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2021

85th Masters Tournament, Augusta National GC: Hideki Matsuyama becomes the first Japanese player to win a major golf tournament.

2015

Barack Obama and Raúl Castro meet in Panama. This is the first meeting between American and Cuban leaders since the Cuban Revolution.

2012

Premiere of the film “The Avengers,” directed by Joss Whedon and starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo, and Jeremy Renner, in Los Angeles.

2006

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that his country has successfully enriched uranium.

1989

Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Ron Hextall becomes the first player to score a goal in his team’s 8-5 victory over the Washington Capitals.

1976

The Apple I computer, created by the company’s co-founder, Steve Wozniak, is launched.

1970

The Apollo 13 lunar mission launches.

1966

Frank Sinatra records the song “Strangers in the Night.” The song will reach No. 1 on the Billboard charts.

1950

Prince Rainier III becomes the ruler of Monaco.

1947

Jackie Robinson becomes the first Black player in Major League Baseball history. He plays for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

1909

The first Jewish settlers establish themselves in Tel Aviv.

1868

The shogunate is abolished in Japan.

1814

Napoleon Bonaparte abdicates unconditionally and goes into exile on the island of Elba in the Mediterranean.

1768

A fire destroys one-third of the city of Montreal.

It happened on… April 11

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