Page 7: Historical Events In March - 11

1943  On March - 11 nazi Militia forms in Netherlands   

1944  Dutch resistance fighter Joop Westerweel arrested on this day in history.   

1944  Hendrik W van Loon, Neth/US radio commentator/writer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1945  1,000 allied bombers harass Essen, 4,662 ton bombs on March - 11.   

1945  On this day in history flemish Nazi collaborator Maria Huygens sentenced to death   

1947  On this day in history ottawa-born Barbara Ann Scott gets a ticker-tape parade down Bay Street after winning the World Figure Skating Championship; a year later she wins Olympic Gold.   

1947  Victor Hely-Hutchinson, composer, dies at 45 on March - 11.   

1948  On this day in history jewish Agency of Jerusalem bombed   

1948  1st black in the US Tennis Open (Reginald Weir) on this day in history.   

1949  Juan Lamonte de Grignon, composer, dies at 76 on March - 11.   

1950  On this day in history florence Arliss, actress (Disraeli), dies at 78   

1951  On March - 11 philippe of Isacker, Belgian minister, dies at 66   

1953  An American B-47 accidentally drops a nuclear bomb on South Carolina, the bomb doesn't go off due to 6 safety catches on this day in history.   

1953  On March - 11 1st woman army doctor commissioned (FM Adams)   

1954  US Army charges Senator Joseph McCarthy used undue pressure tactics on March - 11.   

1955  On March - 11 alexander Fleming, English bacteriologist (penicillin), dies at 73   

1956  On this day in history louise Suggs wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship   

1956  Sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko, Russian opera composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1957  Richard E Byrd, US, explorer (Antarctica), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1958  On March - 11 charles Van Doren finally loses on TV game show "21"   

1959  The HSS-2 amphibian all-weather anti submarine warfare helicopter made its first flight on March - 11.   

1959  On March - 11 the new home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team was officially named Candlestick Park.   

1959  "Raisin in the Sun," 1st Broadway play by a black woman, opens on March - 11.   

1959  Haydn Wood, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1960  Pioneer 5 launched into solar orbit between Earth &Venus on March - 11.   

1960  Roy Chapman Andrews, US biologist/explorer, dies at 76 on March - 11.   

1962  Will Vesper, German author (Tristan und Isolde), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1963  Somalia drops diplomatic relations with Great Britain on this day in history.   

1963  Mahomed Nissar, cricketer (6 Tests for India 1932-36, 25 wkts), dies on March - 11.   

1965  Indonesia President Sukarno accepts qualifications of Suharto on March - 11.   

1965  Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer and Eleanor Parker starred in the film adaptation of the popular Broadway hit, "The Sound of Music" on this day in history.   

1965  On March - 11 james Reeb, US vicar/civil rights activist, murdered   

1966  Military coup led by Indonesian General Suharto breaks out on March - 11.   

1967  Pink Floyd releases their 1st song (Arnold Layne) on March - 11.   

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

1549  Hendrik L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer was born on this day in history.   

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 March - 11.   

1725  Henry Benedict Stuart, pretender to the throne of Great Britain (d. 1807) was born on this day in history.   

1731  Robert Treat Paine, judge, signer (Declaration of Independence) was born on this day in history.   

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 March - 11.   

1198  On this day in history death of marie de Champagne, daughter of Louis VII of France (b. 1145)   

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

1514  Death of Donato Bramante, Italian architect (b. 1444) on March - 11.   

1575  On March - 11 death of matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (b. 1520)   

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