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 70^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 295 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 26, 2025 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,741,651,200 seconds 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 ‘heptacontagon’ 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 343 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 4,463 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

March 11 Historical Events

• 1387 –
  Battle of Castagnaro: English condottiero Sir John Hawkwood leads Padova to victory in a factional clash with Verona.
• 1649 –
  The Frondeurs and the French sign the Peace of Rueil.
• 1824 –
  The United States Department of War creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
• 1845 –
  The Flagstaff War: Unhappy with translational differences regarding the Treaty of Waitangi, chiefs Hone Heke, Kawiti and Māori tribe members chop down the British flagpole for a fourth time and drive settlers out of Kororareka, New Zealand.
• 1872 –
  Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
• 1941 –
  World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan.
• 1978 –
  Coastal Road massacre: At least 37 are killed and more than 70 are wounded when Al Fatah hijack an Israeli bus, prompting Israel’s Operation Litani.
• 1999 –
  Infosys becomes the first Indian company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
• 2006 –
  Michelle Bachelet is inaugurated as first female president of Chile.
• 2007 –
  Russian helicopters reportedly attack the Kodori Valley in Abkhazia, an accusation that Russia categorically denies later.

Who were born on March 11?

• 1878 –
  Umegatani Tōtarō II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 20th Yokozuna (d. 1927)
• 1899 –
  King Frederick IX of Denmark (d. 1972)
• 1916 –
  Ezra Jack Keats, children’s literature author (d. 1983)
• 1936 –
  Antonin Scalia, American Supreme Court Justice
• 1952 –
  Douglas Adams, English writer (d. 2001)
• 1961 –
  Elias Koteas, Canadian actor
• 1963 –
  Alex Kingston, English actress
• 1979 –
  Fred Jones, American basketball player
• 1984 –
  Anna Tsuchiya, Japanese model, actress and singer
• 1984 –
  Marc-André Grondin, Canadian actor

Who died on March 11?

• 1575 –
  Matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (b. 1520)
• 1820 –
  Benjamin West, English-American painter (b. 1738)
• 1856 –
  James Beatty, Irish railway engineer (b. 1820)
• 1949 –
  Anastasios Charalambis, Greek general and interim Prime Minister (b. 1862)
• 1958 –
  Ole Kirk Christiansen, Danish inventor of Legos (b. 1891)
• 1967 –
  Geraldine Farrar, American soprano (b. 1882)
• 1969 –
  John Wyndham, English author (b. 1903)
• 1977 –
  Ulysses S. Grant IV, American geologist (b. 1893)
• 1978 –
  Sofia Vembo, Greek singer (b. 1910)
• 2011 –
  Gary Wichard, American professional sports agent (b. 1950)