Fw: On This Day in History (April 11): American Revolutionary War Ends, US Civil Rights Act and the Fall of Two Dictators
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On This Day in History
April 11
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? : French forces under Gaston de Foix defeat the Holy League in a major battle of the Italian Wars
? Hostilities formally cease in the American Revolutionary War after the Continental Congress proclaims the "Cessation of Arms" against His Britannic Majesty
? abdicates unconditionally and is exiled to the island of Elba in the Mediterranean
? US President signs the Civil Rights Act
? Tanzanian army captures Kampala, the capital of Uganda forcing Ugandan dictator to flee into exile in Libya
| Alaa Salah during a protest against President Omar al-Bashir |
? Sudanese President is overthrown and arrested by the army in Khartoum after 30 years in power following ?
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Elie Wiesel, who went on to become a Nobel Peace Prize winner, was among the thousands freed from Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany on this day.
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