April 11th events.
1895 - Anaheim completes it's new electric light system
1900 - US Navy's 1st submarine made its debut
1906 - Einstein introduces his Theory of Relativity
1921 - First sports broadcast on the radio takes place.
1855 - Britain's first pillar boxes were put up in London. There were six of them, all painted green.
1951 - The Stone of Scone, stolen from Westminster Abbey 107 days earlier by Scottish nationalists who wanted it returned to Scotland, turned up on this day, at Arbroath Abbey in Angus.
1983 - The film Gandhi, directed by Sir Richard Attenborough, won eight Oscars, the most any British film has ever won.
1567 - The Earl of Bothwell was found not guilty of the murder of Lord Darnley, the husband of Mary Queen of Scots. Bothwell and Mary then married.
1606 - The Union Flag became the official flag of Britain. It combined the flags of St. George (England) and St. Andrew (Scotland). As Wales was not a Kingdom but a Principality it could not be included on the flag. In 1801 the cross of St. Patrick (Ireland) was incorporated to create the flag that has been flown ever since.
1937 - British engineer, Frank Whittle, tested the first jet engine at the Thomson-Houston factory in Rugby. The first jet flight was achieved by the German Heinkel, but it was Whittle’s engine that was used as the prototype.
April 13th events.
1796 – The first elephant ever seen in the United States arrives from India
1849 – Hungary becomes a republic.
1997 – Tiger Woods becomes the youngest golfer to win The Masters Tournament.
1906 Samuel Beckett the author, critic, and playwright was born.
1964 Sidney Poitier became the first black performer in a leading role
to win an Academy Award, for "Lilies of the Field."
1970 Apollo 13 was crippled when a tank containing liquid oxygen
burst preventing a planned Moon landing. The astronauts returned
safely.
Birthdays.
Garry Kasparov-46..Russian Chess Champion.
Al Green-64.. Soul singer.
Peabo Bryson-59..American singer.
1865 - President Lincoln was shot and mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth while attending the comedy "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. He died the next day.
1912 - The British built luxury liner Titanic struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic shortly before midnight, and sank in the early hours of the next morning. 1500 passengers and crew were killed.
1983 - The first cordless telephone, capable of operating up to 600 feet from base, was introduced. It was made by Fidelity and British Telecom and sold for £170.
1999-A severe hailstorm strikes Sydney,Australia,causing £1.4billion in damage.
