History for April 11 - On-This-Day.com

History for April 11 - On-This-Day.com:
Dean G. Acheson 1893, Paul Douglas 1907 - Actor, Ethel Kennedy (Skakel) 1928 - Wife of U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy 


Joel Grey 1932 - Singer (Katz), dancer, actor ("Cabaret"), actress Jennifer Grey's father, Louise Lasser 1939 - Actress ("Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman", "Slither"), Peter Riegert 1947 - Actor ("The Mask") 


1512 - The forces of the Holy League were heavily defeated by the French at the Battle of Ravenna. 



1898 - U.S. President William McKinley asked Congress for a declaration of war with Spain. 


1899 - The treaty ending the Spanish-American War was declared in effect. 


1921 - Iowa became the first state to impose a cigarette tax. 


1941 - Germany bombers blitzed Conventry, England. 


1945 - During World War II, American soldiers liberated the Nazi concentration camp of Buchenwald in Germany. 


1947 - Jackie Robinson became the first black player in major-league history. He played in an exhibition game for the Brooklyn Dodgers. 


1970 - Apollo 13 blasted off on a mission to the moon that was disrupted when an explosion crippled the spacecraft. The astronauts did return safely. 


1974 - The Judiciary committee subpoenas U.S. President Richard Nixon to produce tapes for impeachment inquiry. 



1984 - China invaded Vietnam. 


2001 - China agreed to release 24 crewmembers of a U.S. surveillance plane. The EP-3E Navy crew had been held since April 1 on Hainon, where the plane had made an emergency landing after an in-flight collision with a Chinese fighter jet. The Chinese pilot was missing and presumed dead.