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  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 on March - 11.   

1967  Geraldine Farrar, soprano/actress (Such Sweet Compulsion), dies at 85 on March - 11.   

1968  Anti-Zionist Clandestine Radio Voice of El Assifa starts transmitting on this day in history.   

1968  On March - 11 dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 12nd string quartet   

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 March - 11.   

1970  Iraq Ba'th Party recognizes Kurd nation on this day in history.   

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

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

1971  Philo T. Farnsworth, television pioneer, dies on March - 11.   

1971  Philo T Farnsworth, US TV pioneer, dies at 64 on March - 11.   

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

1974  On this day in history mount Etna in Sicily erupts   

1974  On March - 11 rhino Store gives people 5¢ to take home Danny Bonaduce's Album   

1975  On this day in history portugal military coup under General Spinola fails   

1975  USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on March - 11.   

1975  On this day in history philip Bezanson, composer, dies at 59   

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

1977  Moslems hold 130 hostages in Washington DC on March - 11.   

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 March - 11 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1982  Harrison Williams (Senator-Democrat-NJ) resigned rather than face expulsion on this day in history.   

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

1982  Edmund Cooper, British sci-fi writer (Tomorrow Came), dies at 55 on March - 11.   

1983  On March - 11 donald Maclean, spy and associate of Guy Burgess, buried in Moscow   

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

1983  On this day in history world Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Elena Valova &Oleg Vasiliev (USSR)   

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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 March - 11.   

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

1596  On March - 11 birth of isaac Elsevier, book publisher   

1654  Heinrich Georg Neuss, composer was born on March - 11.   

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 this day in history.   

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  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 March - 11.   

1198  Death of Marie de Champagne, daughter of Louis VII of France (b. 1145) on this day in history.   

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

1514  Death of Donato Bramante, Italian architect (b. 1444) on March - 11.   

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

1602  Death of Emilio de' Cavalieri, Italian composer on March - 11.