On This Day in History | 11th April

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What Happened on April 11?

2006 – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces that Iran has enriched uranium

The Iranian nuclear program has become a source of great controversy. Several countries, some of them possessing nuclear weapons themselves, accuse Tehran of developing an Iranian atom bomb.

2006 – Mafia boss Bernardo Provenzano is arrested

1979 – Uganda’s dictator Idi Amin is overthrown

1972 – The first episode of “I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue” is aired

1961 – The trial of Adolf Eichmann begins

Births on April 11

1987 – Joss Stone

English singer-songwriter, actress

1960 – Jeremy Clarkson

1913 – Oleg Cassini

1893 – Dean Acheson

1722 – Christopher Smart

Deaths on April 11

2013 – Maria Tallchief – American ballerina

2007 – Kurt Vonnegut

1987 – Primo Levi

1985 – Enver Hoxha

1983 – Dolores del Río

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