Page 8: Historical Events In March - 11

1967  On this day in history the World Cup skiing title was earned by Jean-Claude Killy of France.   

1967  On this day in history u.S. 1st Infantry Division troops engage in one of the heaviest battles of Operation Junction City. The fierce fighting resulted in 210 reported North Vietnamese casualties.   

1967  On March - 11 geraldine Farrar, soprano/actress (Such Sweet Compulsion), dies at 85   

1968  Anti-Zionist Clandestine Radio Voice of El Assifa starts transmitting on March - 11.   

1968  Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 12nd string quartet on this day in history.   

1968  Otis Redding posthumously receives gold record for "(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay" on March - 11.   

1969  John Wyndham, [Parkes Lucas B Harris], author (Chrysalids), dies at 65 on March - 11.   

1970  12th Grammy Awards Aquarius, Crosby Stills &Nash, Peggy Lee win on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history iraq Ba'th Party recognizes Kurd nation   

1970  Erle Stanley Gardner, US writer (Perry Mason), dies at 80 on March - 11.   

1970  12th Grammy Awards: Aquarius, Crosby Stills &Nash, Peggy Lee win on this day in history.   

1971  Philo T. Farnsworth, television pioneer, dies on this day in history.   

1971  On March - 11 philo T Farnsworth, US TV pioneer, dies at 64   

1972  Fredric [William] Brown, sci-fi author (Martians Go Home), dies at 65 on March - 11.   

1974  Mount Etna in Sicily erupts on March - 11.   

1974  On this day in history rhino Store gives people 5¢ to take home Danny Bonaduce's Album   

1975  On March - 11 portugal military coup under General Spinola fails   

1975  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on this day in history.   

1975  Philip Bezanson, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1977  On this day in history 34 Israelis killed by Palestinians on the Tel Aviv-Haifa highway   

1977  Moslems hold 130 hostages in Washington DC on this day in history.   

1978  On March - 11 bobby Hull of the Winnipeg Jets joined Gordie Howe by getting career goal number 1,000 in a game against the Quebec Nordiques.   

1978  Terrorists attack mail truck at Tel Aviv, 45 killed on March - 11.   

1979  On March - 11 randy Hold receives 67 minutes in penalties in a 60 minute NHL hockey game   

1979  Victor Kilian, actor (Gentleman's Agreement), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1980  Rod Marsh bowls 10 overs for 51 runs in dull Australia vs Pakistan cricket draw on this day in history.   

1981  On this day in history chile constitution takes effect, Augusto Pinochet 2nd term begins   

1982  Failed military coup under Rambocus/Hawker in Suriname on March - 11.   

1982  On this day in history harrison Williams (Senator-Democrat-NJ) resigned rather than face expulsion   

1982  On this day in history menachem Begin &Anwar Sadat sign peace treaty in Washington DC   

1982  Edmund Cooper, British sci-fi writer (Tomorrow Came), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1983  Donald Maclean, spy and associate of Guy Burgess, buried in Moscow on March - 11.   

1983  On this day in history world Ice Dance Championship in Helsinki Finland won by Jayne Torvill &Christopher Dean (Great Britain)   

1983  On March - 11 world Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Elena Valova &Oleg Vasiliev (USSR)   

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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  On this day in history birth of henric Spieghel, Dutch Renaissance poet (Hertspiegel)   

1596  On this day in history birth of isaac Elsevier, book publisher   

1654  Heinrich Georg Neuss, composer was born on this day in history.   

1683  Giovanni Veneziano, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history 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  On March - 11 death of donato Bramante, Italian architect (b. 1444)   

1575  Death of Matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (b. 1520) on March - 11.   

1602  On March - 11 death of emilio de' Cavalieri, Italian composer