Page 4: Historical Events In March - 11

1884  Jan Lemaire, Dutch writer/actor (Beautiful Juliet) on March - 11.   

1885  On March - 11 fort Carlton Saskatchewan Leif Newry Fitzroy Crozier 1847-1901 warns Ottawa of danger of rebellion in Saskatchewan; NWMP Superintendent at Fort Carlton   

1885  On this day in history malcolm Campbell, 1st auto racer to travel 5 miles/min (8 km/min)   

1888  On this day in history great blizzard of '88 strikes northeast US   

1888  The "Great Blizzard of 88" started to roar along the Atlantic Seaboard of the U.S., shutting down communication and transportation lines on this day in history.   

1888  Great blizzard of '88 strikes NE US on this day in history.   

1890  Vannevar Bush, developed 1st electronic analogue computer on this day in history.   

1892  On March - 11 the first public basketball game (Springfield MA)   

1892  1st public basketball game (Springfield, Mass) on March - 11.   

1892  On this day in history wladyslaw Anders, Polish general (WW I, WW II)   

1894  On this day in history the first Greek newspaper in America was published. It was known as the"Atlantis".   

1894  On March - 11 john Selby, cricketer (6 Tests for England 1877-82), dies   

1895  On March - 11 spanish cruiser Reina Regenta sinks at Gibraltar, 400 killed   

1897  On March - 11 a meteorite enters the earth's atmosphere and explodes over New Martinsville, West Virginia. The debris causes damage but no human injuries are reported.   

1897  Henry Dixon Cowell, Menlo Park Calif, composer (New Musical Resources) on this day in history.   

1897  On March - 11 berthold Tours, composer, dies at 58   

1898  On March - 11 the birth of Dorothy Gish, Silent screen star   

1898  Dorothy Gish, Massillon OH, film actress (Orphans of the Storm) on this day in history.   

1899  Frederick IX, [Christian FFMKWG], King of Denmark (1947-72) on this day in history.   

1900  On March - 11 edmund Peate, cricketer (9 Tests for England 1881-86), dies   

1901  On this day in history cincinnati Enquirer reports Balt mgr John McGraw signed Cherokee Indian Tokohoma, who is really black 2nd baseman Charlie Grant   

1902  Josef Martin Bauer, writer on this day in history.   

1903  Dorothy Schiff, publisher (NY Post) on March - 11.   

1904  Stanley Cup Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Brandon Wheat Kings in 2 games on March - 11.   

1904  On March - 11 stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Brandon Wheat Kings in 2 games   

1904  On this day in history cornelis Jan Bakker, Dutch/US nuclear physicist   

1905  Stanley Cup Ottawa Silver 7 beat Rat Portage Thisles, 2 games to 1 on this day in history.   

1905  On March - 11 stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 beat Rat Portage Thisles, 2 games to 1   

1906  Aasan Ferit Alnar, composer on this day in history.   

1907  On this day in history eleni Gatzoyiannis, heroine (saved her kids)   

1907  Nikola Petkow, premier (Bulgaria), murdered on March - 11.   

1908  Laurier government creates National Battlefields Commission; partly to save Quebec's Plains of Abraham from property development on March - 11.   

1908  Lawrence Welk, Strasburg ND, orch leader (Lawrence Welk Show) on March - 11.   

1908  Peter Milne, composer, dies at 83 on March - 11.   

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1544  On March - 11 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 March - 11.   

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

1654  Heinrich Georg Neuss, composer was born on March - 11.   

1683  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of varius A Bassianus, Syrian emperor of Rome (218-22), murdered at 18½   

0638  On this day in history 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  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.