Page 9: Historical Events In March - 11

1983  On March - 11 world Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Rosalynn Sumners (USA)   

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

1984  In the Magdalen Islands seal hunter damage helicopter chartered by International Fund for Animal Welfare protesters on this day in history.   

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

1985  Mikhail S Gorbachev replaces Konstantin Chernenko as Soviet leader on March - 11.   

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

1986  Japanese probe Sakigake flies by Halley's Comet at 6.8 millionkm on March - 11.   

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  [Wayne] Woody Hayes, football coach (Ohio State), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

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 March - 11 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 March - 11.   

1990  On March - 11 16th People's Choice Awards   

1990  On March - 11 lithuania declares it's Independence   

1990  On this day in history lithuania declares its independence from the USSR   

1991  On this day in history janet Jackson signs $40M three album deal with Virgin records   

1991  John Smith, amateur wrestler, wins James E Sullivan Award on March - 11.   

1991  On this day in history monica Seles ends Steffi Graf's streak of 186 weeks ranked as #1   

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 March - 11.   

1993  Dino Bravo, wrestler (WWF), shot to death at 44 on March - 11.   

1994  Eduardo Frei succeeds Patricio Aylwin as President of Chile on this day in history.   

1994  On March - 11 jacques Doucet, French painter (Mostar Sarajevo), dies at 69   

1995  President Nazarbajev disbands Kazakhstan parliament on March - 11.   

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

1995  Carel Birnie, found Utrecht Opera/Dutch Dance Theater, dies at 69 on March - 11.   

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

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

1996  Mark Waugh scores 110 vs New Zealand for his third century of the World Cup on March - 11.   

1997  Ashes of Star Trek creator, Gene Roddenberry are launched into space on March - 11.   

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  Hendrik L Spieghel, Dutch merchant/writer was born on this day in history.   

1549  Henric Spieghel, Dutch Renaissance poet (Hertspiegel) was born on this day in history.   

1596  On March - 11 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 March - 11.   

1731  Robert Treat Paine, judge, signer (Declaration of Independence) was born on March - 11.   

0222  On this day in history death of varius A Bassianus, Syrian emperor of Rome (218-22), murdered at 18½   

0638  On March - 11 sophronius of Jerusalem, saint/patriarch of Jerusalem, dies   

0859  Death of Eulogius of Cordoba, Spanish Bishop and Christian Martyr on March - 11.   

1198  On this day in history death of marie de Champagne, daughter of Louis VII of France (b. 1145)   

1486  On this day in history albrecht III Achilles, elector of Brandenburg, dies at 71   

1514  On March - 11 death of donato Bramante, Italian architect (b. 1444)   

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

1602  Death of Emilio de' Cavalieri, Italian composer on this day in history.