Page 8: Historical Events In March - 11

1967  On this day in history the World Cup skiing title was earned by Jean-Claude Killy of France.   

1967  On March - 11 u.S. 1st Infantry Division troops engage in one of the heaviest battles of Operation Junction City. The fierce fighting resulted in 210 reported North Vietnamese casualties.   

1967  On March - 11 geraldine Farrar, soprano/actress (Such Sweet Compulsion), dies at 85   

1968  Anti-Zionist Clandestine Radio Voice of El Assifa starts transmitting on this day in history.   

1968  On March - 11 dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 12nd string quartet   

1968  Otis Redding posthumously receives gold record for "(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay" on March - 11.   

1969  John Wyndham, [Parkes Lucas B Harris], author (Chrysalids), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

1970  12th Grammy Awards Aquarius, Crosby Stills &Nash, Peggy Lee win on March - 11.   

1970  On March - 11 iraq Ba'th Party recognizes Kurd nation   

1970  Erle Stanley Gardner, US writer (Perry Mason), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history 12th Grammy Awards: Aquarius, Crosby Stills &Nash, Peggy Lee win   

1971  Philo T. Farnsworth, television pioneer, dies on March - 11.   

1971  Philo T Farnsworth, US TV pioneer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1972  On March - 11 fredric [William] Brown, sci-fi author (Martians Go Home), dies at 65   

1974  Mount Etna in Sicily erupts on this day in history.   

1974  On March - 11 rhino Store gives people 5¢ to take home Danny Bonaduce's Album   

1975  On March - 11 portugal military coup under General Spinola fails   

1975  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on this day in history.   

1975  On March - 11 philip Bezanson, composer, dies at 59   

1977  On March - 11 34 Israelis killed by Palestinians on the Tel Aviv-Haifa highway   

1977  Moslems hold 130 hostages in Washington DC on March - 11.   

1978  On March - 11 bobby Hull of the Winnipeg Jets joined Gordie Howe by getting career goal number 1,000 in a game against the Quebec Nordiques.   

1978  Terrorists attack mail truck at Tel Aviv, 45 killed on March - 11.   

1979  Randy Hold receives 67 minutes in penalties in a 60 minute NHL hockey game on March - 11.   

1979  Victor Kilian, actor (Gentleman's Agreement), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1980  Rod Marsh bowls 10 overs for 51 runs in dull Australia vs Pakistan cricket draw on this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history chile constitution takes effect, Augusto Pinochet 2nd term begins   

1982  On this day in history failed military coup under Rambocus/Hawker in Suriname   

1982  On March - 11 harrison Williams (Senator-Democrat-NJ) resigned rather than face expulsion   

1982  Menachem Begin &Anwar Sadat sign peace treaty in Washington DC on this day in history.   

1982  Edmund Cooper, British sci-fi writer (Tomorrow Came), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1983  On March - 11 donald Maclean, spy and associate of Guy Burgess, buried in Moscow   

1983  On this day in history world Ice Dance Championship in Helsinki Finland won by Jayne Torvill &Christopher Dean (Great Britain)   

1983  World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Elena Valova &Oleg Vasiliev (USSR) 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 March - 11.   

1549  Henric Spieghel, Dutch Renaissance poet (Hertspiegel) was born on this day in history.   

1596  Isaac Elsevier, book publisher was born on March - 11.   

1654  On March - 11 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 this day in history.   

1731  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

0638  On this day in history 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  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  On March - 11 death of donato Bramante, Italian architect (b. 1444)   

1575  Death of Matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (b. 1520) on this day in history.   

1602  On this day in history death of emilio de' Cavalieri, Italian composer