Page 4: Historical Events In March - 11

1884  Jan Lemaire, Dutch writer/actor (Beautiful Juliet) on this day in history.   

1885  Fort Carlton Saskatchewan Leif Newry Fitzroy Crozier 1847-1901 warns Ottawa of danger of rebellion in Saskatchewan; NWMP Superintendent at Fort Carlton on this day in history.   

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 March - 11.   

1890  On March - 11 vannevar Bush, developed 1st electronic analogue computer   

1892  On this day in history the first public basketball game (Springfield MA)   

1892  1st public basketball game (Springfield, Mass) on this day in history.   

1892  Wladyslaw Anders, Polish general (WW I, WW II) on March - 11.   

1894  The first Greek newspaper in America was published. It was known as the"Atlantis" on March - 11.   

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 this day in history 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  On March - 11 frederick IX, [Christian FFMKWG], King of Denmark (1947-72)   

1900  Edmund Peate, cricketer (9 Tests for England 1881-86), dies on March - 11.   

1901  Cincinnati Enquirer reports Balt mgr John McGraw signed Cherokee Indian Tokohoma, who is really black 2nd baseman Charlie Grant on March - 11.   

1902  On this day in history josef Martin Bauer, writer   

1903  Dorothy Schiff, publisher (NY Post) on this day in history.   

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

1904  On this day in history stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Brandon Wheat Kings in 2 games   

1904  Cornelis Jan Bakker, Dutch/US nuclear physicist on March - 11.   

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

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

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

1907  Eleni Gatzoyiannis, heroine (saved her kids) on this day in history.   

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

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

1908  On March - 11 lawrence Welk, Strasburg ND, orch leader (Lawrence Welk Show)   

1908  Peter Milne, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

« Previous Page | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Next Page »

1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31

1544  Torquato Tasso, Italy, Renaissance poet (Aminta, Apologia) was born on this day in history.   

1549  On this day in history 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  On March - 11 birth of heinrich Georg Neuss, composer   

1683  Giovanni Veneziano, composer was born on this day in history.   

1725  Henry Benedict Stuart, pretender to the throne of Great Britain (d. 1807) was born on March - 11.   

1731  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

0638  Sophronius of Jerusalem, saint/patriarch of Jerusalem, dies on March - 11.   

0859  On this day in history 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  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 March - 11.   

1602  On this day in history death of emilio de' Cavalieri, Italian composer