Page 7: Historical Events In March - 11

1943  Nazi Militia forms in Netherlands on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history flemish Nazi collaborator Maria Huygens sentenced to death   

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  Victor Hely-Hutchinson, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1948  On this day in history jewish Agency of Jerusalem bombed   

1948  1st black in the US Tennis Open (Reginald Weir) on this day in history.   

1949  On this day in history juan Lamonte de Grignon, composer, dies at 76   

1950  On March - 11 florence Arliss, actress (Disraeli), dies at 78   

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

1953  On this day in history 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 March - 11 1st woman army doctor commissioned (FM Adams)   

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

1955  Alexander Fleming, English bacteriologist (penicillin), dies at 73 on March - 11.   

1956  Louise Suggs wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship on this day in history.   

1956  On this day in history sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko, Russian opera composer, dies at 83   

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

1958  Charles Van Doren finally loses on TV game show "21" on March - 11.   

1959  On March - 11 the HSS-2 amphibian all-weather anti submarine warfare helicopter made its first flight   

1959  On March - 11 the new home of the San Francisco Giants baseball team was officially named Candlestick Park.   

1959  "Raisin in the Sun," 1st Broadway play by a black woman, opens on this day in history.   

1959  Haydn Wood, composer, dies at 76 on March - 11.   

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

1960  Roy Chapman Andrews, US biologist/explorer, dies at 76 on March - 11.   

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

1963  Somalia drops diplomatic relations with Great Britain on this day in history.   

1963  On this day in history mahomed Nissar, cricketer (6 Tests for India 1932-36, 25 wkts), dies   

1965  On this day in history indonesia President Sukarno accepts qualifications of Suharto   

1965  On this day in history julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer and Eleanor Parker starred in the film adaptation of the popular Broadway hit, "The Sound of Music".   

1965  On March - 11 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 this day in history.   

1549  On March - 11 birth of hendrik L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer   

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  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  On this day in history birth of robert Treat Paine, judge, signer (Declaration of Independence)   

0222  On March - 11 death of varius A Bassianus, Syrian emperor of Rome (218-22), murdered at 18½   

0638  On March - 11 sophronius of Jerusalem, saint/patriarch of Jerusalem, dies   

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

1514  Death of Donato Bramante, Italian architect (b. 1444) on March - 11.   

1575  On March - 11 death of matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (b. 1520)   

1602  Death of Emilio de' Cavalieri, Italian composer on this day in history.