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| Joseph Merrick |
April 11, 1692 – In connection with the Salem witchcraft
trials, Sarah Cloyce and Elizabeth Proctor are examined before Deputy Governor
Thomas Danforth and members of the Governor's Council. On the same day
Elizabeth's husband, John Proctor, becomes the first man accused of witchcraft
and is jailed.
April 11, 1721 - Missionary David Zeisberger was born in
Zauchental, Moravia. His Native American converts were slaughtered by
Pennsylvania militiamen in the Gnaddenhuetten Massacre of 1781.
April 11, 1722 – Poet Christopher Smart was born in
Shipbourne, England.
April 11, 1783 - After receiving a copy of the provisional
treaty on March 13, the U.S. Congress proclaimed a formal end to hostilities
with Great Britain.
April 11, 1825 – During his tour of the United States, the
Marquis de Lafayette arrived in Chalmette, Louisiana (site of the 1815 Battle
of New Orleans). Remaining in New Orleans for several days of festivities, he
lodged in the The Cabildo (the site of the Louisiana Purchase transfer
ceremonies in 1803).
April 11, 1846 – Nelson Plumb became postmaster at Burnt
Corn, Ala.
April 11, 1862 – During the Civil War, Huntsville, Ala. was
occupied by Federal forces.
April 11, 1862 - Confederate Colonel Charles Olmstead
surrendered Fort Pulaski, which guarded the mouth of the Savannah River in
Georgia, after a two-day Union bombardment tore great holes in the massive
fort.
April 11, 1864 – During the Civil War, skirmishes were
fought at Kelly’s Plantation and Caperton’s Ferry, Ala.
April 11, 1864 - Alabama author Robert Loveman was born in
Cleveland, Ohio.
April 11, 1865 – During the Civil War, a skirmish was fought
at Mt. Pleasant in Monroe County, Ala. Union forces consisted of a brigade
strength cavalry detachment under the command of Brigadier General T.J. Lucas
that included the 2nd New York Veteran Cavalry Regiment, the 1st Louisiana
Cavalry Regiment, a detachment of the 2nd Illinois Cavalry regiment, and two
sections (four cannons) of the 2nd Massachusetts Light Artillery. Confederate
forces consisted of local militia from Monroe and Baldwin counties. Confederate
casualties from the battle were five killed and six slightly wounded. Federal
casualties were three killed and nine wounded, including one officer of the 1st
Louisiana Cavalry.
April 11, 1865 – During the Civil War, Confederate forces
evacuated Mobile, Ala. and begin a withdrawal toward Meridian, Miss.
April 11, 1876 – James Uriah Blacksher was born, the son of
David Wesley Blacksher and Maggie McGowin.
April 11, 1878 – Prominent Monroe County, Ala. attorney
Francis W. Hare was born at Oak Bowery in Chambers County, Ala. In 1898, he was
manager of Auburn’s football and baseball teams, later represented Monroe
County in the State House of Representatives.
April 11, 1890 – Joseph Merrick, also known as the “Elephant
Man,” passed away at the age of 27 in the London Hospital, Whitechapel, London,
England.
April 11, 1897 – Dr. J.S. Jenkins of Pineville, Ala. died.
April 11, 1899 - The treaty ending the Spanish-American War
was declared in effect.
April 11, 1907 - In New York, umpire Bill Klem called a
forfeit in favor of the Phillies when Giants fans disrupted play with
snowballs.
April 11, 1908 – Humorist Leo Rosten was born in Lodz,
Poland.
April 11, 1909 – On this Saturday morning, Evergreen, Ala.
experienced a heavy frost with the thermometer dipping down to 35 degrees. No
damage to crops were reported.
April 11, 1915 – On this Sunday night, Charles Cameron of
Midway, Ala., who’d just been released from a Selma hospital, was shot three
times and instantly killed in Selma by Heyward Melton of Pineapple. Melton, who
was “said to be under the influence of intoxicants,” said he was shooting at
McDuffie Stallworth, a prominent Wilcox County man “with whom he’d had previous
trouble.” Melton escaped before the Wilcox County Sheriff arrived.
April 11, 1921 - The first live sports event on radio took
place this day on KDKA Radio. The event was a boxing match between Johnny Ray
and Johnny Dundee.
April 11, 1934 – Poet Mark Strand was born in Summerside,
Prince Edward Island, Canada.
April 11, 1944 – NFL defensive back Joe Beauchamp was born
in Chicago, Ill. He would go on to play for Iowa State and the San Diego
Chargers.
April 11, 1947 - Jackie Robinson became the first black
player in major-league history when he played in an exhibition game for the
Brooklyn Dodgers.
April 11, 1949 – Writer Dorothy Allison was born in
Greenville, S.C.
April 11, 1951 – Major League Baseball pitcher Sid Monge was
born in Auga Prieta, New Mexico. He would go on to pitch for the California
Angels, the Cleveland Indians, the Philadelphia Phillies, the San Diego Padres
and the Detroit Tigers.
April 11, 1951 – The Stone of Scone, the stone upon which
Scottish monarchs were traditionally crowned, was found on the site of the
altar of Arbroath Abbey. It had been taken by Scottish nationalist students
from its place in Westminster Abbey.
April 11, 1953 – Pro Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Kid
Nichols passed away in Kansas City, Mo. at the age of 83. During his career, he
played for the Boston Beaneaters, the St. Louis Cardinals and the Philadelphia
Phillies. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1949.
April 11, 1963 – The crew of a Boeing 707 on a flight from
San Juan to New York reported seeing at 1:30 p.m., 20 minutes after take off,
the ocean “rising into a great round mound” that grew to a diameter of half a
mile to a mile with a height of about half its width. The incident occurred in
the Bermuda Triangle and over the Puerto Rico Trench, where the sea reaches a depth
of 5-1/2 miles.
April 11, 1972 – Major League Baseball catcher Jason Varitek
was born in Rochester, Michigan. He played his entire career for the Boston Red
Sox.
April 11, 1973 – Ellicott’s Stone in northern Mobile County
was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
April 11, 1977 – Fire destroyed the Monroe Theater in
Monroeville, Ala.
April 11, 1980 – Major League Baseball first baseman and
designated hitter Mark Teixeira was born in Annapolis, Md.
April 11, 1983 - R.E.M.'s first album, "Murmur",
was released.
April 11, 1984 – The Commercial Hotel (later known as the
Hart Hotel and Flomaton Hotel) in Flomaton, Ala. was added to the Alabama
Register of Landmarks and Heritage.
April 11, 1985 - The 100th episode of "Hill Street
Blues" aired.
April 11, 1994 - A Seattle, Wash. coroner ruled that Kurt
Cobain's death was a suicide.
April 11, 1994 - Nirvana's album "In Utero" was
certified double-platinum.
April 11, 2003 - U.S. President George W. Bush announced
that Saddam Hussein's regime was out of power in Iraq.
April 11, 2006 - Dave Holloway published his book recounting
the search for his daughter, co-authored with R. Stephanie Good and Larry
Garrison, “Aruba: The Tragic Untold Story of Natalee Holloway and Corruption in
Paradise.”
April 11, 2014 – The horror film, “Oculus,” which was filmed
in Mobile and Baldwin counties, was released in the U.S.
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