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Today in History

April 11
1809

Battle of the Basque Roads: Admiral Lord Gambier fails to support Captain Lord Cochrane, leading to an incomplete British victory over the French fleet.

1868

Former shōgun Tokugawa Yoshinobu surrenders Edo Castle to Imperial forces, marking the end of the Tokugawa shogunate.

1964

Brazilian Marshal Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco is elected president by the National Congress.

1976

The Apple I is created.

2006

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announces Iran's claim to have successfully enriched uranium.

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