IN HISTORY - April 11th:

1983 - 55th Academy Awards - "Gandhi", Ben Kingsley & Meryl Streep win
1988 - 60th Academy Awards - "The Last Emperor", Michael Douglas & Cher win

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2000 - AT&T Park in San Francisco, Minute Maid Park in Houston, and Comerica Park in Detroit open.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY / ANNIVERSARY TO:

1964 - Steve Azar, American singer-songwriter

GOODBYE TO:

2007 - Kurt Vonnegut Jr, American author, dies from head trauma at 84

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