March 11, 2006 Slobodan Milosevic found dead in cell in the Hague
March 11, 2004 At least 170 die in train bombings in Madrid
March 11, 1997 3rd Blockbuster Entertainment Awards
March 11, 1996 Chris Harris scores 130 in losing NZ side vs. Australia, World Cup
March 11, 1995 -36.8 degrees F (-38.2 degrees C) in Chosedachar, Komi-district, on 67 degrees N
March 11, 1995 President Nazarbajev disbands Kazachstan parliament
March 11, 1994 Eduardo Frei succeeds Patricio Aylwin as president of Chile
March 11, 1993 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Prague won by Kurt Browning CAN
March 11, 1991 Janet Jackson signs $40M 3 album deal with Virgin records
March 11, 1991 John Smith, amateur wrestler, wins James E Sullivan Award
March 11, 1990 16th People's Choice Awards
March 11, 1988 Utrecht conservatory destroyed by fire
March 11, 1987 Wayne Gretzky scores 1,500th NHL point
March 11, 1986 1 million days since traditional foundation of Rome, 4/21/753 BC
March 11, 1986 12th People's Choice Awards
March 11, 1986 187.27 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange
March 11, 1986 Islander Mike Bossy, 1st NHLer to score 50 goals in 9 straight seasons
March 11, 1986 Japanese probe Sakigake flies by Halley's Comet at 6.8 million km
March 11, 1986 NFL adopts instant replay rule
March 11, 1985 Mikhail S. Gorbachev replaces Konstantin Chernenko as Soviet leader
March 11, 1984 Chris Johnson wins LPGA Samaritan Turquoise Golf Classic
March 11, 1983 Ladies Figure Skating Champ in Helsinki won by Rosalynn Sumners (USA)
March 11, 1983 Men's Figure Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Scott Hamilton (USA)
March 11, 1982 Failed military coup under Rambocus/Hawker in Suriname
March 11, 1981 Chile constitution takes effect, Augusto Pinochet 2nd term begins
March 11, 1980 Rod Marsh bowls 10 overs for 51 runs in dull Aust vs. Pak cricket draw
March 11, 1979 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sunstar Golf Classic
March 11, 1979 Randy Hold receives 67 min in penalties in a 60 min NHL hockey game
March 11, 1978 Terrorists attack mail truck at Tel Aviv, 45 killed
March 11, 1978 USF-led Bill Cartwright scores 23 points as the Dons oust NC
March 11, 1977 Moslems hold 130 hostages in Washington D.C.
March 11, 1975 Portugal military coup under general Spinola fails
March 11, 1974 Mount Etna in Sicily erupted
March 11, 1974 Rhino Store gives people 5 cents to take home Danny Bonaduce's Album
March 11, 1973 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA S&H Green Stamp Golf Classic
March 11, 1972 "Inner City" closes at Barrymore Theater New York City after 97 performances
March 11, 1970 12th Grammy Awards: Aquarius, Crosby Stills and Nash, Peggy Lee win
March 11, 1970 Iraq Ba'th Party recognizes Kurd nation
March 11, 1968 Anti-Zionist Clandestine Radio Voice of El Assifa starts transmitting
March 11, 1967 Pink Floyd releases their 1st song (Arnold Layne)
March 11, 1966 Military coup led by Indonesian Gen Suharto breaks out
March 11, 1965 Indonesia President Sukarno accepts qualifications of Suharto
March 11, 1963 Somalia drops diplomatic relations with Great Britain
March 11, 1961 Then NHL record 40 penalties, Black Hawks and Maple Leafs (20 each)
March 11, 1960 Pioneer 5 launched into solar orbit between Earth and Venus
March 11, 1959 "Raisin in the Sun," 1st Broadway play by a black woman, opens
March 11, 1958 Charles Van Doren finally loses on TV game show "21"
March 11, 1956 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
March 11, 1954 U.S. Army charges Senator Joseph McCarthy used undue pressure tactics
March 11, 1953 1st woman army doctor commissioned (FM Adams)
March 11, 1953 American B-47 accidentally drops a nuclear bomb on South Carolina, the bomb doesn't go off due to 6 safety catches
March 11, 1948 Jewish Agency of Jerusalem bombed
March 11, 1948 Reginald Weit became the 1st black to play in the U.S. Tennis Open
March 11, 1948 WBAL TV channel 11 in Baltimore, MD (CBS) begins broadcasting
March 11, 1945 1,000 allied bombers harass Essen, 4,662 ton bombs
March 11, 1944 Dutch resistance fighter Joop Westerweel arrested
March 11, 1943 Nazi Militia forms in Netherlands
March 11, 1942 1st deportation train leaves Paris for Auschewitz Concentration Camp
March 11, 1942 General MacArthur leaves Corregidor (Bataan) for Australia
March 11, 1942 Japanese troop land on North-Sumatra
March 11, 1941 Bronko Nagurski beats Ray Steele in Minn, to become wrestling champ
March 11, 1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Lend-Lease Bill to lend money to Britain
March 11, 1938 Artur Seyss-Inquart replaces Kurt von Schuschnigg as Chancellor of Austria; German troops also entered the country
March 11, 1935 Bank of Canada opens
March 11, 1934 Netherlands beats Belgium 9-3, in soccer
March 11, 1930 President and Chief Justice William Taft buried in Arlington
March 11, 1928 Netherlands and Belgium tie 1-1 (soccer match in Amsterdam)
March 11, 1927 1st armored commercial car hold-up in U.S., Pittsburgh
March 11, 1926 Eamon da Valera ends leadership of Sinn Fein
March 11, 1924 3rd term of Belgium Theunis government begins
March 11, 1924 Eden Phillpotts' "Farmer's Wife," premieres in London
March 11, 1924 NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens sweeps Ottawa Senators in 2 games
March 11, 1922 Western Hockey Championship: Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA) sweep Regina Capitals, in 2 games
March 11, 1919 General strike in Germany, crushed
March 11, 1918 Moscow becomes capital of revolutionary Russia
March 11, 1918 Save the Redwoods League founded
March 11, 1917 British troops occupy Baghdad
March 11, 1917 1st NHL championship game ever played, Toronto Arenas beats Montreal Canadiens 7-3 in 1st of 2 game set (second game on March 13)
March 11, 1912 1st Stanley Cup game to be played in 3 20-min periods, formerly played in 30-min halfs, Quebec beats Moncton 9-3 on way to sweep
March 11, 1910 Jack Hobbs 1st Test ton (187 vs. SAfr), his only Test hit wicket
March 11, 1905 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 beat Rat Portage Thisles, 2 games to 1
March 11, 1904 Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver 7 sweep Brandon Wheat Kings in 2 games
March 11, 1901 Cincinnati Enquirer reports Balt mgr John McGraw signed Cherokee Indian Tokohoma, who is really black 2nd baseman Charlie Grant