Page 9: Historical Events In March - 11

1983  World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Rosalynn Sumners (USA) on March - 11.   

1983  World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Scott Hamilton (USA) on March - 11.   

1984  On March - 11 in the Magdalen Islands seal hunter damage helicopter chartered by International Fund for Animal Welfare protesters.   

1984  Nakagawa Soen, Zen teacher/poet, dies in Rytutakuji monastery at 76 on March - 11.   

1985  On March - 11 mikhail S Gorbachev replaces Konstantin Chernenko as Soviet leader   

1986  187.27 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange on this day in history.   

1986  On this day in history japanese probe Sakigake flies by Halley's Comet at 6.8 millionkm   

1986  On this day in history popsicle announced its plan to end the traditional twin-stick frozen treat for a flatter, one-stick model.   

1987  On March - 11 actor, singer, dancer, comedian, broadcaster and American entertainment icon, Danny Kaye, died in Los Angeles at the age of 74.   

1987  Wayne Gretzky scores 1,500th NHL point on this day in history.   

1987  On March - 11 [Wayne] Woody Hayes, football coach (Ohio State), dies at 74   

1988  On this day in history the £1 note ceases to be legal tender, replaced by £1 coin (a big run on belts to kep one's pants up)   

1988  Utrecht conservatory destroyed by fire on March - 11.   

1988  On March - 11 pham Hung, premier of Vietnam, dies at about 74   

1989  On this day in history johan Fleerackers, Flemish linguist, dies at 57   

1990  16th People's Choice Awards on March - 11.   

1990  On March - 11 lithuania declares it's Independence   

1990  Lithuania declares its independence from the USSR on March - 11.   

1991  Janet Jackson signs $40M three album deal with Virgin records on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history john Smith, amateur wrestler, wins James E Sullivan Award   

1991  Monica Seles ends Steffi Graf's streak of 186 weeks ranked as #1 on this day in history.   

1992  Environment Canada starts issuing weekly ozone warnings on this day in history.   

1992  David Carroll, actor (Grand Hotel), dies of pulmonary embolism at 41 on this day in history.   

1993  On March - 11 dino Bravo, wrestler (WWF), shot to death at 44   

1994  On March - 11 eduardo Frei succeeds Patricio Aylwin as President of Chile   

1994  Jacques Doucet, French painter (Mostar Sarajevo), dies at 69 on March - 11.   

1995  President Nazarbajev disbands Kazakhstan parliament on March - 11.   

1995  On this day in history sinn Fein party leader, Gerry Adams, arrives in US   

1995  On this day in history carel Birnie, found Utrecht Opera/Dutch Dance Theater, dies at 69   

1996  America Online agreed to use Netscape as the primary Web browser offered to its subscribers in a deal signed this day on March - 11.   

1996  Chris Harris scores 130 in losing New Zealand side vs Australia, World Cup on this day in history.   

1996  On this day in history mark Waugh scores 110 vs New Zealand for his third century of the World Cup   

1997  Ashes of Star Trek creator, Gene Roddenberry are launched into space on this day in history.   

1997  Beatle Paul McCartney knighted Sir Paul by Queen Elizabeth II on this day in history.   

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1544  Torquato Tasso, Italy, Renaissance poet (Aminta, Apologia) was born on March - 11.   

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

1683  On March - 11 birth of giovanni Veneziano, composer   

1725  Henry Benedict Stuart, pretender to the throne of Great Britain (d. 1807) was born on this day in history.   

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 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  On March - 11 death of donato Bramante, Italian architect (b. 1444)   

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

1602  On this day in history death of emilio de' Cavalieri, Italian composer