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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