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

1968  On this day in history anti-Zionist Clandestine Radio Voice of El Assifa starts transmitting   

1968  Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 12nd string quartet on March - 11.   

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

1970  On March - 11 iraq Ba'th Party recognizes Kurd nation   

1970  On this day in history erle Stanley Gardner, US writer (Perry Mason), dies at 80   

1970  On this day in history 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  Mount Etna in Sicily erupts on March - 11.   

1974  Rhino Store gives people 5¢ to take home Danny Bonaduce's Album on March - 11.   

1975  Portugal military coup under General Spinola fails on March - 11.   

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

1975  On March - 11 philip Bezanson, composer, dies at 59   

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 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 this day in history.   

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

1979  Randy Hold receives 67 minutes in penalties in a 60 minute NHL hockey game on this day in history.   

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  Chile constitution takes effect, Augusto Pinochet 2nd term begins on March - 11.   

1982  On March - 11 failed military coup under Rambocus/Hawker in Suriname   

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 March - 11.   

1983  Donald Maclean, spy and associate of Guy Burgess, buried in Moscow on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1549  Hendrik L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer was born on March - 11.   

1549  On March - 11 birth of henric Spieghel, Dutch Renaissance poet (Hertspiegel)   

1596  On March - 11 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 March - 11.   

1725  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of varius A Bassianus, Syrian emperor of Rome (218-22), murdered at 18½   

0638  On March - 11 sophronius of Jerusalem, saint/patriarch of Jerusalem, dies   

0859  On this day in history death of eulogius of Cordoba, Spanish Bishop and Christian Martyr   

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

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 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.