Page 7: Historical Events In March - 11

1943  On March - 11 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  1,000 allied bombers harass Essen, 4,662 ton bombs on March - 11.   

1945  Flemish Nazi collaborator Maria Huygens sentenced to death on this day in history.   

1947  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 on March - 11.   

1947  On March - 11 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 this day in history juan Lamonte de Grignon, composer, dies at 76   

1950  Florence Arliss, actress (Disraeli), dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1951  On March - 11 philippe of Isacker, Belgian minister, dies at 66   

1953  On March - 11 an American B-47 accidentally drops a nuclear bomb on South Carolina, the bomb doesn't go off due to 6 safety catches   

1953  On this day in history 1st woman army doctor commissioned (FM Adams)   

1954  US Army charges Senator Joseph McCarthy used undue pressure tactics on this day in history.   

1955  On March - 11 alexander Fleming, English bacteriologist (penicillin), dies at 73   

1956  Louise Suggs wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship on March - 11.   

1956  Sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko, Russian opera composer, dies at 83 on March - 11.   

1957  On this day in history richard E Byrd, US, explorer (Antarctica), dies at 68   

1958  On March - 11 charles Van Doren finally loses on TV game show "21"   

1959  On this day in history the HSS-2 amphibian all-weather anti submarine warfare helicopter made its first flight   

1959  The new home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team was officially named Candlestick Park on this day in history.   

1959  On March - 11 "Raisin in the Sun," 1st Broadway play by a black woman, opens   

1959  Haydn Wood, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1960  On March - 11 pioneer 5 launched into solar orbit between Earth &Venus   

1960  On this day in history roy Chapman Andrews, US biologist/explorer, dies at 76   

1962  Will Vesper, German author (Tristan und Isolde), dies at 79 on March - 11.   

1963  On this day in history somalia drops diplomatic relations with Great Britain   

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  Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer and Eleanor Parker starred in the film adaptation of the popular Broadway hit, "The Sound of Music" on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history james Reeb, US vicar/civil rights activist, murdered   

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

1549  Hendrik L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer was born on this day in history.   

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

1596  On March - 11 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  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 this day in history.   

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

0859  Death of Eulogius of Cordoba, Spanish Bishop and Christian Martyr on March - 11.   

1198  Death of Marie de Champagne, daughter of Louis VII of France (b. 1145) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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