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March 11, 2006 Slobodan Milosevic found dead in cell in the Hague March 11, 2004 At least 170 die in train bombings in Madrid March 11, 1997 3rd Blockbuster Entertainment Awards March 11, 1997 Ashes of Star Trek creator, Gene Roddenberry are launched into space March 11, 1997 Beatle McCartney knighted Sir Paul by Queen March 11, 1997 San Francisco Giant J. T. Snow suffers a fractured eye socket when hit by a pitch March 11, 1996 Chris Harris scores 130 in losing NZ side vs. Australia, World Cup March 11, 1996 Mark Waugh scores 110 vs. NZ for his third century of the World Cup March 11, 1995 -36.8 degrees F (-38.2 degrees C) in Chosedachar, Komi-district, on 67 degrees N March 11, 1995 President Nazarbajev disbands Kazachstan parliament March 11, 1995 Sinn Fein party leader, Gerry Adams, arrives in U.S. March 11, 1995 Yolanda Chen hop-skip-jumps world indoor record 15.03m March 11, 1994 Eduardo Frei succeeds Patricio Aylwin as president of Chile March 11, 1993 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Prague won by Kurt Browning CAN March 11, 1991 Janet Jackson signs $40M 3 album deal with Virgin records March 11, 1991 John Smith, amateur wrestler, wins James E Sullivan Award March 11, 1991 Monica Seles ends Steffi Graf's streak of 186 weeks ranked first March 11, 1990 16th People's Choice Awards March 11, 1990 Lithuania declares it's Independence March 11, 1990 Maggie Will wins Desert Inn LPGA Golf International March 11, 1988 Utrecht conservatory destroyed by fire March 11, 1987 Wayne Gretzky scores 1,500th NHL point March 11, 1986 1 million days since traditional foundation of Rome, 4/21/753 BC March 11, 1986 12th People's Choice Awards March 11, 1986 187.27 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange March 11, 1986 Islander Mike Bossy, 1st NHLer to score 50 goals in 9 straight seasons March 11, 1986 Japanese probe Sakigake flies by Halley's Comet at 6.8 million km March 11, 1986 NFL adopts instant replay rule March 11, 1985 Mikhail S. Gorbachev replaces Konstantin Chernenko as Soviet leader March 11, 1984 Chris Johnson wins LPGA Samaritan Turquoise Golf Classic March 11, 1983 Ice Dance Championship at Helsinki Finland won by Torvill and Dean (GRB) March 11, 1983 Ice Pairs Championship at Helsinki won by Valova and Vasiliev (URS) March 11, 1983 Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Helsinki won by Rosalynn Sumners (USA) March 11, 1983 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Scott Hamilton (USA) March 11, 1982 Failed military coup under Rambocus/Hawker in Suriname March 11, 1982 Harrison Williams (Sen-D-NJ) resigned rather than face expulsion March 11, 1982 Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat sign peace treaty in Washington D.C. March 11, 1981 Chile constitution takes effect, Augusto Pinochet 2nd term begins March 11, 1981 Johnny Mize and Rube Foster elected to baseball Hall of Fame March 11, 1980 Rod Marsh bowls 10 overs for 51 runs in dull Aust vs. Pak cricket draw March 11, 1979 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sunstar Golf Classic March 11, 1979 Randy Hold receives 67 min in penalties in a 60 min NHL hockey game March 11, 1978 Terrorists attack mail truck at Tel Aviv, 45 killed March 11, 1978 USF-led Bill Cartwright scores 23 points as the Dons oust NC March 11, 1977 Moslems hold 130 hostages in Washington D.C. March 11, 1975 Portugal military coup under general Spinola fails March 11, 1975 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. March 11, 1974 Mount Etna in Sicily erupted March 11, 1974 Rhino Store gives people 5 cents to take home Danny Bonaduce's Album March 11, 1973 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA S&H Green Stamp Golf Classic March 11, 1972 "Inner City" closes at Barrymore Theater New York City after 97 performances March 11, 1970 12th Grammy Awards: Aquarius, Crosby Stills and Nash, Peggy Lee win March 11, 1970 Iraq Ba'th Party recognizes Kurd nation March 11, 1968 Anti-Zionist Clandestine Radio Voice of El Assifa starts transmitting March 11, 1968 Dmitri Shostakovitch completes his 12nd string quartet March 11, 1968 Otis Redding posthumously receives gold record for " Dock of the Bay" March 11, 1967 Pink Floyd releases their 1st song (Arnold Layne) March 11, 1966 Military coup led by Indonesian Gen Suharto breaks out March 11, 1965 Indonesia President Sukarno accepts qualifications of Suharto March 11, 1963 Somalia drops diplomatic relations with Great Britain March 11, 1961 Then NHL record 40 penalties, Black Hawks and Maple Leafs (20 each) March 11, 1960 Pioneer 5 launched into solar orbit between Earth and Venus March 11, 1959 "Raisin in the Sun," 1st Broadway play by a black woman, opens March 11, 1959 Teddy Scholten wins Eurovision Song festival with "A Little Bit" March 11, 1958 Charles Van Doren finally loses on TV game show "21" March 11, 1958 Starting this season, AL batters are required to wear batting helmets March 11, 1956 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship March 11, 1954 U.S. Army charges Senator Joseph McCarthy used undue pressure tactics March 11, 1953 1st woman army doctor commissioned (FM Adams) March 11, 1953 American B-47 accidentally drops a nuclear bomb on South Carolina, the bomb doesn't go off due to 6 safety catches March 11, 1948 Jewish Agency of Jerusalem bombed March 11, 1948 Reginald Weit became the 1st black to play in the U.S. Tennis Open March 11, 1948 WBAL TV channel 11 in Baltimore, MD (CBS) begins broadcasting March 11, 1945 1,000 allied bombers harass Essen, 4,662 ton bombs March 11, 1945 Flemish nazi collaborator Maria Huygens sentenced to death March 11, 1944 Dutch resistance fighter Joop Westerweel arrested March 11, 1943 Nazi Militia forms in Netherlands March 11, 1942 1st deportation train leaves Paris for Auschewitz Concentration Camp March 11, 1942 General MacArthur leaves Corregidor (Bataan) for Australia March 11, 1942 Japanese troop land on North-Sumatra March 11, 1941 Bronko Nagurski beats Ray Steele in Minn, to become wrestling champ March 11, 1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Lend-Lease Bill to lend money to Britain March 11, 1938 Artur Seyss-Inquart replaces Kurt von Schuschnigg as Chancellor of Austria; German troops also entered the country March 11, 1935 Bank of Canada opens March 11, 1935 Hermann Goering officially creates German Air Force, the Luftwaffe March 11, 1934 Netherlands beats Belgium 9-3, in soccer March 11, 1930 President and Chief Justice William Taft buried in Arlington March 11, 1928 Netherlands and Belgium tie 1-1 (soccer match in Amsterdam) March 11, 1927 1st armored commercial car hold-up in U.S., Pittsburgh March 11, 1927 1st golden gloves tournament March 11, 1927 Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens famous Roxy Theater (New York City) March 11, 1926 Eamon da Valera ends leadership of Sinn Fein March 11, 1924 3rd term of Belgium Theunis government begins March 11, 1924 Eden Phillpotts' "Farmer's Wife," premieres in London March 11, 1924 NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens sweeps Ottawa Senators in 2 games March 11, 1922 Western Hockey Championship: Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA) sweep Regina Capitals, in 2 games March 11, 1919 General strike in Germany, crushed March 11, 1918 Moscow becomes capital of revolutionary Russia March 11, 1918 Save the Redwoods League founded March 11, 1917 British troops occupy Baghdad March 11, 1917 1st NHL championship game ever played, Toronto Arenas beats Montreal Canadiens 7-3 in 1st of 2 game set (second game on March 13) March 11, 1912 1st Stanley Cup game to be played in 3 20-min periods, formerly played in 30-min halfs, Quebec beats Moncton 9-3 on way to sweep March 11, 1910 Jack Hobbs 1st Test ton (187 vs. SAfr), his only Test hit wicket March 11, 1905 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 beat Rat Portage Thisles, 2 games to 1 March 11, 1904 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Brandon Wheat Kings in 2 games March 11, 1901 Cincinnati Enquirer reports Balt mgr John McGraw signed Cherokee Indian Tokohoma, who is really black 2nd baseman Charlie Grant March 11, 1895 Spanish cruiser Reina Regenta sinks at Gibraltar, 400 killed March 11, 1892 1st public basketball game (Springfield, Massachuetts) March 11, 1888 Great blizzard of '88 strikes the North East U.S. March 11, 1882 Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association organized in Princeton New Jersey March 11, 1867 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Don Carlos," premieres in Paris March 11, 1867 Great Mauna Loa eruption (Hawaiian volcano) March 11, 1865 Gen Sherman's Union forces occupies Fayetteville, North Carolina March 11, 1864 Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta), Tennessee March 11, 1862 Gen Stonewall Jackson evacuates Winchester Virginia Army of the Potomac. Gen Henry Halleck is named general-in-chief March 11, 1861 Confederate convention in Montgomery, adopts constitution March 11, 1851 Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Rigoletto," premieres in Venice March 11, 1850 Woman's Medical College of Penn (1st female medical school) March 11, 1835 HMS Beagle anchors off Valparaiso, Chile March 11, 1824 U.S. War Department creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs March 11, 1823 1st normal school in U.S. opens, Concord Academy, Concord, Vt March 11, 1812 Citizenship granted to Prussian Jews March 11, 1810 Emperor Napoleon married by proxy to Archduchess Marie Louise March 11, 1795 Battle at Kurdla India: Mahratten beat Mogols March 11, 1794 Royal Theatre in London's Dury Lane opens March 11, 1791 Samuel Mulliken, Philadelphia, is 1st to obtain more than 1 U.S. patent March 11, 1789 Benjamin Banneker with L'Enfant begin to lay out Washington D.C. March 11, 1779 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers established (1st time) March 11, 1702 1st English daily newspaper "Daily Courant," publishes March 11, 1669 Volcano Etna in Italy erupts killing 15,000 March 11, 1665 NY approves new code guaranteeing Protestants religious rights March 11, 1649 Treaty of Rueil destroys 1st Fronde-uprising March 11, 1598 Countess Charlotte of Nassau marries duke Claude de la Tremoille March 11, 1597 Land guardian Albrecht occupies Amiens on France March 11, 1567 Geuzen army leaves Walcheren to return to Oosterweel March 11, 1563 League of High Nobles routes 2nd protest against King Philip II March 11, 1513 Giovanni de' Medici chosen Pope Leo X March 11, 1502 Tebriz] shah Ismail I of Persia crowned March 11, 1302 Romeo and Juliet's wedding day, according to Shakespeare March 11, 843 Icon worship officially re-instated in Aya Sofia Constantinople March 11, 537 Goths lay siege to Rome March 11, 417 Zosimus becomes bishop of Rome |