On April 11th in U S Political History
Part II
On April 11th in 1899 The Treaty of Paris ending the Spanish-American War was declared in effect. Spain ceded Puerto Rico to US.
On April 11th in 1900 US Navy's 1st submarine made its debut.
On April 11th in 1906 Einstein introduced his Theory of Relativity.
On April 11th in 1921 Iowa became the first state to impose a cigarette tax.
On April 11th in 1945 US Troops liberated the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany. Some 250,000 prisoners passed through the camp and 50,000 are known to have died there. From 1945 to 1950, occupying Soviet forces used the camp to hold political prisoners.
On April 11th in 1945 The US battleship Missouri was struck by a kamikaze pilot while it was operating off the coast of Okinawa.
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