Today in History for 11th April 2025

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Historical Events

1924 - 1st men's college swimming championships begin
1967 - Tom Stoppard's play "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead" debuts in London at the Old Vic
1996 - Detroit Red Wings become 2nd NHL team to win 60 games in a season
2006 - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that Iran has successfully enriched uranium
2007 - Two bombings in the Algerian capital of Algiers kill 33 people and wounds a further 222
2010 - "The night of Sora Aoi", Japanese porn actress Sora Aoi joins twitter prompting many Chinese fans to try and circumnavigate Chinese censorship

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Famous Birthdays

1357 - John I, King of Portugal (1383-1433), born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 1433)
1906 - Dalia "Dale" Messick, American cartoonist (Brenda Starr, Reporter), born in South Bend, Indiana (d. 2005)
1931 - Frank Vicari, American jazz, session, and touring saxophonist (Maynard Ferguson; Woody Herman; Tom Waits; Saturday Night Live), born in New Jersey (d. 2006)
1942 - Anatoly Nikolayevich Berezovoi, Soviet cosmonaut (Soyuz T-5), born in Enem, Russia (d. 2014)
1957 - Everton Mattis, West Indian cricket batsman (4 Tests, 1 x 50; Jamaica), born in Kingston, Jamaica
2000 - Milly Alcock, Australian actress (The House of the Dragon), born in Sydney, Australia

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Famous Deaths

1810 - Jakob Zupan, Slovenian composer, dies at 75
1976 - Liam Dunn, American actor, dies at 59
1998 - Ivan Tcherepnin, American experimental and postmodern composer, dies at 55
2011 - Billy Bang [William Walker], American free jazz violinist and composer, dies of lung cancer at 63
2017 - J. Geils [John Warren Geils Jr], American rock guitarist (J. Geils Band - Centerfold), dies at 71
2020 - Francis Tombs, Lord Tombs, British engineer and businessman (CEO of Rolls Royce), dies at 95

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