What Happened on April 11, 1955

Day of the Week: Monday

Historical Events


Film release premierFilm Premier

"Marty" directed by Delbert Mann and starring Ernest Borgnine and Betsy Blair premieres in New York (Best Picture 1956)

Actor Ernest Borgnine
Actor
Ernest Borgnine

MurderAssassination Attempt

Chartered Air India plane the "Kashmir Princess" is bombed and crashes into the South China Sea in a failed assassination attempt on Zhou Enlai by a Kuomintang secret agent

Premier of the People's Republic of China Zhou Enlai
Premier of the People's Republic of China
Zhou Enlai
  • Gary Sobers starts run of 85 Test Cricket appearances for WI uninterrupted

Famous Birthdays

  • Kevin Brady, American politician (Rep Texas (R) 1997-), born in Vermillion, South Dakota
  • Michele Scarabelli, Canadian actress (Jo Santini-Airwolf, Alienation, Dallas), born in Montreal, Quebec
  • Piers J Sellers, English astronaut and climate scientist, born in Sussex (d. 2016)