What happened this day in history March 11

What are the important events that happened on March 11? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

March 11: Facts & Myths About This Day

March 11 is the 71st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 295 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 27, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 28,501,920 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘heptacontahenagon’ day.

Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 324 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,098 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

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March 11 Historical Events

  • 1708
    Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation.
  • 1784
    The signing of the Treaty of Mangalore brings the Second Anglo-Mysore War to an end.
  • 1848
    Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine and Robert Baldwin become the first Prime Ministers of the Province of Canada to be democratically elected under a system of responsible government.
  • 1867
    The first performance of Don Carlos by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Paris.
  • 1945
    World War II: The Empire of Vietnam, a short-lived puppet state, is established with Bảo Đại as its ruler.
  • 1945
    World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy attempts a large-scale kamikaze attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet anchored at Ulithi atoll in Operation Tan No. 2.
  • 1977
    The 1977 Hanafi Muslim Siege: more than 130 hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims are set free after ambassadors from three Islamic nations join negotiations.
  • 1983
    Pakistan successfully conducts a cold test of a nuclear weapon.
  • 1990
    Lithuania declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.
  • 1990
    Patricio Aylwin is sworn in as the first democratically elected President of Chile since 1970.

Who were born on March 11?

  • 1818
    Marius Petipa, French ballet dancer and choreographer (d. 1910)
  • 1915
    Hans Peter Keller, German writer (d. 1988)
  • 1922
    Tun Abdul Razak Hussein, Prime Minister of Malaysia (d. 1976)
  • 1942
    Joel Steiger, American Producer / Writer
  • 1956
    Curtis Brown, NASA astronaut
  • 1971
    Johnny Knoxville, American television personality
  • 1974
    Bobby Abreu, Venezuelan baseball player
  • 1977
    Andre Nickatina, American rapper
  • 1981
    Russell Lissack, English musician (Bloc Party)
  • 1985
    Nikolai Topor-Stanley, Australian footballer

Who died on March 11?

  • 1602
    Emilio de' Cavalieri, Italian composer
  • 1786
    Charles Humphreys, American delegate to the Continental Congress (b. 1714)
  • 1820
    Benjamin West, English-American painter (b. 1738)
  • 1866
    Ulysses F. Doubleday, American congressman (b. 1792)
  • 1958
    Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish inventor of Legos (b. 1891)
  • 1971
    Whitney Young, American civil rights figure (b. 1921)
  • 1982
    Horace Gregory, American poet (b. 1898)
  • 1987
    Joe Gladwin, English actor (b. 1906)
  • 1999
    Camille Laurin, Quebec psychiatrist and politician (b. 1922)
  • 2011
    Gary Wichard, American professional sports agent (b. 1950)

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