April 11th marks this day…
In 1471, during the Wars of the Roses, King Edward IV of England takes control of London from Henry VI.
In 1750, Jack Slack successfully defends his Champion of England boxing title by defeating the French boxer Jean Petit in a match lasting 7 rounds, recognized as the first international prize fight.
In 1814, Napoleon abdicates without conditions and is sent into exile on Elba.
The shogunate was abolished in Japan in 1868.
Hermann Goering became the Premier of Prussia in 1933.
After the German blitz on Coventry, England in 1941, Churchill declares, ‘Hitler will have to break us, or lose the war’.
In 1957, Britain consents to Singaporean self-governance.
The trial against Adolf Eichmann for war crimes commenced in Jerusalem, Israel in 1961.
Frank Sinatra recorded ‘Strangers in the Night’ in 1966.
Apollo 13 was launched towards the moon in 1970; however, it failed to land and returned after 6 days.
In 1981, Larry Holmes triumphed over Trevor Berbick in a 15-round match to claim the Heavyweight boxing title.
Chinese military forces invaded Vietnam in 1984.
In 1992, the IRA detonated a bomb in London’s financial district, resulting in 3 fatalities.
In 2006, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad proclaimed Iran’s success in uranium enrichment.
In 2013, two women were executed by beheading on charges of sorcery in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea.