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Notable anniversaries in history for today: April 11
- 100th: 1924 - First men's college swimming championships begin.
- 100th: 1924 - Socialists win Denmark's parliamentary elections.
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Anne Poole; chief nursing officer (Department of Health).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Mark Strand; American poet/editor/translator (Another Republic).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of John Milius; writer (Red Dawn, 1941, Big Wednesday).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of R J B Knight; deputy director (National Maritime Museum).
- 80th: 1944 - RAF bombs census bureau in The Hague.
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Chris Difford; rocker (Squeeze).
- 70th: 1954 - Marlene Bauer wins LPGA New Orleans Golf Open.
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Alex Corretja in Barcelona, Spain; tennis star (1990 Orange Bowl boys 16).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Sascha van Wissen; Dutch soccer player (MVV).
- 40th: 1984 - Space Shuttle Challenger astronauts complete first in-space satellite repair.
- 40th: 1984 - Chinese troops invade Vietnam.
- 40th: 1984 - General Secretary Konstantin U Chernenko named President of Soviet Union.
- 40th: 1984 - Soyuz T-11 returns to Earth.
- 30th: 1994 - Johan Block, Dutch aviation pioneer (Martinair/Transavia), dies at age 64.
- 30th: 1994 - The TV Show Mike & Maty debuts.
- 25th: 1999 - 63rd Golf Masters Championship.
- 20th: 2004 - Phil Mickelson wins The Masters Tournament, his first Men's major golf championship.
- 15th: 2009 - (to April 12) The Fourth East Asia Summit is postponed after Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva declares a state of emergency in Bangkok and surrounding areas.
- 5th: 2019 - WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange is arrested after seven years in Ecuador's embassy in London, England.
- 5th: 2019 - Amid mass protests, Omar al-Bashir is deposed as President of Sudan in a coup d'état, after nearly 30 years in office.
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