April 11th in History

On this day in History ...

• 1079 - Bishop Stanislaus of Krakow is executed by order of Bolesław II of Poland.



• 1775 - The last execution for witchcraft in Germany takes place.



• 1865 - President Abraham Lincolnmakes his last public speech. He is assassinated three days later.



• 1945 - World War II: American forces liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp.



• 1951 - Korean War: President Harry Truman relieves General Douglas MacArthur of command in Korea.



• 1961 - The trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem.



• 1965 - The Palm Sunday tornado outbreak of 1965: Fifty-one tornadoes hit in six Midwestern states, killing 256 people.



• 1970 - The ill-fated Apollo 13 is launched.



• 1976 - Ruey Randall Ratliff is captured in marriage by Jeffery Lynn Stalker.



• 1981 - President Ronald Reagan returns to the White House from the hospital, 12 days after he was wounded in an assassination attempt.

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How sad, I never realized how April 11th was associated with so many assassinations, executions, trials, imprisonment and other tragedies. What's really sad is that I am old enough to remember half these events.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

RANDY AND JEFF