Page 7: Historical Events In March - 11
Thursday, 03 July 2025
1943 On this day in history nazi Militia forms in Netherlands
1944 Dutch resistance fighter Joop Westerweel arrested on this day in history.
1944 On March - 11 hendrik W van Loon, Neth/US radio commentator/writer, dies at 62
1945 On March - 11 1,000 allied bombers harass Essen, 4,662 ton bombs
1945 On this day in history flemish Nazi collaborator Maria Huygens sentenced to death
1947 On this day in history ottawa-born Barbara Ann Scott gets a ticker-tape parade down Bay Street after winning the World Figure Skating Championship; a year later she wins Olympic Gold.
1947 On this day in history victor Hely-Hutchinson, composer, dies at 45
1948 Jewish Agency of Jerusalem bombed on March - 11.
1948 On March - 11 1st black in the US Tennis Open (Reginald Weir)
1949 On March - 11 juan Lamonte de Grignon, composer, dies at 76
1950 On this day in history florence Arliss, actress (Disraeli), dies at 78
1951 Philippe of Isacker, Belgian minister, dies at 66 on March - 11.
1953 An American B-47 accidentally drops a nuclear bomb on South Carolina, the bomb doesn't go off due to 6 safety catches on March - 11.
1953 1st woman army doctor commissioned (FM Adams) on March - 11.
1954 US Army charges Senator Joseph McCarthy used undue pressure tactics on March - 11.
1955 Alexander Fleming, English bacteriologist (penicillin), dies at 73 on March - 11.
1956 On March - 11 louise Suggs wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
1956 On March - 11 sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko, Russian opera composer, dies at 83
1957 Richard E Byrd, US, explorer (Antarctica), dies at 68 on this day in history.
1958 Charles Van Doren finally loses on TV game show "21" on March - 11.
1959 The HSS-2 amphibian all-weather anti submarine warfare helicopter made its first flight on March - 11.
1959 On this day in history the new home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team was officially named Candlestick Park.
1959 On March - 11 "Raisin in the Sun," 1st Broadway play by a black woman, opens
1959 On March - 11 haydn Wood, composer, dies at 76
1960 Pioneer 5 launched into solar orbit between Earth &Venus on March - 11.
1960 Roy Chapman Andrews, US biologist/explorer, dies at 76 on this day in history.
1962 On this day in history will Vesper, German author (Tristan und Isolde), dies at 79
1963 Somalia drops diplomatic relations with Great Britain on March - 11.
1963 Mahomed Nissar, cricketer (6 Tests for India 1932-36, 25 wkts), dies on this day in history.
1965 Indonesia President Sukarno accepts qualifications of Suharto on March - 11.
1965 On March - 11 julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer and Eleanor Parker starred in the film adaptation of the popular Broadway hit, "The Sound of Music".
1965 James Reeb, US vicar/civil rights activist, murdered on this day in history.
1966 On this day in history military coup led by Indonesian General Suharto breaks out
1967 On this day in history pink Floyd releases their 1st song (Arnold Layne)
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