TODAY IN HISTORY

Today is Monday, April 11, the 102nd day of 2016. There are 264 days left in the year.

In 1689,

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

In 1713,

the Treaty of Utrecht 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 address Lincoln would deliver.)

In 1921,

Iowa became the first state to impose a cigarette tax, at 2 cents a package.

In 1945,

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

In 1951,

President Harry S. Truman relieved Gen. Douglas MacArthur of his commands in the Far East.

In 1965,

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

In 1966,

Frank Sinatra recorded the song “Strangers in the Night” for his label, Reprise Records.

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 1979,

Idi Amin was deposed as president of Uganda as rebels and exiles backed by Tanzanian forces seized control.

In 1989,

Mexican officials began unearthing the remains of victims of a drug-trafficking cult near Matamoros; one of the dead was University of Texas student Mark Kilroy, who had disappeared while on spring break. (Several cult members were later convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to 50 years in prison.)

In 1991,

the musical “Miss Saigon,” which sparked controversy over charges it was racist and sexist, opened on Broadway.