Hello.
We are glad you are here to spend some of it with us! On Saturday mornings we like to simply slow things down a bit with a “scroll down memory lane.” It’s a chance for you to ease into a day before the hustle and bustle takes over!
We take a look back at events that happened on this day in history before we head out to make new history today today. So, grab your favorite sippin’ drink and let’s scroll!
On This Day…
In 1890, John Merrick, the disfigured man dubbed “the Elephant Man,” died at the age of 27.
In 1947, Jackie Robinson became the first Black player to play major league baseball when he suited up for an exhibition game for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
In 1951, President Harry S. Truman relieved General Douglas MacArthur of his commands in the Far East.
In 1968, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968 into law.
In 1970, Paul McCartney announced he would never again record with John Lennon.
In 1970, Apollo 13 was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. It was intended to land on the moon, but the mission was aborted after an oxygen tank exploded two days later. Despite several obstacles, including limited power, shortage of water, loss of cabin heat and more, the crew safely returned to Earth on April 17th.
In 1980, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued regulations specifically prohibiting sexual harassment of workers by supervisors.
In 1996, seven-year-old Jessica Dubroff was killed when the plane she was piloting crashed after takeoff. Dubroff was trying to become the youngest person to fly across the U.S. Her father and flight instructor were also killed.
In 1997, fire damaged Italy’s 500-year-old San Giovanni Cathedral, home of the Shroud of Turin.
In 2003, seven American POWs held captive since the start of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq were found walking along a road 40 miles north of Baghdad after U.S. Marines were tipped off to their whereabouts by an Iraqi citizen. The soldiers, from the 507th Maintenance Company, were taken prisoner after an ambush near Nassirya on March 23rd, 2003 — four days after the March 19th invasion of Iraq.
In 2007, novelist Kurt Vonnegut died in Manhattan. He was 84. Vonnegut was best known for his controversial 1969 novel “Slaughterhouse-Five” which was set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War, racial unrest and social upheaval.
In 2017, J. Geils, the guitarist, founder and namesake of The J. Geils Band, was found dead of natural causes at his home. He was 71.
In 2019, Former pope Benedict XVI blames the Catholic sexual abuse on the 1960s sexual revolution.
In 2021, 20-year-old Daunte Wright is shot and killed during a traffic stop by a Brooklyn Center, Minnesota police officer. The officer said they mistook their gun for a taser.
That brings us here to this day.
Whatever plans you have for your own 4.11.2026 here’s hoping there are moments along the way to record on the pages of your own personal history books!
Thanks for stopping by!
