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, 475,032 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 ‘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.
- 1861 –American Civil War: The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is adopted.
- 1864 –The Great Sheffield Flood: The largest man-made disaster ever to befall England kills over 250 people in Sheffield.
- 1867 –The first performance of Don Carlos by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Paris.
- 1872 –The Meiji Japanese government officially annexes the Ryukyu Kingdom into what would become the Okinawa prefecture.
- 1942 –World War II: General Douglas MacArthur leaves Corregidor.
- 1985 –Mikhail Gorbachev becomes General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
- 1993 –Janet Reno is confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn in the next day, becoming the first female Attorney General of the United States.
- 1999 –Infosys becomes the first Indian company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
- 2006 –Michelle Bachelet is inaugurated as first female president of Chile.
Who were born on March 11?
- 1903 –Lawrence Welk, American musician (d. 1992)
- 1921 –Frank Harary, American mathematician (d. 2005)
- 1926 –İlhan Mimaroğlu, Turkish musician and composer
- 1928 –Albert Salmi, American actor (d. 1990)
- 1937 –Carlos Larrañaga, Spanish actor
- 1961 –Elias Koteas, Canadian actor
- 1963 –Davis Guggenheim, American director and producer
- 1981 –Paul Wall, American rapper
- 1984 –Marc-André Grondin, Canadian actor
- 1988 –Fábio Coentrão, Portuguese football player
Who died on March 11?
- 222 –Julia Soaemias, mother of Elagabalus (b. 180)
- 1949 –Anastasios Charalambis, Greek general and interim Prime Minister (b. 1862)
- 1957 –Admiral Richard E. Byrd, American explorer (b. 1888)
- 1971 –Philo T. Farnsworth, American inventor (b. 1906)
- 1977 –Alberto Rodriguez Larreta, Argentine racing driver (b. 1934)
- 1977 –Ulysses S. Grant IV, American geologist (b. 1893)
- 1982 –Edmund Cooper, English author (b. 1926)
- 1990 –Dean Horrix, English footballer (b. 1961)
- 1992 –Richard Brooks, American film director (b. 1912)
- 2003 –Brian Cleeve, Irish author (b. 1921)
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