Page 7: Historical Events In March - 11

1943  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 1,000 allied bombers harass Essen, 4,662 ton bombs   

1945  Flemish Nazi collaborator Maria Huygens sentenced to death on March - 11.   

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  On March - 11 victor Hely-Hutchinson, composer, dies at 45   

1948  Jewish Agency of Jerusalem bombed on March - 11.   

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

1949  On this day in history juan Lamonte de Grignon, composer, dies at 76   

1950  Florence Arliss, actress (Disraeli), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1951  Philippe of Isacker, Belgian minister, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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

1953  On this day in history 1st woman army doctor commissioned (FM Adams)   

1954  On March - 11 uS Army charges Senator Joseph McCarthy used undue pressure tactics   

1955  Alexander Fleming, English bacteriologist (penicillin), dies at 73 on March - 11.   

1956  Louise Suggs wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship on this day in history.   

1956  On March - 11 sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko, Russian opera composer, dies at 83   

1957  Richard E Byrd, US, explorer (Antarctica), dies at 68 on March - 11.   

1958  On this day in history charles Van Doren finally loses on TV game show "21"   

1959  On this day in history the HSS-2 amphibian all-weather anti submarine warfare helicopter made its first flight   

1959  On this day in history the new home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team was officially named Candlestick Park.   

1959  On this day in history "Raisin in the Sun," 1st Broadway play by a black woman, opens   

1959  On this day in history haydn Wood, composer, dies at 76   

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

1960  Roy Chapman Andrews, US biologist/explorer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1962  On March - 11 will Vesper, German author (Tristan und Isolde), dies at 79   

1963  Somalia drops diplomatic relations with Great Britain on March - 11.   

1963  Mahomed Nissar, cricketer (6 Tests for India 1932-36, 25 wkts), dies on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history indonesia President Sukarno accepts qualifications of Suharto   

1965  On March - 11 julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer and Eleanor Parker starred in the film adaptation of the popular Broadway hit, "The Sound of Music".   

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

1966  Military coup led by Indonesian General Suharto breaks out on this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history pink Floyd releases their 1st song (Arnold Layne)   

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

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

1549  On March - 11 birth of henric Spieghel, Dutch Renaissance poet (Hertspiegel)   

1596  Isaac Elsevier, book publisher was born on this day in history.   

1654  On this day in history birth of heinrich Georg Neuss, composer   

1683  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

0222  On this day in history 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  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 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  Death of Matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (b. 1520) on this day in history.   

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