On This Day for April 11 - Napoleon's abdication at Fontainebleau, Charles Evans Hughes is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, click here to view. April 11 FEATURED BIOGRAPHY Charles Evans Hughes READ MORE   FEATURED EVENT 1814 Napoleon's abdication at Fontainebleau READ MORE   Advertisement Advertisement   MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY 2013: Maria Tallchief, whose exquisite technique made her one of the greatest ballerinas in the United States, died at age 88. [Sort fact from fiction in our ballet quiz.] 2007: American author Kurt Vonnegut, who was noted for such wryly satirical novels as Slaughterhouse-Five (1969), died. [Take our famous authors quiz.] 1979: Ugandan President Idi Amin, whose brutality earned him the nickname "Butcher of Uganda," fled the country as Tanzanian-led forces neared Kampala. [ Do you know what jobs these African leaders had before entering politics?] 1961: The trial of Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann began in Jerusalem; eight months later it ended with the only death sentence ever imposed by an Israeli court. [ Test your knowledge of Adolf Hitler's right-hand men and other Nazi officials.] 1953: Mathematician Andrew John Wiles, deviser of a proof of Fermat's last theorem, was born in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. [Take our mathematics quiz.] 1951: U.S. President Harry S. Truman relieved General Douglas MacArthur of his command of United Nations and U.S. forces during the Korean War. [ Test your knowledge of some of the greatest moments in military history.] SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1930 Anton LaVey American author 145 Septimius Severus Roman emperor 1953 Andrew Wiles British mathematician 1869 Kasturba Gandhi Indian political activist 1862 Charles Evans Hughes United States jurist and statesman 1893 Dean Acheson United States statesman SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY   Advertisement   FOLLOW: To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, click here. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2021 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Privacy Policy • Help