Today is Saturday, April 11, the 101st day of 2015. 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
1951 ― President Harry Truman fires General Douglas McArthur
1960 ― First weather satellite launched (Tiros 1)
1961 ― Bob Dylan’s first appearance at Folk City, Greenwich Village
1968 ― President Lyndon Johnson signs 1968 Civil Rights Act
1970 ― Beatles’ “Let It Be,” single goes No. 1 and stays No. 1 for two weeks
1992 ― Irish Republican Army bombs London financial district, killing three