1891
Apr 11, A Jewish tailor's daughter ( disappeared in Greece. A rumor spread that she was a Christian girl ritually killed by Jews.

1925
Apr 11, Ethel Kennedy, wife of assassinated Senator Robert F. Kennedy, was born.

1996
Apr 11, Jessica Dubroff (7) was killed with her father and flight instructor when their Cessna Cardinal 177B crashed during bad weather in Cheyenne, Wyoming. She was attempting to become the youngest person to fly across the US.

2005
Apr 11, Andrea Dworkin (58), feminist writer, died in Washington DC. Her books included “Woman Hating”

2005
Apr 11, China reported rioting in Dongyang after 2 older women were killed in a clash with police during a pollution protest.

2009
Apr 11, Corin Tellado (81), a well-known Spanish author of more than 4,000 romance novels, died while celebrating the Easter holidays with her family.

2011
Apr 11, In France a law went into effect banning women from wearing full-face veils in public places. Several women appeared veiled in front of Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral and two were detained for taking part in an unauthorized protest. The $214 burqa fine also included mandatory lessons on being French.

2013
Apr 11, American ballerina Maria Tallchief (b.1925), the daughter of an Oklahoma oil family, died in Chicago. She was once married to George Balanchine and became famous in his productions of “Firebird,” “Swan Lake” and “Nutcracker.”