Historical Events In March - 11

1943  On this day in history nazi Militia forms in Netherlands   

1944  Dutch resistance fighter Joop Westerweel arrested on this day in history.   

1944  Hendrik W van Loon, Neth/US radio commentator/writer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1945  1,000 allied bombers harass Essen, 4,662 ton bombs on March - 11.   

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  Jewish Agency of Jerusalem bombed on March - 11.   

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

1949  Juan Lamonte de Grignon, composer, dies at 76 on March - 11.   

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

1951  On this day in history philippe of Isacker, Belgian minister, dies at 66   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1955  On this day in history alexander Fleming, English bacteriologist (penicillin), dies at 73   

1956  On March - 11 louise Suggs wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship   

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

1957  On March - 11 richard E Byrd, US, explorer (Antarctica), dies at 68   

1958  On this day in history charles Van Doren finally loses on TV game show "21"   

1959  The HSS-2 amphibian all-weather anti submarine warfare helicopter made its first flight on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1960  Pioneer 5 launched into solar orbit between Earth &Venus on March - 11.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1966  Military coup led by Indonesian General Suharto breaks out on March - 11.   

1967  Pink Floyd releases their 1st song (Arnold Layne) on this day in history.   

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1544  On this day in history birth of torquato Tasso, Italy, Renaissance poet (Aminta, Apologia)   

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  Isaac Elsevier, book publisher was born on this day in history.   

1654  On this day in history birth of heinrich Georg Neuss, composer   

1683  On March - 11 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  Death of Varius A Bassianus, Syrian emperor of Rome (218-22), murdered at 18½ on March - 11.   

0638  On this day in history sophronius of Jerusalem, saint/patriarch of Jerusalem, dies   

0859  On March - 11 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  On March - 11 albrecht III Achilles, elector of Brandenburg, dies at 71   

1514  On this day in history 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.