TUESDAY INHISTORY

Today is Tuesday, April 11, the 101st day of 2017. There are 264 days left in the year.

Highlight in History:

On April 11, 1947, Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgersplayedinanexhibition againsttheNewYorkYankeesat Ebbets Field, four days before his regular-season debut that broke baseball’s color line.

On this date:

In 1689, William III and Mary II were crowned as joint sovereigns of Britain.

In1713, theTreatyofUtrecht was signed, ending the War of the Spanish Succession.

In 1865, President Abraham Lincoln spoke to a crowd outside the White House, saying, “We meet this evening, not in sorrow, but in gladness of heart.” (It was the last public addressLincolnwould deliver.)

In 1945, during World War II, American soldiers liberated the Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald in Germany.

In 1965, dozens of tornadoes raked six Midwestern states on Palm Sunday, killing 271 people.

In 1970, Apollo 13, with astronauts James A. Lovell, Fred W. Haise and Jack Swigert, blasted off on its ill-fated mission to the moon.

In 1980, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued regulations specifically prohibiting sexual harassment of workers by supervisors.

In 1981, President Ronald Reagan returned to theWhite House from the hospital, 12 days after he was wounded in an assassination attempt.

Ten years ago: North Carolina’s top prosecutor dropped all charges against three formerDukeUniversity lacrosse players accused of sexually assaulting a stripper at a party, saying the athletes were innocent victims of a “tragic rush to accuse.”

Five years ago: George Zimmerman, the Florida neighborhood watch volunteer who fatally shot 17-yearold Trayvon Martin, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder. (He was acquitted at trial.)

One year ago: Secretary of State John Kerry visited the memorial to Hiroshima’s atomic bombing, delivering a message of peace and hope for a nuclear-free world.

Today’s Birthdays: Ethel Kennedy is 89. Actor Joel Grey is 85. Actress Louise Lasser is 78. Pulitzer Prizewinning columnist Ellen Goodman is 76. Singer Lisa Stansfield is 51. Actor Johnny Messner is 47.. Rapper David Banner is 43. Actress Tricia Helfer is 43. Actress Kelli Garner is 33. Singer Joss Stone is 30. Actress-dancer Kaitlyn Jenkins is 25.

Thought for Today: “We think in generalities, but we live in detail.” — AlfredNorth Whitehead, British philosopher (1861-1947).