Historical Events In March - 11

1943  On this day in history nazi Militia forms in Netherlands   

1944  On this day in history dutch resistance fighter Joop Westerweel arrested   

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

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

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

1947  On March - 11 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 this day in history.   

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  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 March - 11.   

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

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

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

1956  On March - 11 louise Suggs wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship   

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

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1960  On March - 11 pioneer 5 launched into solar orbit between Earth &Venus   

1960  On March - 11 roy Chapman Andrews, US biologist/explorer, dies at 76   

1962  On this day in history will Vesper, German author (Tristan und Isolde), dies at 79   

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

1963  On March - 11 mahomed Nissar, cricketer (6 Tests for India 1932-36, 25 wkts), dies   

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

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

1965  James Reeb, US vicar/civil rights activist, murdered on March - 11.   

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

1967  Pink Floyd releases their 1st song (Arnold Layne) on this day in history.   

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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 March - 11.   

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

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  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 March - 11.   

0638  Sophronius of Jerusalem, saint/patriarch of Jerusalem, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1486  On March - 11 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.