Historical Events In March - 11

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

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  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  On March - 11 john Wyndham, [Parkes Lucas B Harris], author (Chrysalids), dies at 65   

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  On March - 11 erle Stanley Gardner, US writer (Perry Mason), dies at 80   

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

1971  On this day in history philo T. Farnsworth, television pioneer, dies   

1971  Philo T Farnsworth, US TV pioneer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

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

1974  Mount Etna in Sicily erupts on this day in history.   

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

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

1979  On this day in history 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 March - 11.   

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

1982  On March - 11 edmund Cooper, British sci-fi writer (Tomorrow Came), dies at 55   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1683  On March - 11 birth of giovanni Veneziano, composer   

1725  On March - 11 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 March - 11.   

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 March - 11.   

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

1575  Death of Matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (b. 1520) on this day in history.   

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