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April 11

4 sourced moments from April 11 in history: Napoleon's 1814 exile to Elba: what the treaty gave him; The US Navy Bought Its First Submarine, USS Holland (1900); The trial of Adolf Eichmann opened in Jerusalem (1961), plus 1 more.

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4 things happened on April 11

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1970 Space · Space Exploration

Apollo 13's launch: a crew swap and an engine cutoff

Apollo 13 lifted off on April 11, 1970, after a German measles scare replaced its pilot — and a shaking engine shut down two minutes early.

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1961 Society & Economy · Politics & Law

The trial of Adolf Eichmann opened in Jerusalem

On April 11, 1961, a glass booth in Jerusalem held the SS officer who organized the Holocaust's deportations—and an audience of millions watched.

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1900 Technology · Engineering

The US Navy Bought Its First Submarine, USS Holland

On a single spring day in 1900, the US Navy paid $150,000 for a gasoline-and-electric craft that rewrote naval warfare.

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1814 History · Modern

Napoleon's 1814 exile to Elba: what the treaty gave him

The Treaty of Fontainebleau of 11 April 1814 left Napoleon an emperor's title, a 400-man guard and an island — for under ten months.

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