FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 2014

Today is Friday, April 11, the 101st day of 2014. There are 264 days left in the year.

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

1830 ― Robert Schumann attends piano concerto by Paganini

1865 ― Lincoln urges a spirit of generous conciliation during reconstruction

1906 ― Einstein introduces his Theory of Relativity

1914 ― George Bernard Shaw's “Pygmalion,” premieres

1945 ― Allies liberate first Nazi concentration camp, Buchenwald, Germany

1961 ― Bob Dylan’s first appearance at Folk City, Greenwich Village

1968 ― President Lyndon B. Johnson signs 1968 Civil Rights Act

1970 ― Beatles’ “Let It Be”, single goes No. 1 and stays No. 1 for 12 weeks

1980 ― Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regulates sexual harassment