What happened on March 11? There are more than 273 events that were made this day in history. Here are the important historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
Interesting Facts & Myths About March 11
March 11 is the 71st day of the year 2024. There are 295 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday. This day falls under the 11th week of the year 2024.
On this day in Archibald, Louisiana 71218 sunrise occured at 07:20 AM and sunset occured at 07:13 PM (local time).
The zodiac sign of a person born on this day is Pisces. The modern birthstone for this month is Aquamarine while the mystical birthstone is Jade.
According to the Chinese calendar, there are 324 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year (January 29, 2025).
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Historical Events For March 11
- 222Emperor Elagabalus is assassinated, along with his mother, Julia Soaemias, by the Praetorian Guard during a revolt. Their mutilated bodies are dragged through the streets of Rome before being thrown into the Tiber.
- 1387Battle of Castagnaro: English condottiero Sir John Hawkwood leads Padova to victory in a factional clash with Verona.
- 1649The Frondeurs and the French sign the Peace of Rueil.
- 1702The Daily Courant, England’s first national daily newspaper is published for the first time.
- 1708Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation.
- 1784The signing of the Treaty of Mangalore brings the Second Anglo-Mysore War to an end.
- 1811During André Masséna’s retreat from the Lines of Torres Vedras, a division led by French Marshal Michel Ney fights off a combined Anglo-Portuguese force to give Masséna time to escape.
- 1824The United States Department of War creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
- 1845The Flagstaff War: Unhappy with translational differences regarding the Treaty of Waitangi, chiefs Hone Heke, Kawiti and Māori tribe members chop down the British flagpole for a fourth time and drive settlers out of Kororareka, New Zealand.
- 1848Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine and Robert Baldwin become the first Prime Ministers of the Province of Canada to be democratically elected under a system of responsible government.
- 1851The first performance of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Venice.
- 1861American Civil War: The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is adopted.
- 1864The Great Sheffield Flood: The largest man-made disaster ever to befall England kills over 250 people in Sheffield.
- 1867The first performance of Don Carlos by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Paris.
- 1872Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
- 1872The Meiji Japanese government officially annexes the Ryukyu Kingdom into what would become the Okinawa prefecture.
- 1888The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
- 1917World War I: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
- 1927In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre.
- 1931Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR, abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the Soviet Union.
- 1941World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan.
- 1942World War II: General Douglas MacArthur leaves Corregidor.
- 1945World War II: The Empire of Vietnam, a short-lived puppet state, is established with Bảo Đại as its ruler.
- 1945World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy attempts a large-scale kamikaze attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet anchored at Ulithi atoll in Operation Tan No. 2.
- 1977The 1977 Hanafi Muslim Siege: more than 130 hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims are set free after ambassadors from three Islamic nations join negotiations.
- 1978Coastal Road massacre: At least 37 are killed and more than 70 are wounded when Al Fatah hijack an Israeli bus, prompting Israel’s Operation Litani.
- 1983Pakistan successfully conducts a cold test of a nuclear weapon.
- 1985Mikhail Gorbachev becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- 1990Lithuania declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.
- 1990Patricio Aylwin is sworn in as the first democratically elected President of Chile since 1970.
- 1993Janet Reno is confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn in the next day, becoming the first female Attorney General of the United States.
- 1999Infosys becomes the first Indian company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
- 2004Madrid train bombings: Simultaneous explosions on rush hour trains in Madrid, Spain, kill 191 people.
- 2006Michelle Bachelet is inaugurated as first female president of Chile.
- 2007Russian helicopters reportedly attack the Kodori Valley in Abkhazia, an accusation that Russia categorically denies later.
- 2009Seventeen are killed in a shooting at a school in Germany.
- 2010Economist and businessman Sebastián Piñera is sworn in as President of Chile, while three earthquakes, the strongest measuring magnitude 6.9 and all centered next to Pichilemu, capital of Cardenal Caro Province, hit central Chile during the ceremony.
- 2011An earthquake measuring 9.0 in magnitude strikes 130 km east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami killing thousands of people. This event also triggered the second largest nuclear accident in history, and one of only two events to be classified as a Level 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale.
Who Were Born On March 11?
- 1544Torquato Tasso, Italian poet (d. 1595)
- 1725Henry Benedict Stuart, pretender to the throne of Great Britain (d. 1807)
- 1738Benjamin Tupper, Continental Army officer, and pioneer to the Ohio Country (d. 1792)
- 1745Bodawpaya, King of Burma (d. 1819)
- 1785John McLean, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1861)
- 1787Ivan Nabokov, Russian general (d. 1852)
- 1811Urbain Le Verrier, French mathematician (d. 1877)
- 1818Marius Petipa, French ballet dancer and choreographer (d. 1910)
- 1822Joseph Louis François Bertrand, French mathematician (d. 1900)
- 1863Andrew Stoddart, English cricketer (d. 1915)
- 1870Louis Bachelier, French mathematician (d. 1946)
- 1872Kathleen Clarice Groom, British writer (d. 1954)
- 1873David Horsley, English-born film executive (d. 1933)
- 1876Carl Ruggles, American composer (d. 1971)
- 1878Umegatani Tōtarō II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 20th Yokozuna (d. 1927)
- 1880Harry H. Laughlin, American eugenecist (d. 1943)
- 1884Lewi Pethrus, Swedish politician (d. 1974)
- 1885Malcolm Campbell, English race car driver (d. 1948)
- 1887Raoul Walsh, American film director (d. 1980)
- 1890Vannevar Bush, American engineer and politician (d. 1974)
- 1891Gertrud Wolle, German actress (d. 1952)
- 1897Henry Cowell, American composer and impresario (d. 1965)
- 1898Dorothy Gish, American actress (d. 1968)
- 1899James H. Douglas, Jr. American Secretary of the Air Force (d. 1988)
- 1899King Frederick IX of Denmark (d. 1972)
- 1903Lawrence Welk, American musician (d. 1992)
- 1903Ronald Syme, New Zealand classicist and historian (d. 1989)
- 1907Jessie Matthews, English actress (d. 1981)
- 1910Robert Havemann, German chemist (d. 1982)
- 1915Hans Peter Keller, German writer (d. 1988)
- 1915J. C. R. Licklider, American computer scientist and Internet pioneer (d. 1990)
- 1915Vijay Hazare, Indian cricketer (d. 2004)
- 1916Ezra Jack Keats, children’s literature author (d. 1983)
- 1916Harold Wilson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1995)
- 1920Nicolaas Bloembergen, Dutch physicist, Nobel laureate
- 1921Ástor Piazzolla, Argentine composer (d. 1992)
- 1921Frank Harary, American mathematician (d. 2005)
- 1922Cornelius Castoriadis, Greek philosopher and economist (d. 1997)
- 1922José Luis López Vázquez, Spanish actor (d. 2009)
- 1922Tun Abdul Razak Hussein, Prime Minister of Malaysia (d. 1976)
- 1926İlhan Mimaroğlu, Turkish musician and composer
- 1926Reverend Ralph Abernathy, American civil rights leader (d. 1990)
- 1927Robert Mosbacher, 28th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 2010)
- 1928Albert Salmi, American actor (d. 1990)
- 1929Timothy Carey, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1930Claude Jutra, Quebec film actor and director (d. 1986)
- 1931Rupert Murdoch, Australian-born entrepreneur
- 1932Leroy Jenkins, American composer and violinist (d. 2007)
- 1934Sam Donaldson, American reporter
- 1935Sandra Milo, Italian actress
- 1936Antonin Scalia, American Supreme Court Justice
- 1936Hollis Frampton, American filmmaker and theorist.
- 1937Carlos Larrañaga, Spanish actor
- 1939Flaco Jiménez, American musician
- 1939Lorraine Hunt, former Lieutenant Governor of Nevada
- 1940Alberto Cortez, Argentinian singer
- 1942Joel Steiger, American Producer / Writer
- 1945Dock Ellis, American baseball player (d. 2008)
- 1945Harvey Mandel, American musician
- 1945Jose Mari Chan, Chinese-Filipino singer and songwriter
- 1946Patty Waters, American jazz singer
- 1947Tristan Murail, French composer
- 1948César Gerónimo, Dominican baseball player
- 1948Dominique Sanda, French actress
- 1948Roy Barnes, 80th Governor of Georgia
- 1950Bobby McFerrin, American singer
- 1950Jerry Zucker, American director
- 1952Douglas Adams, English writer (d. 2001)
- 1953Bernie LaBarge, Canadian musician
- 1953Derek Daly, Irish-born American race car driver
- 1953László Bölöni, Romanian football player and manager
- 1954Gale Norton, 48th United States Secretary of the Interior
- 1955Nina Hagen, German singer
- 1956Curtis Brown, NASA astronaut
- 1956D. J. MacHale, American author and television writer
- 1956Helen Rollason, British sports journalist and television presenter (d. 1999)
- 1956Joey Buttafuoco, American statutory rapist
- 1956Rob Paulsen, American voice actor
- 1957Cheryl Lynn, American singer
- 1957Lady Chablis, American entertainer
- 1958Anissa Jones, American actress (d. 1976)
- 1958Flemming Rose, Danish journalist
- 1958Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer, interim President of Iraq
- 1958Jim Pinkerton, American pundit
- 1959Dejan Stojanović, Serbian-American poet
- 1959Nina Hartley, American porn star, author and feminist
- 1960Christophe Gans, French film director
- 1961Elias Koteas, Canadian actor
- 1962Jeffrey Nordling, American actor
- 1962Matt Mead, American politician
- 1963Alex Kingston, English actress
- 1963Davis Guggenheim, American director and producer
- 1964Emma Chambers, British actress
- 1964Libba Bray, American author
- 1964Peter Berg, American film actor, director and producer
- 1964Shane Richie, British actor
- 1964Vinnie Paul, American drummer (Pantera)
- 1965Jesse Jackson, Jr., American politician
- 1965Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, British television presenter
- 1965Nigel Adkins, English football manager
- 1965Wallace Langham, American actor
- 1966Ilias Zouros, Greek basketball coach
- 1966Joe Hachem, Lebanese-born Australian poker player
- 1967Brad Carson, American politician
- 1967John Barrowman, Scottish-American actor
- 1968Lisa Loeb, American singer-songwriter
- 1969Soraya, Colombian-American singer (d. 2006)
- 1969Terrence Howard, American actor
- 1970Delia Gallagher, American journalist
- 1971Johnny Knoxville, American television personality
- 1971Martin Ručinský, Czech ice hockey player
- 1972Paolo Ponzo, Italian footballer
- 1973Martin Hiden, Austrian footballer
- 1974Bobby Abreu, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1974Jon Dalton, American reality show personality
- 1974Kate Brian, American author
- 1975Eric the Midget, American radio personality
- 1975Shawn Springs, American football player
- 1976Thomas Gravesen, Danish footballer
- 1977Andre Nickatina, American rapper
- 1977Becky Hammon, American basketball player
- 1978Albert Luque, Spanish footballer
- 1978Christopher Rice, American author
- 1978Didier Drogba, Ivorian footballer
- 1978Paulo Musse, Brazilian footballer
- 1979Benji Madden, American guitarist (Good Charlotte)
- 1979Elton Brand, American basketball player
- 1979Fred Jones, American basketball player
- 1979Joel Madden, American singer (Good Charlotte)
- 1980Dan Uggla, American baseball player
- 1980Paul Scharner, Austrian footballer
- 1981David Anders, American actor
- 1981Heidi Cortez, American entrepreneur
- 1981LeToya Luckett, American singer (ex-Destiny’s Child)
- 1981Lee Evans, American football player
- 1981Paul Wall, American rapper
- 1981Russell Lissack, English musician (Bloc Party)
- 1982Benjamin Krause, German rugby player
- 1982Brian Anderson, Major League Baseball player
- 1982Lindsey McKeon, American actress
- 1982Thora Birch, American actress
- 1983Adil Mezgour, Moroccan footballer
- 1983Bianca Gonzalez, Filipina TV host and model
- 1983Marietta Chrousala, Greek fashion model
- 1983Melissa Rycroft, American reality show personality
- 1984Anna Tsuchiya, Japanese model, actress and singer
- 1984Marc-André Grondin, Canadian actor
- 1984Tom James, British rower
- 1985Ajantha Mendis, Sri Lankan Cricketer
- 1985Derek Schouman, American football player
- 1985Hakuhō Shō, Mongolian sumo wrestler, the 69th Yokozuna
- 1985Nikolai Topor-Stanley, Australian footballer
- 1985Paul Bissonnette, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1985Stelios Malezas, Greek footballer
- 1986Mariko Shinoda, Japanese actress (AKB48)
- 1987Marc-André Gragnani, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1988Fábio Coentrão, Portuguese football player
- 1989Anton Yelchin, Russian/American actor
- 1990Janna Dominguez, Filipina actress
- 1990Reiley McClendon, American actor
- 1991Jack Rodwell, English footballer
- 1992Sacha Parkinson, British actress
Who Died On March 11?
- 1425 BCPharaoh Thutmose III of Egypt
- 222Elagabalus, Roman Emperor
- 222Julia Soaemias, mother of Elagabalus (b. 180)
- 859Eulogius of Cordoba, Spanish Bishop and Christian Martyr
- 1198Marie de Champagne, daughter of Louis VII of France (b. 1145)
- 1486Albert III, Margrave of Brandenburg (b. 1414)
- 1514Donato Bramante, Italian architect (b. 1444)
- 1575Matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (b. 1520)
- 1602Emilio de' Cavalieri, Italian composer
- 1607Giovanni Maria Nanino, Italian composer
- 1722John Toland, Irish philosopher (b. 1670)
- 1759John Forbes, British general (b. 1710)
- 1786Charles Humphreys, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1714)
- 1801Paul I of Russia (b. 1754)
- 1820Benjamin West, English-American painter (b. 1738)
- 1851George McDuffie, Governor of South Carolina (b. 1790)
- 1854Willard Richards, American religious figure (b. 1804)
- 1856James Beatty, Irish railway engineer (b. 1820)
- 1863Sir James Outram, 1st Baronet, English general (b. 1803)
- 1866Ulysses F. Doubleday, American congressman (b. 1792)
- 1869Vladimir Odoevsky, Russian philosopher (b. 1803)
- 1870King Moshoeshoe I of Lesotho
- 1874Charles Sumner, American politician (b. 1811)
- 1898Dikran Tchouhadjian, Armenian composer and public activist (b. 1837)
- 1898William Rosecrans, American Civil War Union general (b. 1819)
- 1907Jean Casimir-Perier, French politician (b. 1847)
- 1908Benjamin Waugh, American activist (b. 1839)
- 1915Thomas Alexander Browne, Australian writer (b. 1826)
- 1920Julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer (b. 1865)
- 1931Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, German film director (b. 1888)
- 1937Joseph S. Cullinan, American oil industrialist (b. 1860)
- 1944Hendrik Willem van Loon, Dutch-born American historian (b. 1882)
- 1949Anastasios Charalambis, Greek general and interim Prime Minister (b. 1862)
- 1951János Zsupánek, Slovene (Prekmurian) poet and writer (b. 1861)
- 1952Pierre Renoir, French stage and film actor and director (b. 1885)
- 1955Oscar Mayer, Bavarian-born American meat packer (b. 1859)
- 1955Sir Alexander Fleming, Scottish scientist, Nobel laureate (b. 1881)
- 1957Admiral Richard E. Byrd, American explorer (b. 1888)
- 1958Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish inventor of Legos (b. 1891)
- 1960Roy Chapman Andrews, American explorer and adventurer (b. 1884)
- 1967Geraldine Farrar, American soprano (b. 1882)
- 1969John Wyndham, English author (b. 1903)
- 1970Erle Stanley Gardner, American novelist (b. 1889)
- 1971Philo T. Farnsworth, American inventor (b. 1906)
- 1971Whitney Young, American civil rights figure (b. 1921)
- 1977Alberto Rodriguez Larreta, Argentine racing driver (b. 1934)
- 1977Ulysses S. Grant IV, American geologist (b. 1893)
- 1978Claude François, French singer (b. 1939)
- 1978Sofia Vembo, Greek singer (b. 1910)
- 1982Edmund Cooper, English author (b. 1926)
- 1982Horace Gregory, American poet (b. 1898)
- 1984Kostas Roukounas, Greek rembetiko singer and song writer (b. 1903)
- 1986Sonny Terry, American blues musician (b. 1911)
- 1987Joe Gladwin, English actor (b. 1906)
- 1989James Kee, American politician (b. 1917)
- 1989John J. McCloy, United States Secretary of War (b. 1895)
- 1990Dean Horrix, English footballer (b. 1961)
- 1992Richard Brooks, American film director (b. 1912)
- 1993Dino Bravo, Italian-born professional wrestler (b. 1949),
- 1995Myfanwy Talog, Welsh actress (b. 1945)
- 1996Vince Edwards, American film actor and director (b. 1928)
- 1999Camille Laurin, Quebec psychiatrist and politician (b. 1922)
- 2002James Tobin, American economist, Nobel laureate (b. 1918)
- 2003Brian Cleeve, Irish author (b. 1921)
- 2003Ivar Hansen, Danish politician (b. 1938)
- 2006Bernie “Boom Boom” Geoffrion, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1931)
- 2006Slobodan Milošević, President of Serbia and Yugoslavia (b. 1941)
- 2007Betty Hutton, American actress and singer (b. 1921)
- 2008Nils Taube, Estonian-born British fund manager (b. 1928)
- 2009Charles Lewis, Jr., American businessman, promoter and entertainer (b. 1963)
- 2010Hans van Mierlo, Dutch politician (b. 1931)
- 2010Leena Peltonen-Palotie, Finnish human geneticist (b. 1952)
- 2010Merlin Olsen, American football player and actor (b. 1940)
- 2011Gary Wichard, American professional sports agent (b. 1950)
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