Historical Events for 11th April 2023

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1689 - King William III and Queen Mary II crowned as joint rulers of England, Scotland and Ireland
1909 - Establishment of Tel Aviv by Jewish settlers (named 1910)
1941 - Jewish Weekly newspaper taken control by Nazis
1941 - Germany blitzes Coventry, England
1953 - Oveta Culp Hobby becomes 1st at Health, Education, and Welfare
1959 - Dutch Prince Bernhard visits Lockheed factory
1983 - 3rd Golden Raspberry Awards: "Inchon!" wins
1991 - Space Shuttle STS 37 (Atlantis 8) lands at Edwards Air Force Base, California
2001 - Detained crew of a United States EP-3E aircraft that landed in Hainan, People's Republic of China after a collision with an J-8 fighter are released
2019 - Israel's Beresheet spacecraft, the first privately-funded mission to the moon, crashes on the moon

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