TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2018 On this day in history:

1512 - The forces of the Holy League were heavily defeated by the French at the Battle of Ravenna. 1689 - William III and Mary II were crowned as joint sovereigns of Britain.

1713 - The Treaty of Utrecht was signed, ending the War of Spanish Succession. 1814 - Napoleon was forced to abdicate his throne. The allied European nations had marched into Paris on March 30, 1814. He was banished to the island of Elba.

1941 - Germany bombers blitzed Coventry, England. 1945 - During World War II, American soldiers liberated the Nazi concentration camp of Buchenwald in Germany. 1948 - The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls was announced in a general press release.

1961 - Israel began the trial of Adolf Eichman, accused of World War II war crimes. 1979 - Idi Amin was deposed as president of Uganda as rebels and exiles backed by Tanzanian forces seized control.

1981 - In the Brixton area of London, a race riot erupted that resulted in the injury of more than 300 people. 1984 - China invaded Vietnam.

1984 - General Secretary Konstantin U Cherenkov was named president of the Soviet Union.

1991 - UN Security Council issued a formal cease-fire with Iraq.

1992 - It is reported that a tiny tooth has changed beliefs about the origins of Australian marsupials. 1996 - Forty-three African nations signed the African Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Treaty.

1998 - Northern Ireland’s biggest political party, the Ulster Unionists, announced its backing of the historic peace deal.

1999 - Daouda Malam Wanke was designated president of Niger. President Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara had been assassinated on April 9.