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This is a list of selected April 11 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

Please note that the events listed on the Main Page are chosen based more on relative article quality and to maintain a mix of topics, not based solely on how important or significant their subjects are. Only four to five events are posted at a time and thus not everything that is "most important and significant" can be listed. In addition, an event is generally not posted this year if it is also the subject of the scheduled featured article, featured list or picture of the day.

To report an error when this appears on the Main Page, see Main Page errors. Please remember that this list defers to the supporting articles, so it is best to achieve consensus and make any necessary changes there first.

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Juan Santamaría Day in Costa Rica refimprove
1828Bahía Blanca in Argentina was founded as a fortress to protect dwellers and their cattle from native rustling, and to protect the coast from the Brazilian Navy. date not cited, inappropriate tone
1909 – The city of Tel Aviv in Ottoman Syria was founded as 66 Jewish families held a lottery to distribute land their organisation had purchased north of Jaffa. refimprove section
1945World War II: American forces liberated the Buchenwald concentration camp near Weimar, Germany. refimprove section
1955Air India's Kashmir Princess was destroyed in mid-air by a bomb in an assassination attempt on Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai, who had not been on board. refimprove
1965 – Almost 50 confirmed tornadoes struck six states in the Midwestern United States during the Palm Sunday tornado outbreak, killing over 270 people and injuring 1,500 others. needs more footnotes
1968 – U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting racial discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing. missing information
1981 – Tensions between residents and the police in Brixton, South London, escalated into a massive riot that resulted in almost 300 police injuries, 45 civilian injuries, over a hundred vehicles burned, and over 150 buildings damaged. multiple issues
1986 – Eight FBI agents exchanged gunfire with two bank robbers in Miami, Florida, which led to the introduction of more powerful handguns in many police departments around the country. refimprove section
Llywelyn the Great |d|1240 refimprove section

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April 11

Mary II and William III
Mary II and William III
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