Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/April 11
On April 11:
- 1868 - Shogunate abolished in Japan.
- 1945 - World War II: U.S. forces liberated Buchenwald concentration camp.
- 1951 - Korean War: President Harry S. Truman relieved General Douglas MacArthur of overall command in Korea.
- 1965 - The Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak occurred, involving fifty-one tornadoes affected six Midwestern states.
- 1979 - Ugandan dictator Idi Amin was deposed.