Historical Events for 11th April 2025

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491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, as Anastasius I - often called the first Byzantine Emperor
1828 - Foundation of Bahia Blanca, Argentina
1898 - President McKinley asks for Spanish–American War declaration
1921 - Iowa imposes 1st state cigarette tax
1921 - The Emirate of Transjordan created
1942 - US Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal established
1962 - New York Mets make a losing debut
1991 - UN Security Council issues formal cease fire with Iraq declaration
2021 - 20-year-old Daunte Wright shot and killed at a traffic stop by police officer in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, who says they mistook their gun for a taser
2023 - Largest cosmic explosion ever recorded (AT2021lwx)- fireball 100 x size of the solar system with a brightness 2trillion x the sun’s, thought to be large gas cloud entering a supermassive black hole eight million lights years away

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