Page 9: Historical Events In March - 11

1983  On March - 11 world Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Rosalynn Sumners (USA)   

1983  On March - 11 world Men's Figure Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Scott Hamilton (USA)   

1984  On March - 11 in the Magdalen Islands seal hunter damage helicopter chartered by International Fund for Animal Welfare protesters.   

1984  Nakagawa Soen, Zen teacher/poet, dies in Rytutakuji monastery at 76 on this day in history.   

1985  On March - 11 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 this day in history.   

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

1987  On this day in history wayne Gretzky scores 1,500th NHL point   

1987  On March - 11 [Wayne] Woody Hayes, football coach (Ohio State), dies at 74   

1988  The £1 note ceases to be legal tender, replaced by £1 coin (a big run on belts to kep one's pants up) on March - 11.   

1988  Utrecht conservatory destroyed by fire on this day in history.   

1988  On March - 11 pham Hung, premier of Vietnam, dies at about 74   

1989  On March - 11 johan Fleerackers, Flemish linguist, dies at 57   

1990  On this day in history 16th People's Choice Awards   

1990  Lithuania declares it's Independence on March - 11.   

1990  Lithuania declares its independence from the USSR on this day in history.   

1991  Janet Jackson signs $40M three album deal with Virgin records on March - 11.   

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

1991  On March - 11 monica Seles ends Steffi Graf's streak of 186 weeks ranked as #1   

1992  Environment Canada starts issuing weekly ozone warnings on this day in history.   

1992  On this day in history david Carroll, actor (Grand Hotel), dies of pulmonary embolism at 41   

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

1994  Eduardo Frei succeeds Patricio Aylwin as President of Chile on this day in history.   

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

1995  President Nazarbajev disbands Kazakhstan parliament on March - 11.   

1995  Sinn Fein party leader, Gerry Adams, arrives in US on this day in history.   

1995  Carel Birnie, found Utrecht Opera/Dutch Dance Theater, dies at 69 on March - 11.   

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

1996  Chris Harris scores 130 in losing New Zealand side vs Australia, World Cup on March - 11.   

1996  On March - 11 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  On March - 11 beatle Paul McCartney knighted Sir Paul by Queen Elizabeth II   

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1544  Torquato Tasso, Italy, Renaissance poet (Aminta, Apologia) was born on March - 11.   

1549  On this day in history birth of hendrik L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer   

1549  On March - 11 birth of henric Spieghel, Dutch Renaissance poet (Hertspiegel)   

1596  Isaac Elsevier, book publisher was born on this day in history.   

1654  Heinrich Georg Neuss, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

0222  Death of Varius A Bassianus, Syrian emperor of Rome (218-22), murdered at 18½ on March - 11.   

0638  Sophronius of Jerusalem, saint/patriarch of Jerusalem, dies on this day in history.   

0859  On March - 11 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 this day in history albrecht III Achilles, elector of Brandenburg, dies at 71   

1514  On this day in history death of donato Bramante, Italian architect (b. 1444)   

1575  On March - 11 death of matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (b. 1520)   

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