March 11

Events

 * -, of , dies (According to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty).
 * - succeedes to the Croatian throne
 * - is elected.
 * - The (rebels) and the   sign the.
 * - The first regular, , is published in.
 * - withholds  from the, the last time a   vetoes legislation.
 * - for the United States was authorized by the Congress
 * - is assassinated, leading the way for his son  to accede the throne.
 * - The creates the.
 * - : In, s and  led 700 s to chop down the  flagpole and drive settlers out of the   settlement of  because of breaches of the.
 * 1845  - British citizen Henry Jones invents self-raising.
 * - and  become the first Prime Ministers of the  to be democratically elected under a system of.
 * - The first performance of, written by.
 * - : The of the  is adopted.
 * - The : The largest man-made disaster ever to befall kills over 250 people in.
 * - The first performance of written by.
 * - Work began erecting Colliery, ; Located on one of the richest coal sources in.
 * 1872  - The  ese government officially annexes the  into what would become the.
 * - The begins along the eastern seaboard of the, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
 * - A enters the earth's atmosphere and explodes over . The debris causes damage but no human injuries are reported.
 * - : leader 's peace overtures are rejected by.
 * -, leader of the Liberal Party, wins the Greek elections again.
 * - :  to the  forces commanded by.
 * - First confirmed cases of the observed at,.
 * - In, opens the.
 * - , abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the
 * -  pardons five convicted  militants who promise to join growing conflict with.
 * - :  signs the  Act into law, allowing -built war supplies to be shipped to the  on loan.
 * - :  abandons.
 * - : The  attempts a large-scale  attack on the  Pacific fleet anchored at  atoll in.
 * - The original Broadway production of  opens at the in New York City.
 * -  of  was forced to give up his.
 * 1966  - A fire at two ski resorts in,  kills 31 people.
 * - The : 130+ hostages held in, by  were set free after ambassadors from three  nations joined negotiations.
 * - Nine  guerillas hijack a bus in, killing 34 civilians and wounding 70 before being killed by security forces. The  retaliate by invading southern  three days later, under codename.
 * - becomes 23rd.
 * - becomes  leader.
 * - : Iran and Iraq agreed to stop attacking civilian centers.
 * - declares itself independent from the.
 * 1990  -  is sworn-in as the first democratically elected an president since.
 * - A curfew is imposed on black townships in after fighting between rival political gangs kills 49.
 * - is confirmed by the  and sworn-in the next day, becoming the first female.
 * - comes to power as the twenty-fifth  of.
 * 1996  -  passed
 * - An explosion at a reprocessing plant in  exposes 35 workers to low-level  in the worst  in 's history.
 * 1997 - Former  is knighted.
 * - becomes the first n company listed on the  stock exchange.
 * - The is founded in.
 * - on rush hour trains in   kill 192 people.
 * - inaugurated as first female president of.
 * - A strikes at ,
 * - A strikes at ,

Births

 * -, Italian poet (d. )
 * -, pretender to the throne of Great Britain (d. )
 * -, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. )
 * -, Russian general (d. )
 * -, French mathematician (d. )
 * -, French ballet dancer and choreographer (d. )
 * -, French mathematician (d. )
 * -, English cricketer (d. )
 * -, English-born film executive (d. )
 * -, American composer (d. )
 * -, French mathematician (d. )
 * -, American eugenecist (d. )
 * -, Swedish politician (d. )
 * -, English race car driver (d. )
 * -, American film director (d. )
 * -, American engineer and politician (d. )
 * -, American composer, musical theorist, pianist, teacher, publisher, and impresario (d. )
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, Danish King (d. )
 * -, New Zealand classicist and historian (d. )
 * 1903  -, American musician (d. )
 * -, English actress (d. )
 * -, German chemist (d. )
 * -, Indian cricketer (d. )
 * 1915  -, German writer (d. )
 * 1915  -, American computer scientist and Internet pioneer (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, Dutch physicist,
 * -, American mathematician (d. )
 * 1921  -, Argentine composer (d. )
 * -, Greek philosopher and economist (d. )
 * 1922  -, Spanish actor
 * - Reverend, American civil rights leader (d. )
 * 1926  -, Turkish musician and composer
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * -, Quebec film actor and director (d. )
 * -, Australian-born entrepreneur
 * -, American composer and violinist (d. )
 * -, American reporter
 * -, Italian actress
 * -, American Supreme Court Justice
 * -, Spanish actor
 * -, former Lieutenant Governor of Nevada
 * 1939  -, American musician
 * -, Argentinian singer
 * -, American baseball player
 * 1945  -, American musician
 * -, French composer
 * -, 80th
 * 1948  -, Dominican baseball player
 * 1948  -, French actress
 * -, American singer
 * 1950  -, American director
 * -, English writer (d. )
 * -, Canadian musician
 * -, German singer
 * -, American statutory rapist
 * 1956  -, American author and television writer
 * 1956  -, American voice actor
 * 1956  -, British sports journalist and television presenter (d. )
 * -, American entertainer
 * 1957  -, American singer
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * 1958  -, American pundit
 * 1958  -, Danish journalist
 * 1958  -, interim
 * -, American porn star
 * -, French film director
 * -, Canadian actor
 * -, English actress
 * -, American film actor, director and producer
 * 1964  -, American drummer
 * 1964  -, British actor
 * -, English football manager
 * 1965  -, American politician
 * 1965  -, American actor
 * 1965  -, British television presenter
 * -, Scottish-American actor
 * 1967  -, American politician
 * -, American singer-songwriter
 * -, American actor
 * 1969  -, Colombian-American singer (d. )
 * -, American journalist
 * -, American television personality
 * 1971  -, Czech ice hockey player
 * -, Venezuelan baseball player
 * -, American radio personality
 * -, Danish footballer
 * -, American basketball player
 * -, Ivory Coast footballer
 * 1978  -, Spanish footballer
 * 1978  -, American author
 * -, American basketball player
 * 1979  -, American basketball player
 * 1979  -, American guitarist
 * 1979  -, American singer
 * -, Austrian footballer
 * 1980  -, American baseball player
 * -, American actor
 * 1981  -, American erotic broadcaster
 * 1981  -, American football player
 * 1981  -, English musician
 * 1981  -, American singer (ex-)
 * -, American baseball player
 * 1982  -, American actress
 * -, French Canadian actor
 * 1984  -, British rower
 * -, Australian soccer player
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, Russian-born actor
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player
 * -, Russian-born actor

Deaths

 * 222  -, mother of  (b. )
 * -, Spanish Bishop and Christian Martyr
 * -, daughter of (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, Italian architect (b. )
 * -, Croatian Protestant reformer (b. )
 * -, Italian composer
 * -, Italian composer
 * -, Irish philosopher (b. )
 * -, British general (b. )
 * -, American delegate to the (b. )
 * -, Russian tsar (b. )
 * -, English-American painter (b. )
 * -, American pioneer (b. )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, American religious leader (b. )
 * -, Irish railway engineer (b. )
 * -, English general (b. )
 * -, Russian philosopher (b. )
 * - King of
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * -, American Civil War Union general (b. )
 * -, French politician (b. )
 * - Revd, American activist (b. )
 * -, Colombian astronomer (b. )
 * -, German film director (b. )
 * -, American oil industrialist (b. )
 * -, Dutch-born American historian (b. )
 * -, French stage and film actor and director (b. )
 * -, Scottish scientist, (b. )
 * 1955  -, Bavarian-born American meat packer (b. )
 * - Admiral, American explorer (b. )
 * -, American explorer and adventurer (b. )
 * -, American soprano (b. )
 * -, English author (b. )
 * -, American novelist (b. )
 * -, American television pioneer (b. )
 * 1971  -, American civil rights leader (b. )
 * -, American geologist (b. )
 * 1977  -, Argentine racing driver (b. )
 * -, French singer (b. )
 * -, English author (b. )
 * 1982  -, American poet (b. )
 * -, Greek singer and song writer (b. )
 * -, American blues musician (b. )
 * -, American politician (b. )
 * 1989  -,  (b. )
 * -, American film director (b. )
 * -, Italian-born professional wrestler (b. )
 * -, American film actor and director (b. )
 * -, Quebec psychiatrist and politician (b. )
 * -, American economist, (b. )
 * -, Irish author (b. )
 * 2003  -, speaker of the Danish Folketing (b. )
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player (b. )
 * 2006  -,  and of  (b. )
 * -, American actress and singer (b. )
 * -, American actress and singer (b. )

Holidays and observances

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