Historical Events In March - 11

1997  On this day in history san Francisco Giant J T Snow suffers a fractured eye socket when hit by a pitch   

2005  In the UK, the controversial Prevention of Terrorism Act 205 was finally given Royal Assent after one of the longest ever sittings by the House of Lords on this day in history.   

2005  Three people, including a judge, are murdered in the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta, Georgia; the main suspect, Brian Nichols, surrenders to police the next day.2006 Michelle Bachelet is sworn in as the first female President of Chile on this day in history.   

2006  Slobodan Miloševic is found dead in his cell in the UN war crimes tribunal's detention centre, located in the Scheveningen section of The Hague on this day in history.   

2006  Michelle Bachelet is sworn in as the first female President of Chile on this day in history.   

2009  Winnenden school shooting - 17 people are killed at a school in Germany on March - 11.   

2011  On March - 11 a 9.1-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit the east of Japan, killing 15,840 and leaving another 3,926 missing. Tsunami warnings are issued in 50 countries and territories. Emergencies are declared at four nuclear power plants affected by the quake.   

2011  On March - 11 an earthquake measuring 9.0 in magnitude strikes 130 km (80 miles) 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 be classified as a Level 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale.   

2011  On this day in history tohoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan killing 15,897 people   

2012  US soldier kills 16 civilians in Afghanistan on March - 11.   

2013  On this day in history european Union bans the sale of cosmetics that have been tested on animals   

2014  On March - 11 refugees from Syria pour into the Kingdom of Jordan   

2017  At least 65 killed in landslide at rubbish dump near Addis Ababa, Ethopia on March - 11.   

2018  On March - 11 china's National People's Congress approves removal of term limits for a leader, will allow Xi Jinping presidency for life   

2018  On March - 11 superhero movie "The Black Panther" becomes the fifth Marvel movie to earn $1 billion worldwide   

2018  On March - 11 greek football Super League suspended after PAOK Salonika's president Ivan Savvidis invades pitch with a gun after goal disallowed   

2018  China's government approves a constitutional change that removes term limits for its leaders, granting Xi Jinping the status of "President for Life". Xi is also the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (paramount leader) on this day in history.   

2019  On March - 11 israeli President Reuven Rivlin, refutes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 's statement “Israel is the nation state of the Jewish people – and only it.”   

2020  Coronavirus COVID-19 declared a pandemic by the head of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus , with 121,564 cases worldwide and 4,373 deaths on March - 11.   

2020  Harvey Weinstein is sentenced to 23 years in prison for a criminal sex act and rape in New York on this day in history.   

2020  [COVID-19 pandemic] The World Health Organization declares the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on March - 11.   

2021  British Prince William says the royal family is “very much not a racist family” in first public comments since interview by brother Harry and wife Meghan on this day in history.   

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1544  Torquato Tasso, Italy, Renaissance poet (Aminta, Apologia) was born on this day in history.   

1549  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of heinrich Georg Neuss, composer   

1683  Giovanni Veneziano, composer was born on this day in history.   

1725  On this day in history birth of henry Benedict Stuart, pretender to the throne of Great Britain (d. 1807)   

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

0222  On March - 11 death of varius A Bassianus, Syrian emperor of Rome (218-22), murdered at 18½   

0638  On March - 11 sophronius of Jerusalem, saint/patriarch of Jerusalem, dies   

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 March - 11 albrecht III Achilles, elector of Brandenburg, dies at 71   

1514  Death of Donato Bramante, Italian architect (b. 1444) on this day in history.   

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

1602  Death of Emilio de' Cavalieri, Italian composer on March - 11.