April 11th

April 11 is the 102nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 254 days remaining until the end of time.

1876 Sir Charles Gordon ends religious tolerance in Sudan meaning he ends his religious tolerance in Sudan

1890 Ellis Island is designated as an immigration station into the United States.  Since it’s closing, the United States has moved the operation a little further south.

1899 Treaty of Paris ends Mr. McKinley’s Spanish-American war; Spain cedes Puerto Rico to US.  Thank you.

1906 Einstein introduces his General Theory of Relativity which is generally misunderstood

1945 US soldiers liberate Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald

1979 Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is overthrown

1992 Euro-Disney opens near Paris

2001 Australia beats American Samoa in a 31-0 win, the biggest ever in an international match of football.

1931 Johnny Sheffield, US actor/Tarzan's boy <wink>  <wink>

1947 Meshach Taylor, actor/forever Anthony Bouvier 

1961 Vincent Gallo, US actor/director/producer/writer/musician 

1972 Jason Varitek, US baseball catcher  (and we see why)

1973 Alec Musser, US fitness model/actor 

1974 Alex Corretja, Spanish tennis player 

1906 James A Bailey, US circus showman/Barnum's bottom, bids farewell to the human circus

2007 Roscoe Lee Browne, maybe gay US actor, wouldn’t call this good times.

2007 Kurt Vonnegut, US author, so it goes.