History for April 11

History for April 11 - On-This-Day.com:
Dean G. Acheson 1893, Dale Messick 1906 - Cartoonist ("Brenda Starr"), Oleg Cassini 1913 - Fashion designer


Joel Grey 1932 - Singer (Katz), dancer, actor ("Cabaret"), actress Jennifer Grey's father, Louise Lasser 1939 - Actress ("Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman", "Slither"), Peter Riegert 1947 - Actor ("The Mask")


1945 - During World War II, American soldiers liberated the Nazi concentration camp of Buchenwald in Germany.


1947 - Jackie Robinson became the first black player in major-league history. He played in an exhibition game for the Brooklyn Dodgers.


1951 - U.S. President Truman fired General Douglas MacArthur as head of United Nations forces in Korea.


1961 - Israel began the trial of Adolf Eichman, accused of World War II war crimes.


1968 - U.S. President Johnson signed the 1968 Civil Rights Act.


1970 - Apollo 13 blasted off on a mission to the moon that was disrupted when an explosion crippled the spacecraft. The astronauts did return safely.


1984 - China invaded Vietnam.


2001 - China agreed to release 24 crewmembers of a U.S. surveillance plane. The EP-3E Navy crew had been held since April 1 on Hainon, where the plane had made an emergency landing after an in-flight collision with a Chinese fighter jet. The Chinese pilot was missing and presumed dead.