FBI Miami Shootout: A gun battle in broad daylight in Dade County, Florida, between two bank/armored car robbers and pursuing FBI agents. During the firefight, FBI agents Jerry L. Dove and Benjamin P. Grogan are killed, while five other agents are wounded. As a result, the popular .40 S&W cartridge was developed. Date: April 11,…
The London Agreement is secretly signed between Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Shimon Peres and King Hussein of Jordan. Date: April 11, 1987 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 11 📅 Events on this day in 1987 📅 On This Day (Today)
Customs officers in Middlesbrough, England, seize what they believe to be the barrel of a massive gun on a ship bound for Iraq. Date: April 11, 1990 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 11 📅 Events on this day in 1990 📅 On This Day (Today)
Guillem Agulló, pro-Catalan independence and anti-fascist Valencian young activist, is assassinated by a group of Spanish nationalists and neo-nazis in Montanejos. Date: April 11, 1993 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 11 📅 Events on this day in 1993 📅 On This Day (Today)
Four hundred fifty prisoners riot at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, Ohio, and would continue to do so for ten days, citing grievances related to prison conditions, as well as the forced vaccination of Nation of Islam prisoners (for tuberculosis) against their religious beliefs. Date: April 11, 1993 Read more on Wikipedia →…
The Australia national men's soccer team sets a world record for the largest victory in an international association football match, winning the game 31–0 against American Samoa at the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifiers for OFC. Australia's Archie Thompson also breaks the record for most goals scored by a player in an international match by…
The detained crew of a United States EP-3E aircraft that landed in Hainan, China, after a collision with a J-8 fighter, is released. Date: April 11, 2001 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 11 📅 Events on this day in 2001 📅 On This Day (Today)
Over two hundred thousand people march in Caracas towards the presidential palace to demand the resignation of President Hugo Chávez. Nineteen protesters are killed. Date: April 11, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 11 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today)
The Ghriba synagogue bombing by al-Qaeda kills 21 in Tunisia. Date: April 11, 2002 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 11 📅 Events on this day in 2002 📅 On This Day (Today)
Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces Iran's claim to have successfully enriched uranium. Date: April 11, 2006 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 11 📅 Events on this day in 2006 📅 On This Day (Today)