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 this day in history 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  Geraldine Farrar, soprano/actress (Such Sweet Compulsion), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1968  Anti-Zionist Clandestine Radio Voice of El Assifa starts transmitting on March - 11.   

1968  Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 12nd string quartet on this day in history.   

1968  Otis Redding posthumously receives gold record for "(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay" on this day in history.   

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  Iraq Ba'th Party recognizes Kurd nation on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history erle Stanley Gardner, US writer (Perry Mason), dies at 80   

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

1971  On March - 11 philo T. Farnsworth, television pioneer, dies   

1971  On this day in history philo T Farnsworth, US TV pioneer, dies at 64   

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 this day in history 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  On this day in history uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1975  On this day in history philip Bezanson, composer, dies at 59   

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

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

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  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 this day in history.   

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

1982  Harrison Williams (Senator-Democrat-NJ) resigned rather than face expulsion on March - 11.   

1982  On March - 11 menachem Begin &Anwar Sadat sign peace treaty in Washington DC   

1982  On March - 11 edmund Cooper, British sci-fi writer (Tomorrow Came), dies at 55   

1983  On this day in history donald Maclean, spy and associate of Guy Burgess, buried in Moscow   

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

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  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 March - 11 birth of giovanni Veneziano, composer   

1725  On this day in history birth of henry Benedict Stuart, pretender to the throne of Great Britain (d. 1807)   

1731  On March - 11 birth of robert Treat Paine, judge, signer (Declaration of Independence)   

0222  On March - 11 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  Death of Donato Bramante, Italian architect (b. 1444) on this day in history.   

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

1602  Death of Emilio de' Cavalieri, Italian composer on this day in history.