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  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 on March - 11.   

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 March - 11.   

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  On this day in history john Wyndham, [Parkes Lucas B Harris], author (Chrysalids), dies at 65   

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

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 March - 11.   

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

1974  On March - 11 mount Etna in Sicily erupts   

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

1975  On this day in history portugal military coup under General Spinola fails   

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

1975  Philip Bezanson, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

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

1977  Moslems hold 130 hostages in Washington DC on this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1979  On March - 11 randy Hold receives 67 minutes in penalties in a 60 minute NHL hockey game   

1979  On March - 11 victor Kilian, actor (Gentleman's Agreement), dies at 88   

1980  On March - 11 rod Marsh bowls 10 overs for 51 runs in dull Australia vs Pakistan cricket draw   

1981  Chile constitution takes effect, Augusto Pinochet 2nd term begins on March - 11.   

1982  Failed military coup under Rambocus/Hawker in Suriname on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history harrison Williams (Senator-Democrat-NJ) resigned rather than face expulsion   

1982  Menachem Begin &Anwar Sadat sign peace treaty in Washington DC on March - 11.   

1982  Edmund Cooper, British sci-fi writer (Tomorrow Came), dies at 55 on March - 11.   

1983  Donald Maclean, spy and associate of Guy Burgess, buried in Moscow on March - 11.   

1983  World Ice Dance Championship in Helsinki Finland won by Jayne Torvill &Christopher Dean (Great Britain) on March - 11.   

1983  World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Elena Valova &Oleg Vasiliev (USSR) on this day in history.   

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1544  Torquato Tasso, Italy, Renaissance poet (Aminta, Apologia) was born on this day in history.   

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  On March - 11 birth of isaac Elsevier, book publisher   

1654  Heinrich Georg Neuss, composer was born on March - 11.   

1683  Giovanni Veneziano, composer was born on March - 11.   

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 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  On March - 11 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 this day in history.   

1575  Death of Matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (b. 1520) on March - 11.   

1602  On March - 11 death of emilio de' Cavalieri, Italian composer