Page 9: Historical Events In March - 11

1983  World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Rosalynn Sumners (USA) on this day in history.   

1983  World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Scott Hamilton (USA) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1986  On March - 11 187.27 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange   

1986  Japanese probe Sakigake flies by Halley's Comet at 6.8 millionkm on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history wayne Gretzky scores 1,500th NHL point   

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

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

1988  On this day in history utrecht conservatory destroyed by fire   

1988  On this day in history pham Hung, premier of Vietnam, dies at about 74   

1989  Johan Fleerackers, Flemish linguist, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history 16th People's Choice Awards   

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 March - 11.   

1991  On March - 11 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  On March - 11 environment Canada starts issuing weekly ozone warnings   

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

1993  On this day in history dino Bravo, wrestler (WWF), shot to death at 44   

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

1994  On this day in history jacques Doucet, French painter (Mostar Sarajevo), dies at 69   

1995  On March - 11 president Nazarbajev disbands Kazakhstan parliament   

1995  Sinn Fein party leader, Gerry Adams, arrives in US on March - 11.   

1995  On March - 11 carel Birnie, found Utrecht Opera/Dutch Dance Theater, dies at 69   

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

1996  Chris Harris scores 130 in losing New Zealand side vs Australia, World Cup on March - 11.   

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  On this day in history beatle Paul McCartney knighted Sir Paul by Queen Elizabeth II   

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1544  On this day in history birth of torquato Tasso, Italy, Renaissance poet (Aminta, Apologia)   

1549  On March - 11 birth of hendrik L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer   

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

1596  Isaac Elsevier, book publisher was born on March - 11.   

1654  On this day in history birth of heinrich Georg Neuss, composer   

1683  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of varius A Bassianus, Syrian emperor of Rome (218-22), murdered at 18½   

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 March - 11.   

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 this day in history.   

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