned and operated by the Algerian Air Force crashes near Boufarik, Algeria, killing 257.

4
2017

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.

5
2012

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.

6
2011

An explosion in the Minsk Metro, Belarus kills 15 people and injures 204 others.

7
2008

Kata Air Transport Flight 007 crashes while attempting an emergency landing at Chișinău International Airport, killing eight.

8
2007

Algiers bombings: Two bombings in Algiers kill 33 people and wound a further 222 others.

9
2006

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces Iran's claim to have successfully enriched uranium.

10
2002

The Ghriba synagogue bombing by al-Qaeda kills 21 in Tunisia.

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1961 Doug Hopkins

American guitarist and songwriter (Gin Blossoms - "Til I Hear It From You")

1961 Lucky Vanous

American model (GQ

1961 Nigel Pulsford

British rock guitarist (Bush - Sixteen Stone)

1961 Vincent Gallo

American actor

1960 English motoring journalist

broadcaster and TV presenter (Top Gear

1960 Marko Elsner

Slovenian soccer defender (14 caps Yugoslavia

1958 Brynn Hartman

American actress and murderer

1958 Hanna Havrylets

Ukrainian composer (David's Psalms; Δ–legiya)

1958 Sally Clark

New Zealand equestrian (World C'ship gold team eventing 1998; Olympic silver individual 1996)

1958 Stuart Adamson

Scottish rock vocalist and guitarist (Big Country - "Wonderland"; "In A Big Country")

1957 Everton Mattis

West Indian cricket batsman (4 Tests

1957 John Castellanos

American actor (John Silva in "The Young and the Restless")

1956 William Burns

American diplomat

1955 Kevin Brady

American politician (Rep Texas (R) 1997-)

1955 Michael Callen

American AIDS activist

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