Today in History for 11th April 2022

Historical Events

1814 - Napoleon Bonaparte abdicates unconditionally and he is exiled to the island of Elba in the Mediterranean
1955 - Chartered Air India plane the "Kashmir Princess" is bombed and crashes into the South China Sea in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by a Kuomintang secret agent
1971 - "Johnny Johnson" opens/closes at Edison Theater NYC for 1 performance
1993 - 450 prisoners riot at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, and continue for ten days, citing grievances about prison conditions and the forced vaccination of Nation of Islam prisoners (for tuberculosis)
1999 - 52nd British Film and Television Awards (BAFTAS): "Shakespeare in Love" Best Film, Peter Weir Best Director
2005 - 39th CMT Music Awards: Keith Urban, Gretchen Wilson and Kenny Chesney wins

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Famous Birthdays

1592 - John Eliot, English parliament leader, born in Port Eliot, Cornwall, England (d. 1632)
1879 - Leendert Round, Dutch sculptor (entrance Rotterdam Zoo)
1889 - Nick LaRocca, American jazz coronetist and composer ("Tiger Rag"), born in New Orleans, Louisiana (d. 1961)
1950 - Bill Irwin, American actor (My Blue Heaven, Scenes From a Mall), born in Santa Monica, California
2002 - Alexa Gerasimovich, American actress (World Trade Center), born in NYC, New York
2013 - Arrogate, American thoroughbred racehorse (Breeders' Cup Classic, World's Best Racehorse 2016; Pegasus World Cup, Dubai World Cup 2017), born in Clearsky Farms, Kentucky (d. 2020)

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Famous Deaths

1812 - Gottlieb Schick, German painter (Opfer Noachs), dies at 35
1895 - Julius Lothar Meyer, German Chemist, dies at 64
1908 - Henry Bird, English Chess player and author (b. 1829)
2001 - Kamal Ranadive, Indian cancer researcher (Indian Women Scientists' Association; Indian Cancer Research Centre), dies at 83
2013 - Angela Voigt, East German long jumper (Olympic gold 1976), dies at 61
2021 - Colin Baker, Welsh soccer wing half (7 caps; Cardiff City 298 games), dies at 86

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