Historical Events In March - 11

1967  The World Cup skiing title was earned by Jean-Claude Killy of France on this day in history.   

1967  On March - 11 u.S. 1st Infantry Division troops engage in one of the heaviest battles of Operation Junction City. The fierce fighting resulted in 210 reported North Vietnamese casualties.   

1967  On this day in history geraldine Farrar, soprano/actress (Such Sweet Compulsion), dies at 85   

1968  Anti-Zionist Clandestine Radio Voice of El Assifa starts transmitting on this day in history.   

1968  On March - 11 dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 12nd string quartet   

1968  Otis Redding posthumously receives gold record for "(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay" on March - 11.   

1969  John Wyndham, [Parkes Lucas B Harris], author (Chrysalids), dies at 65 on March - 11.   

1970  On this day in history 12th Grammy Awards Aquarius, Crosby Stills &Nash, Peggy Lee win   

1970  On March - 11 iraq Ba'th Party recognizes Kurd nation   

1970  Erle Stanley Gardner, US writer (Perry Mason), dies at 80 on March - 11.   

1970  On this day in history 12th Grammy Awards: Aquarius, Crosby Stills &Nash, Peggy Lee win   

1971  Philo T. Farnsworth, television pioneer, dies on this day in history.   

1971  On March - 11 philo T Farnsworth, US TV pioneer, dies at 64   

1972  Fredric [William] Brown, sci-fi author (Martians Go Home), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1974  Mount Etna in Sicily erupts on March - 11.   

1974  Rhino Store gives people 5¢ to take home Danny Bonaduce's Album on March - 11.   

1975  Portugal military coup under General Spinola fails on this day in history.   

1975  On March - 11 uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1975  Philip Bezanson, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1977  On March - 11 34 Israelis killed by Palestinians on the Tel Aviv-Haifa highway   

1977  Moslems hold 130 hostages in Washington DC on March - 11.   

1978  Bobby Hull of the Winnipeg Jets joined Gordie Howe by getting career goal number 1,000 in a game against the Quebec Nordiques on this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history terrorists attack mail truck at Tel Aviv, 45 killed   

1979  On March - 11 randy Hold receives 67 minutes in penalties in a 60 minute NHL hockey game   

1979  Victor Kilian, actor (Gentleman's Agreement), dies at 88 on March - 11.   

1980  Rod Marsh bowls 10 overs for 51 runs in dull Australia vs Pakistan cricket draw on this day in history.   

1981  On March - 11 chile constitution takes effect, Augusto Pinochet 2nd term begins   

1982  On March - 11 failed military coup under Rambocus/Hawker in Suriname   

1982  On March - 11 harrison Williams (Senator-Democrat-NJ) resigned rather than face expulsion   

1982  On this day in history menachem Begin &Anwar Sadat sign peace treaty in Washington DC   

1982  On March - 11 edmund Cooper, British sci-fi writer (Tomorrow Came), dies at 55   

1983  Donald Maclean, spy and associate of Guy Burgess, buried in Moscow on March - 11.   

1983  World Ice Dance Championship in Helsinki Finland won by Jayne Torvill &Christopher Dean (Great Britain) on March - 11.   

1983  On March - 11 world Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Elena Valova &Oleg Vasiliev (USSR)   

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1544  On March - 11 birth of torquato Tasso, Italy, Renaissance poet (Aminta, Apologia)   

1549  On March - 11 birth of hendrik L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer   

1549  Henric Spieghel, Dutch Renaissance poet (Hertspiegel) was born on March - 11.   

1596  Isaac Elsevier, book publisher was born on March - 11.   

1654  Heinrich Georg Neuss, composer was born on this day in history.   

1683  On March - 11 birth of giovanni Veneziano, composer   

1725  Henry Benedict Stuart, pretender to the throne of Great Britain (d. 1807) was born on March - 11.   

1731  Robert Treat Paine, judge, signer (Declaration of Independence) was born on March - 11.   

0222  Death of Varius A Bassianus, Syrian emperor of Rome (218-22), murdered at 18½ on this day in history.   

0638  Sophronius of Jerusalem, saint/patriarch of Jerusalem, dies on March - 11.   

0859  On this day in history death of eulogius of Cordoba, Spanish Bishop and Christian Martyr   

1198  Death of Marie de Champagne, daughter of Louis VII of France (b. 1145) on this day in history.   

1486  On this day in history albrecht III Achilles, elector of Brandenburg, dies at 71   

1514  On March - 11 death of donato Bramante, Italian architect (b. 1444)   

1575  On this day in history death of matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (b. 1520)   

1602  Death of Emilio de' Cavalieri, Italian composer on this day in history.