Today in History for 11th April 2025
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
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
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
