Page 7: Historical Events In March - 11

1943  Nazi Militia forms in Netherlands on March - 11.   

1944  On this day in history dutch resistance fighter Joop Westerweel arrested   

1944  On March - 11 hendrik W van Loon, Neth/US radio commentator/writer, dies at 62   

1945  On this day in history 1,000 allied bombers harass Essen, 4,662 ton bombs   

1945  On March - 11 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  Victor Hely-Hutchinson, composer, dies at 45 on March - 11.   

1948  On March - 11 jewish Agency of Jerusalem bombed   

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  Florence Arliss, actress (Disraeli), dies at 78 on March - 11.   

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

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

1959  On this day in history haydn Wood, composer, dies at 76   

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

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  Somalia drops diplomatic relations with Great Britain on March - 11.   

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

1965  Indonesia President Sukarno accepts qualifications of Suharto on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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1544  Torquato Tasso, Italy, Renaissance poet (Aminta, Apologia) was born on this day in history.   

1549  On this day in history birth of hendrik L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer   

1549  Henric Spieghel, Dutch Renaissance poet (Hertspiegel) was born on this day in history.   

1596  Isaac Elsevier, book publisher was born on this day in history.   

1654  On March - 11 birth of heinrich Georg Neuss, composer   

1683  On this day in history birth of giovanni Veneziano, composer   

1725  Henry Benedict Stuart, pretender to the throne of Great Britain (d. 1807) was born on March - 11.   

1731  On this day in history 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  Sophronius of Jerusalem, saint/patriarch of Jerusalem, dies on this day in history.   

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

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