Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/April 11

Idi Amin

Idi Amin

On April 11:

• 1868 - Shogunate abolished in Japan.
• 1945 - World War II: U.S. forces liberated Buchenwald concentration camp.
• 1951 - Korean War: President Harry S. Truman relieved General Douglas MacArthur of overall command in Korea.
• 1965 - The Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak occurred, involving fifty-one tornadoes affected six Midwestern states.
• 1979 - Ugandan dictator Idi Amin was deposed.

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