Page 8: 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  Geraldine Farrar, soprano/actress (Such Sweet Compulsion), dies at 85 on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

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

1974  On March - 11 mount Etna in Sicily erupts   

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

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

1977  34 Israelis killed by Palestinians on the Tel Aviv-Haifa highway on March - 11.   

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

1978  On this day in history bobby Hull of the Winnipeg Jets joined Gordie Howe by getting career goal number 1,000 in a game against the Quebec Nordiques.   

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

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

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

1983  World Ice Dance Championship in Helsinki Finland won by Jayne Torvill &Christopher Dean (Great Britain) on March - 11.   

1983  On March - 11 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  Hendrik L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer was born on March - 11.   

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

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

1725  On March - 11 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 this day in history.   

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  On March - 11 death of eulogius of Cordoba, Spanish Bishop and Christian Martyr   

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  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  Death of Emilio de' Cavalieri, Italian composer on this day in history.