Event:
Sendai, a major 9.0 earthquake strikes offshore of Japan's Miyagi Prefecture; 10-meter high tsunami's are produced near its epicenter, reaching land through the Pacific ocean
More Notable Events on March 11:
1997 Ashes of Star Trek creator, Gene Roddenberry are launched into space
1997 Beatle Paul McCartney knighted Sir Paul by the Queen
1974 Mount Etna in Sicily erupted
1918 Moscow becomes capital of revolutionary Russia
1918 Save the Redwoods League founded
