Page 4: Historical Events In March - 11

1884  On this day in history jan Lemaire, Dutch writer/actor (Beautiful Juliet)   

1885  On March - 11 fort Carlton Saskatchewan Leif Newry Fitzroy Crozier 1847-1901 warns Ottawa of danger of rebellion in Saskatchewan; NWMP Superintendent at Fort Carlton   

1885  On this day in history malcolm Campbell, 1st auto racer to travel 5 miles/min (8 km/min)   

1888  Great blizzard of '88 strikes northeast US on March - 11.   

1888  On this day in history the "Great Blizzard of 88" started to roar along the Atlantic Seaboard of the U.S., shutting down communication and transportation lines.   

1888  On March - 11 great blizzard of '88 strikes NE US   

1890  On March - 11 vannevar Bush, developed 1st electronic analogue computer   

1892  On this day in history the first public basketball game (Springfield MA)   

1892  1st public basketball game (Springfield, Mass) on this day in history.   

1892  Wladyslaw Anders, Polish general (WW I, WW II) on this day in history.   

1894  On March - 11 the first Greek newspaper in America was published. It was known as the"Atlantis".   

1894  On March - 11 john Selby, cricketer (6 Tests for England 1877-82), dies   

1895  On this day in history spanish cruiser Reina Regenta sinks at Gibraltar, 400 killed   

1897  A meteorite enters the earth's atmosphere and explodes over New Martinsville, West Virginia. The debris causes damage but no human injuries are reported on March - 11.   

1897  On this day in history henry Dixon Cowell, Menlo Park Calif, composer (New Musical Resources)   

1897  On March - 11 berthold Tours, composer, dies at 58   

1898  The birth of Dorothy Gish, Silent screen star on this day in history.   

1898  Dorothy Gish, Massillon OH, film actress (Orphans of the Storm) on March - 11.   

1899  Frederick IX, [Christian FFMKWG], King of Denmark (1947-72) on March - 11.   

1900  Edmund Peate, cricketer (9 Tests for England 1881-86), dies on this day in history.   

1901  Cincinnati Enquirer reports Balt mgr John McGraw signed Cherokee Indian Tokohoma, who is really black 2nd baseman Charlie Grant on March - 11.   

1902  On March - 11 josef Martin Bauer, writer   

1903  Dorothy Schiff, publisher (NY Post) on this day in history.   

1904  Stanley Cup Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Brandon Wheat Kings in 2 games on this day in history.   

1904  Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Brandon Wheat Kings in 2 games on March - 11.   

1904  Cornelis Jan Bakker, Dutch/US nuclear physicist on March - 11.   

1905  Stanley Cup Ottawa Silver 7 beat Rat Portage Thisles, 2 games to 1 on this day in history.   

1905  On March - 11 stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 beat Rat Portage Thisles, 2 games to 1   

1906  Aasan Ferit Alnar, composer on this day in history.   

1907  On March - 11 eleni Gatzoyiannis, heroine (saved her kids)   

1907  On this day in history nikola Petkow, premier (Bulgaria), murdered   

1908  On this day in history laurier government creates National Battlefields Commission; partly to save Quebec's Plains of Abraham from property development.   

1908  On this day in history lawrence Welk, Strasburg ND, orch leader (Lawrence Welk Show)   

1908  On March - 11 peter Milne, composer, dies at 83   

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1544  Torquato Tasso, Italy, Renaissance poet (Aminta, Apologia) was born on March - 11.   

1549  Hendrik L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer was born on March - 11.   

1549  On this day in history birth of henric Spieghel, Dutch Renaissance poet (Hertspiegel)   

1596  On this day in history birth of isaac Elsevier, book publisher   

1654  On March - 11 birth of heinrich Georg Neuss, composer   

1683  On this day in history birth of giovanni Veneziano, composer   

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

1731  On March - 11 birth of robert Treat Paine, judge, signer (Declaration of Independence)   

0222  Death of Varius A Bassianus, Syrian emperor of Rome (218-22), murdered at 18½ on March - 11.   

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

0859  Death of Eulogius of Cordoba, Spanish Bishop and Christian Martyr on this day in history.   

1198  Death of Marie de Champagne, daughter of Louis VII of France (b. 1145) on March - 11.   

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 March - 11 death of matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (b. 1520)   

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