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This day in history: 11 March

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Key facts

273 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 11 March.
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2023: The Burmese military kills at least 30 villagers, including 3 Buddhist monks, during the Pinlaung massacre in Shan State, Myanmar.

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: Alberta of Agen

Christian feast day: Constantine

Christian feast day: Óengus of Tallaght

Christian feast day: Sophronius of Jerusalem

Christian feast day: Vindicianus

Day of Restoration of Independence from the Soviet Union in 1990 (Lithuania)

Moshoeshoe Day (Lesotho)

Events

2023The Burmese military kills at least 30 villagers, including 3 Buddhist monks, during the Pinlaung massacre in Shan State, Myanmar.

2021US President Joe Biden signs the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan into law.

2020The World Health Organization (WHO) declares the COVID-19 virus epidemic a pandemic.

2018A Bombardier Challenger 604 crashes into the Zagros Mountains near the Iranian city of Shar-e-kord, killing all 11 people on board.

2012A U.S. soldier kills 16 civilians in the Panjwayi District of Afghanistan near Kandahar.

2011An earthquake measuring 9.0 in magnitude strikes 130 km (81 mi) east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami killing thousands of people. This event also triggered the second largest nuclear accident in history, and one of only two events to

2010Economist and businessman Sebastián Piñera is sworn in as President of Chile. Aftershocks of the 2010 Pichilemu earthquakes hit central Chile during the ceremony.

2009Winnenden school shooting: Fifteen are killed and nine are injured before recent graduate Tim Kretschmer shoots and kills himself, leading to tightened weapons restrictions in Germany.

2008Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-123, carrying the first component of the Japanese Kibō module to the International Space Station.

2006Michelle Bachelet is inaugurated as the first female president of Chile.

2004Madrid train bombings: Simultaneous explosions on rush hour trains in Madrid, Spain kill 191 people.

2003The International Criminal Court holds its inaugural session in The Hague.

1990Lithuania declares independence from the Soviet Union.

1990Patricio Aylwin is sworn in as the first democratically elected President of Chile since 1970.

1985Mikhail Gorbachev is elected to the position of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, making Gorbachev the USSR's de facto, and last, head of state.

1983Bob Hawke is appointed Prime Minister of Australia.

1982Fifteen people are killed when Widerøe Flight 933 crashes into the Barents Sea near Gamvik, Norway.

1981Hundreds of students protest in the University of Pristina in Kosovo, then part of Yugoslavia, to give their province more political rights. The protests then became a nationwide movement.

1978Coastal Road massacre: At least 37 are killed and more than 70 are wounded when Fatah hijack an Israeli bus, prompting Israel's Operation Litani.

1977The 1977 Hanafi Siege: Around 150 hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims are set free after ambassadors from three Islamic nations join negotiations.

1946Rudolf Höss, the first commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, is captured by British troops.

1945World War II: The Empire of Vietnam, a short-lived Japanese puppet state, is established.

1945World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy attempts a large-scale kamikaze attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet anchored at Ulithi atoll in Operation Tan No. 2.

1941World War II: United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan.

1927In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre.

1917World War I: Mesopotamian campaign: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Frederick Stanley Maude.

1892The Saint-Germain bombing ushers France into the Ère des attentats (1892-1894).

1888The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400 people.

1879Shō Tai formally abdicates his position of King of Ryūkyū, under orders from Tokyo, ending the Ryukyu Kingdom.

1872Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; it is located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.

1864The Great Sheffield Flood kills 238 people in Sheffield, England.

1861American Civil War: The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is adopted.

1851The first performance of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Venice.

1848Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine and Robert Baldwin become the first Prime Ministers of the Province of Canada to be democratically elected under a system of responsible government.

1845Flagstaff War: Unhappy with translational differences regarding the Treaty of Waitangi, chiefs Hōne Heke, Kawiti and Māori tribe members chop down the British flagpole for a fourth time and drive settlers out of Kororāreka, New Zealand.

1795The Battle of Kharda is fought between the Maratha Confederacy and the Nizam of Hyderabad, resulting in Maratha victory.

1784The signing of the Treaty of Mangalore brings the Second Anglo-Mysore War to an end.

1708Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation.

1702The Daily Courant, England's first national daily newspaper, is published for the first time.

1649The Frondeurs and the French government sign the Peace of Rueil.

Born on this day

2004Margarita Kolosov, German rhythmic gymnast

2003Tristan Vukčević, Serbian-Swedish basketball player

1997Ray Spalding, American basketball player

1997Travis Konecny, Canadian ice hockey player

1996Conor Garland, American ice hockey player

1994Andy Robertson, Scottish footballer

1993Anthony Davis, American basketball player

1993Jodie Comer, English actress

1992Austin Swift, American producer and actor

1990Ayumi Morita, Japanese tennis player

1989Anton Yelchin, Russian-American actor (died 2016)

1989Malcolm Delaney, American basketball player

1989Orlando Johnson, American basketball player

1988Cecil Lolo, South African footballer (died 2015)

1988Fábio Coentrão, Portuguese footballer

1988Pedro Báez, Dominican baseball player

1987Marc-André Gragnani, Canadian ice hockey player

1987Ngonidzashe Makusha, Zimbabwean sprinter and long jumper

1987Tanel Kangert, Estonian cyclist

1986Dario Cologna, Swiss skier

1985Cassandra Fairbanks, American journalist and activist

1985Daniel Vázquez Evuy, Equatoguinean footballer

1985Greg Olsen, American football player and commentator

1985Nikolai Topor-Stanley, Australian footballer

1985Paul Bissonnette, Canadian ice hockey player

1985Stelios Malezas, Greek footballer

1984Rob Brown, American actor

1983Lukáš Krajíček, Czech ice hockey player

1982Brian Anderson, American baseball player

1982Thora Birch, American actress, producer, and director

1981David Anders, American actor

1981Lee Evans, American football player

1981LeToya Luckett, American singer-songwriter and actress

1981Russell Lissack, English musician

1980Dan Uggla, American baseball player

1980Mark Rober, American YouTuber and engineer

1980Rich Hill, American baseball player

1979Benji Madden, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1979Elton Brand, American basketball player

1979Fred Jones, American basketball player

Died on this day

2025Clive Revill, New Zealand actor and singer (born 1930)

2025Junior Bridgeman, American basketball player and businessman (born 1953)

2024Paul Alexander, Polio survivor (born 1946)

2022Rupiah Banda, President of Zambia (born 1937)

2021Ray Campi, American singer and musician (born 1934)

2021Takis Mousafiris, Greek composer and songwriter (born 1936)

2018Karl Lehmann, German cardinal (born 1936)

2018Ken Dodd, English comedian and singer (born 1927)

2018Mary Rosenblum, American science fiction and mystery author (born 1952)

2018Siegfried Rauch, German actor (born 1932)

2016Doreen Massey, English geographer and political activist (born 1944)

2016Iolanda Balaș, Romanian high jumper (born 1936)

2015Jimmy Greenspoon, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (born 1948)

2015Walter Burkert, German philologist and scholar (born 1931)

2014Dean Bailey, Australian footballer and coach (born 1967)

2014Joel Brinkley, American journalist and academic (born 1952)

2013Martin Adolf Bormann, German priest and theologian (born 1930)

2013Simón Alberto Consalvi, Venezuelan journalist and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Venezuela (born 1927)

2012James B. Morehead, American colonel and pilot (born 1916)

2010Hans van Mierlo, Dutch politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (born 1931)

2006Bernie Geoffrion, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born 1931)

2006Slobodan Milošević, Serbian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (born 1941)

2002James Tobin, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918)

1999Camille Laurin, Canadian psychiatrist and politician (born 1922)

1999Herbert Jasper, Canadian psychologist, anatomist, and neurologist (born 1906)

1996Vince Edwards, American actor and director (born 1928)

1995Myfanwy Talog, Welsh actress and singer (born 1945)

1992Richard Brooks, American director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1912)

1989James Kee, American lawyer and politician (born 1917)

1989John J. McCloy, American lawyer and diplomat (born 1895)

Quote of the day

“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.”

Marcus Aurelius

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