Historical Events In March - 11

1943  Nazi Militia forms in Netherlands on March - 11.   

1944  Dutch resistance fighter Joop Westerweel arrested on this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history hendrik W van Loon, Neth/US radio commentator/writer, dies at 62   

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

1945  On March - 11 flemish Nazi collaborator Maria Huygens sentenced to death   

1947  On this day in history 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  Victor Hely-Hutchinson, composer, dies at 45 on March - 11.   

1948  On March - 11 jewish Agency of Jerusalem bombed   

1948  On March - 11 1st black in the US Tennis Open (Reginald Weir)   

1949  Juan Lamonte de Grignon, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1950  Florence Arliss, actress (Disraeli), dies at 78 on March - 11.   

1951  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1954  US Army charges Senator Joseph McCarthy used undue pressure tactics on this day in history.   

1955  Alexander Fleming, English bacteriologist (penicillin), dies at 73 on this day in history.   

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

1956  Sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko, Russian opera composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1957  On March - 11 richard E Byrd, US, explorer (Antarctica), dies at 68   

1958  On this day in history 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 March - 11.   

1959  The new home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team was officially named Candlestick Park on this day in history.   

1959  On March - 11 "Raisin in the Sun," 1st Broadway play by a black woman, opens   

1959  Haydn Wood, composer, dies at 76 on March - 11.   

1960  On this day in history pioneer 5 launched into solar orbit between Earth &Venus   

1960  On this day in history roy Chapman Andrews, US biologist/explorer, dies at 76   

1962  On March - 11 will Vesper, German author (Tristan und Isolde), dies at 79   

1963  Somalia drops diplomatic relations with Great Britain on this day in history.   

1963  Mahomed Nissar, cricketer (6 Tests for India 1932-36, 25 wkts), dies on March - 11.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1549  On March - 11 birth of hendrik L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer   

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

1596  On this day in history birth of isaac Elsevier, book publisher   

1654  On March - 11 birth of heinrich Georg Neuss, composer   

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  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  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  Albrecht III Achilles, elector of Brandenburg, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1514  On this day in history 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 March - 11 death of emilio de' Cavalieri, Italian composer