Page 8: Historical Events In March - 11

1967  The World Cup skiing title was earned by Jean-Claude Killy of France on March - 11.   

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 March - 11.   

1968  On this day in history otis Redding posthumously receives gold record for "(Sittin' On) the Dock of the Bay"   

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

1970  On March - 11 12th Grammy Awards Aquarius, Crosby Stills &Nash, Peggy Lee win   

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  On March - 11 philo T. Farnsworth, television pioneer, dies   

1971  On this day in history philo T Farnsworth, US TV pioneer, dies at 64   

1972  On this day in history fredric [William] Brown, sci-fi author (Martians Go Home), dies at 65   

1974  On March - 11 mount Etna in Sicily erupts   

1974  On March - 11 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 March - 11 34 Israelis killed by Palestinians on the Tel Aviv-Haifa highway   

1977  On March - 11 moslems hold 130 hostages in Washington DC   

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

1978  On March - 11 terrorists attack mail truck at Tel Aviv, 45 killed   

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

1979  On this day in history victor Kilian, actor (Gentleman's Agreement), dies at 88   

1980  Rod Marsh bowls 10 overs for 51 runs in dull Australia vs Pakistan cricket draw on March - 11.   

1981  On March - 11 chile constitution takes effect, Augusto Pinochet 2nd term begins   

1982  Failed military coup under Rambocus/Hawker in Suriname on this day in history.   

1982  Harrison Williams (Senator-Democrat-NJ) resigned rather than face expulsion on March - 11.   

1982  On March - 11 menachem Begin &Anwar Sadat sign peace treaty in Washington DC   

1982  On this day in history edmund Cooper, British sci-fi writer (Tomorrow Came), dies at 55   

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  Torquato Tasso, Italy, Renaissance poet (Aminta, Apologia) was born on March - 11.   

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

1549  Henric Spieghel, Dutch Renaissance poet (Hertspiegel) was born on March - 11.   

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

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

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

1725  On this day in history birth of henry Benedict Stuart, pretender to the throne of Great Britain (d. 1807)   

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 this day in history.   

0638  Sophronius of Jerusalem, saint/patriarch of Jerusalem, dies on this day in history.   

0859  Death of Eulogius of Cordoba, Spanish Bishop and Christian Martyr on this day in history.   

1198  On March - 11 death of marie de Champagne, daughter of Louis VII of France (b. 1145)   

1486  Albrecht III Achilles, elector of Brandenburg, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1514  On this day in history death of donato Bramante, Italian architect (b. 1444)   

1575  On this day in history death of matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (b. 1520)   

1602  On this day in history death of emilio de' Cavalieri, Italian composer