Historical Events In March - 11

1997  On March - 11 san Francisco Giant J T Snow suffers a fractured eye socket when hit by a pitch   

2005  On March - 11 in the UK, the controversial Prevention of Terrorism Act 205 was finally given Royal Assent after one of the longest ever sittings by the House of Lords.   

2005  Three people, including a judge, are murdered in the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta, Georgia; the main suspect, Brian Nichols, surrenders to police the next day.2006 Michelle Bachelet is sworn in as the first female President of Chile on this day in history.   

2006  Slobodan Miloševic is found dead in his cell in the UN war crimes tribunal's detention centre, located in the Scheveningen section of The Hague on this day in history.   

2006  On March - 11 michelle Bachelet is sworn in as the first female President of Chile.   

2009  Winnenden school shooting - 17 people are killed at a school in Germany on March - 11.   

2011  A 9.1-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami hit the east of Japan, killing 15,840 and leaving another 3,926 missing. Tsunami warnings are issued in 50 countries and territories. Emergencies are declared at four nuclear power plants affected by the quake on March - 11.   

2011  On this day in history an earthquake measuring 9.0 in magnitude strikes 130 km (80 miles) 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.   

2011  Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan killing 15,897 people on this day in history.   

2012  On March - 11 uS soldier kills 16 civilians in Afghanistan   

2013  European Union bans the sale of cosmetics that have been tested on animals on this day in history.   

2014  Refugees from Syria pour into the Kingdom of Jordan on March - 11.   

2017  On this day in history at least 65 killed in landslide at rubbish dump near Addis Ababa, Ethopia   

2018  China's National People's Congress approves removal of term limits for a leader, will allow Xi Jinping presidency for life on March - 11.   

2018  On this day in history superhero movie "The Black Panther" becomes the fifth Marvel movie to earn $1 billion worldwide   

2018  On March - 11 greek football Super League suspended after PAOK Salonika's president Ivan Savvidis invades pitch with a gun after goal disallowed   

2018  China's government approves a constitutional change that removes term limits for its leaders, granting Xi Jinping the status of "President for Life". Xi is also the General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (paramount leader) on March - 11.   

2019  Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, refutes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 's statement “Israel is the nation state of the Jewish people – and only it.” on this day in history.   

2020  On this day in history coronavirus COVID-19 declared a pandemic by the head of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus , with 121,564 cases worldwide and 4,373 deaths   

2020  Harvey Weinstein is sentenced to 23 years in prison for a criminal sex act and rape in New York on this day in history.   

2020  On March - 11 [COVID-19 pandemic] The World Health Organization declares the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic.   

2021  On this day in history british Prince William says the royal family is “very much not a racist family” in first public comments since interview by brother Harry and wife Meghan   

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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  Henric Spieghel, Dutch Renaissance poet (Hertspiegel) was born on March - 11.   

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

1654  On this day in history birth of heinrich Georg Neuss, composer   

1683  On March - 11 birth of giovanni Veneziano, composer   

1725  Henry Benedict Stuart, pretender to the throne of Great Britain (d. 1807) was born on this day in history.   

1731  Robert Treat Paine, judge, signer (Declaration of Independence) was born on this day in history.   

0222  Death of Varius A Bassianus, Syrian emperor of Rome (218-22), murdered at 18½ on this day in history.   

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

0859  Death of Eulogius of Cordoba, Spanish Bishop and Christian Martyr on this day in history.   

1198  Death of Marie de Champagne, daughter of Louis VII of France (b. 1145) on March - 11.   

1486  On this day in history albrecht III Achilles, elector of Brandenburg, dies at 71   

1514  On March - 11 death of donato Bramante, Italian architect (b. 1444)   

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

1602  Death of Emilio de' Cavalieri, Italian composer on March - 11.