Page 9: Historical Events In March - 11

1983  World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Rosalynn Sumners (USA) on this day in history.   

1983  World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Scott Hamilton (USA) on this day in history.   

1984  On this day in history in the Magdalen Islands seal hunter damage helicopter chartered by International Fund for Animal Welfare protesters.   

1984  On this day in history nakagawa Soen, Zen teacher/poet, dies in Rytutakuji monastery at 76   

1985  On this day in history mikhail S Gorbachev replaces Konstantin Chernenko as Soviet leader   

1986  187.27 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange on this day in history.   

1986  Japanese probe Sakigake flies by Halley's Comet at 6.8 millionkm on March - 11.   

1986  Popsicle announced its plan to end the traditional twin-stick frozen treat for a flatter, one-stick model on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history actor, singer, dancer, comedian, broadcaster and American entertainment icon, Danny Kaye, died in Los Angeles at the age of 74.   

1987  Wayne Gretzky scores 1,500th NHL point on this day in history.   

1987  On this day in history [Wayne] Woody Hayes, football coach (Ohio State), dies at 74   

1988  On this day in history the £1 note ceases to be legal tender, replaced by £1 coin (a big run on belts to kep one's pants up)   

1988  On March - 11 utrecht conservatory destroyed by fire   

1988  Pham Hung, premier of Vietnam, dies at about 74 on March - 11.   

1989  Johan Fleerackers, Flemish linguist, dies at 57 on March - 11.   

1990  On March - 11 16th People's Choice Awards   

1990  On March - 11 lithuania declares it's Independence   

1990  On this day in history lithuania declares its independence from the USSR   

1991  On March - 11 janet Jackson signs $40M three album deal with Virgin records   

1991  On March - 11 john Smith, amateur wrestler, wins James E Sullivan Award   

1991  On this day in history monica Seles ends Steffi Graf's streak of 186 weeks ranked as #1   

1992  On March - 11 environment Canada starts issuing weekly ozone warnings   

1992  David Carroll, actor (Grand Hotel), dies of pulmonary embolism at 41 on March - 11.   

1993  Dino Bravo, wrestler (WWF), shot to death at 44 on this day in history.   

1994  On this day in history eduardo Frei succeeds Patricio Aylwin as President of Chile   

1994  Jacques Doucet, French painter (Mostar Sarajevo), dies at 69 on March - 11.   

1995  President Nazarbajev disbands Kazakhstan parliament on this day in history.   

1995  On March - 11 sinn Fein party leader, Gerry Adams, arrives in US   

1995  On March - 11 carel Birnie, found Utrecht Opera/Dutch Dance Theater, dies at 69   

1996  On March - 11 america Online agreed to use Netscape as the primary Web browser offered to its subscribers in a deal signed this day   

1996  On this day in history chris Harris scores 130 in losing New Zealand side vs Australia, World Cup   

1996  On this day in history mark Waugh scores 110 vs New Zealand for his third century of the World Cup   

1997  Ashes of Star Trek creator, Gene Roddenberry are launched into space on this day in history.   

1997  Beatle Paul McCartney knighted Sir Paul by Queen Elizabeth II on March - 11.   

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1544  On this day in history birth of torquato Tasso, Italy, Renaissance poet (Aminta, Apologia)   

1549  Hendrik L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer was born on March - 11.   

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 this day in history.   

1725  On March - 11 birth of henry Benedict Stuart, pretender to the throne of Great Britain (d. 1807)   

1731  On this day in history birth of robert Treat Paine, judge, signer (Declaration of Independence)   

0222  On this day in history death of varius A Bassianus, Syrian emperor of Rome (218-22), murdered at 18½   

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