Today in History 4/11

1689: William III and Mary II are crowned as joint sovereigns of Britain.
1713: The Treaty of Utrecht is signed, ending the War of Spanish Succession.
1775: The last execution for witchcraft in Germany.
1814: Napoleon is exiled to the island of Elba.
1865: Abraham Lincoln makes his last public speech.
1876: The Benevolent Protective Order of Elks is founded.
1899: Spain cedes Puerto Rico to the United States.
1905: Einstein reveals his theory of relativity.
1921: Iowa becomes the first US state to impose a cigarette tax.
1932: Joel Grey is born. He is most famous for Cabaret but I remember him best as Chiun, the irascible mentor in Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins.

1939: Louise Lasser is born. She was in the soap opera parody Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, is the only person to be banned from hosting Saturday Night Live, and played the Blue Raja's mom in Mystery Men.1944: John Milius is born. He directed some of the greatest films in history, including Conan the Barbarian and Red Dawn. He is also who the character of Walter Sobchak in The Big Lebowski is based on.1945: US forces liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp.
1951: President Truman relieves MacArthur of command in Korea.
1961: The trial of Adolf Eichmann begins in Jerusalem.
1968: Lyndon Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental and financing of housing.
1970: The Apollo 13 mission launches.1972: Jason Varitek, catcher for the world champion Boston Red Sox is born.1974: Tricia Helfer is born. She plays the Number 6 Cylon in the new Battlestar Galactica series.1979: Ugandan dictator Idi Amin is deposed.1990: Customs officers in the United Kingdom seize the barrel of a massive "super gun" bound for Iraq.

Today in History elements mostly cribbed from The History Channel, Wikipedia, The New York Times, The Jewish World Review, The Writer's Almanac and anything else I can dig up.