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

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

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 this day in history.   

1947  Victor Hely-Hutchinson, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.   

1948  On March - 11 jewish Agency of Jerusalem bombed   

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

1951  On March - 11 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 March - 11.   

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

1956  On this day in history louise Suggs wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship   

1956  Sergey Nikiforovich Vasilenko, Russian opera composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1959  The HSS-2 amphibian all-weather anti submarine warfare helicopter made its first flight on March - 11.   

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

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

1959  On March - 11 haydn Wood, composer, dies at 76   

1960  Pioneer 5 launched into solar orbit between Earth &Venus on this day in history.   

1960  On March - 11 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  On March - 11 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  Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer and Eleanor Parker starred in the film adaptation of the popular Broadway hit, "The Sound of Music" on March - 11.   

1965  James Reeb, US vicar/civil rights activist, murdered on March - 11.   

1966  On March - 11 military coup led by Indonesian General Suharto breaks out   

1967  Pink Floyd releases their 1st song (Arnold Layne) on March - 11.   

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1544  On March - 11 birth of torquato Tasso, Italy, Renaissance poet (Aminta, Apologia)   

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 this day in history birth of heinrich Georg Neuss, composer   

1683  On March - 11 birth of giovanni Veneziano, composer   

1725  On March - 11 birth of henry Benedict Stuart, pretender to the throne of Great Britain (d. 1807)   

1731  Robert Treat Paine, judge, signer (Declaration of Independence) was born on March - 11.   

0222  Death of Varius A Bassianus, Syrian emperor of Rome (218-22), murdered at 18½ on March - 11.   

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