Wednesday, April 11, 2007

This Day in History

This Day in History: April 11 — Infoplease.com


1814

Napoleon was exiled to the island of Elba.

1921

Iowa imposed the first state cigarette tax.

1951

President Harry Truman fired General Douglas McArthur.

1968

President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the 1968 Civil Rights Act.

1979

Ugandan dictator Idi Amin was overthrown.

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