FRIIDAY, APRIIL 11, 2008

Today is Friday, April 11, the 102nd day of 2008. There are 264 days left in the year.

1689 _ William III and Mary II crowned as joint rulers of Britain

1814 _ First abdication of France by Napoleon; he is exiled to Elba

1906 _ Einstein introduces his ``Theory of Relativity"

1914 _ George Bernard Shaw's ``Pygmalion," premieres

1941 _ Nazi occupiers in Netherlands confiscate Jewish assets

1951 _ President Harry Truman fires General Douglas McArthur

1961 _ Bob Dylan's first appearance at Folk City, Greenwich Village

1970 _ Beatles' ``Let It Be", single goes No.1 and stays No. 1 for two weeks

1970 _ Apollo 13 launched to Moon; unable to land, returns in six days

1984 _ Chinese troops invade Vietnam