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Historical events & facts — April 11
What happened on April 11?
On April 11, 1970, NASA launched Apollo 13 toward the Moon. Two days later, on April 13, one of the oxygen tanks in the service module exploded. The three astronauts — Jim Lovell, Jack Swigert and Fred Haise — used the lunar module Aquarius as a lifeboat and returned safely to Earth on April 17. The failed mission became the greatest example of space ingenuity under pressure.
On April 11, 1961, the trial of Nazi officer Adolf Eichmann began in Jerusalem — captured by the Israeli Mossad in Argentina the previous year. Eichmann, one of the organisers of the Holocaust, was sentenced to death and executed on June 1, 1962. The trial, followed worldwide, was a milestone in global awareness of the Holocaust and genocide as an international crime.
On April 11, 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated for the first time at Fontainebleau, ending the First French Empire after defeat against the Sixth Coalition and the occupation of Paris. He was exiled to the island of Elba. Ten months later he escaped, restarted the war in the period known as the "Hundred Days" and was finally defeated at Waterloo on June 18, 1815.
Notable birthdays — April 11
Famous people born on April 11
Charles Evans Hughes
Charles Evans Hughes was an American politician, academic, and jurist who served as the 11th chief justice of the United States from 1930 to 1941. A member of the Republican Party, he previously was the 36th governor of New York (1907–1910), an associate justice of the Supreme Court (1910–1916), and 44th U.S. secretary of state (1921–1925).
Dorothy Lewis Bernstein
Dorothy Lewis Bernstein was an American mathematician known for her work in applied mathematics, statistics, computer programming, and her research on the Laplace transform. She was the first woman to be elected president of the Mathematics Association of America.
Victor Bouchard
Victor Bouchard OC CQ was a Canadian pianist and composer.
Michael Deaver
Michael Keith Deaver was a member of President Ronald Reagan's White House staff who served as White House Deputy Chief of Staff under James Baker III and Donald Regan from January 1981 to May 1985.
David Perrett
David Ian Perrett is a professor of psychology at the University of St Andrews in Scotland, where he leads the Perception Lab. The main focus in his team's research is on face perception, including facial cues to health, effects of physiological conditions on facial appearance, and facial preferences in social settings such as trust games and mate choice.
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