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, 483,792 hours 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.
• 1702 –
  The Daily Courant, England’s first national daily newspaper is published for the first time.
• 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.
• 1888 –
  The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
• 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.
• 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.
• 1985 –
  Mikhail Gorbachev becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
• 1990 –
  Lithuania declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.
• 1999 –
  Infosys becomes the first Indian company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.

Who were born on March 11?

• 1738 –
  Benjamin Tupper, Continental Army officer, and pioneer to the Ohio Country (d. 1792)
• 1903 –
  Lawrence Welk, American musician (d. 1992)
• 1916 –
  Harold Wilson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1995)
• 1945 –
  Dock Ellis, American baseball player (d. 2008)
• 1953 –
  László Bölöni, Romanian football player and manager
• 1958 –
  Anissa Jones, American actress (d. 1976)
• 1959 –
  Nina Hartley, American porn star, author and feminist
• 1964 –
  Peter Berg, American film actor, director and producer
• 1972 –
  Paolo Ponzo, Italian footballer
• 1983 –
  Melissa Rycroft, American reality show personality

Who died on March 11?

• 1575 –
  Matthias Flacius, Croatian Protestant reformer (b. 1520)
• 1722 –
  John Toland, Irish philosopher (b. 1670)
• 1866 –
  Ulysses F. Doubleday, American congressman (b. 1792)
• 1898 –
  William Rosecrans, American Civil War Union general (b. 1819)
• 1920 –
  Julio Garavito Armero, Colombian astronomer (b. 1865)
• 1971 –
  Philo T. Farnsworth, American inventor (b. 1906)
• 1977 –
  Alberto Rodriguez Larreta, Argentine racing driver (b. 1934)
• 1982 –
  Horace Gregory, American poet (b. 1898)
• 1989 –
  James Kee, American politician (b. 1917)
• 1993 –
  Dino Bravo, Italian-born professional wrestler (b. 1949),