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 this day in history.   

1968  On March - 11 anti-Zionist Clandestine Radio Voice of El Assifa starts transmitting   

1968  On this day in history 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  On this day in history john Wyndham, [Parkes Lucas B Harris], author (Chrysalids), dies at 65   

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

1970  Iraq Ba'th Party recognizes Kurd nation on March - 11.   

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 March - 11.   

1971  On March - 11 philo T. Farnsworth, television pioneer, dies   

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

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

1975  On March - 11 uSSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR   

1975  Philip Bezanson, composer, dies at 59 on March - 11.   

1977  On this day in history 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  Randy Hold receives 67 minutes in penalties in a 60 minute NHL hockey game on March - 11.   

1979  Victor Kilian, actor (Gentleman's Agreement), dies at 88 on March - 11.   

1980  On this day in history rod Marsh bowls 10 overs for 51 runs in dull Australia vs Pakistan cricket draw   

1981  Chile constitution takes effect, Augusto Pinochet 2nd term begins on this day in history.   

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

1982  On March - 11 harrison Williams (Senator-Democrat-NJ) resigned rather than face expulsion   

1982  Menachem Begin &Anwar Sadat sign peace treaty in Washington DC on March - 11.   

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

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

1983  On March - 11 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 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  Henric Spieghel, Dutch Renaissance poet (Hertspiegel) was born on March - 11.   

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

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

1683  Giovanni Veneziano, composer was born on March - 11.   

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 this day in history.   

0222  On March - 11 death of varius A Bassianus, Syrian emperor of Rome (218-22), murdered at 18½   

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

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 March - 11.   

1486  Albrecht III Achilles, elector of Brandenburg, dies at 71 on March - 11.   

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

1575  On March - 11 death of matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (b. 1520)   

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