Birthday March 11, 1544 Torquato Tasso, Italy, Renaissance poet
Birthday March 11, 1731 Robert Treat Paine, judge, signed Decl of Ind
Birthday March 11, 1811 Urbain Jean Joseph Leverrier, co-discovered Neptune
Birthday March 11, 1885 Malcolm Campbell, 1st auto racer to travel 5 miles/min
Birthday March 11, 1898 Dorothy Gish, silent film Actress (Orphans of the Storm)
Birthday March 11, 1903 Lawrence Welk is born
Birthday March 11, 1903 Lawrence Welk, conductor (champagne bubbles)
Birthday March 11, 1903 Dorothy Schiff, (NY Post)
Birthday March 11, 1914 Ralph Ellison, writer (Invisible Man, Shadow & Act)
Birthday March 11, 1916 Sir Harold Wilson, (Labour), British PM (1964-70, 1974-76)
Birthday March 11, 1926 Ralph Abernathy, civil rights leader
Birthday March 11, 1931 Rupert Murdoch, publisher, Australia
Birthday March 11, 1934 George Stamatoyannopoulos, geneticist
Birthday March 11, 1934 Sam Donaldson, ABC correspondent
Birthday March 11, 1934 Tina Louise, marooned with Gilligan, professor & Mary Ann
Birthday March 11, 1936 Antonin Scalia, Trenton NJ, Supreme Court Justice
History March 11, 1702 1st London daily newspaper
History March 11, 1779 Congress establishes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
History March 11, 1810 Emperor Napoleon married by proxy to Archduchess Marie Louise
History March 11, 1818 Frankenstein published
History March 11, 1847 John Chapman `Johnny Appleseed' dies in Allen County - Ind
History March 11, 1861 Confederate convention in Montgomery - adopts constitution
History March 11, 1861 Confederate constitution adopted
History March 11, 1862 Lincoln shuffles the Union command
History March 11, 1865 Gen Sherman's Union forces occupies Fayetteville - NC
History March 11, 1867 Great Mauna Loa volcano erupts
History March 11, 1884 Gunslinger Ben Thompson dies
History March 11, 1888 Blizzard struck NE US - 400 die
History March 11, 1888 Great Blizzard of '88 hits East Coast
History March 11, 1892 1st public basketball game (Springfield - Mass)
History March 11, 1901 Newspaper reports signing of so-called Chief Tokohama
History March 11, 1918 First cases reported in deadly influenza epidemic
History March 11, 1930 Pres & Chief Justice William Taft buried in Arlington
History March 11, 1938 Germany invades Austria
History March 11, 1941 FDR signs Lend-Lease
History March 11, 1941 FDR signs Lend-Lease Bill
History March 11, 1942 MacArthur leaves Corregidor
History March 11, 1942 Gen MacArthur left Bataan for Australia
History March 11, 1942 MacArthur leaves the Philippines
History March 11, 1947 Truman thanks Herbert Hoover for aiding post-WWII reconstruction
History March 11, 1953 1st woman army Dr commissioned (FM Adams)
History March 11, 1958 Charles Van Doren finally loses on TV's 21
History March 11, 1960 Pioneer 5 launched; orbits sun between Earth & Venus
History March 11, 1967 Heavy battle rages during Operation Junction City
History March 11, 1977 Rings of Uranus are discovered
History March 11, 1985 Mikhail S Gorbachev replaces Konstantin Chernenko
History March 11, 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev picked to succeed Chernenko
History March 11, 1986 187.27 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
History March 11, 1989 COPS debuts on Fox
History March 11, 1989 COPS makes TV debut
History March 11, 1990 Lithuania proclaims its independence
History March 11, 2004 Terrorists bomb trains in Madrid
History March 11, 2009 Toyota sells 1 millionth hybrid in U.S.
March 11, 1544 Torquato Tasso, Italy, Renaissance poet
March 11, 1731 Robert Treat Paine, judge, signed Decl of Ind
March 11, 1811 Urbain Jean Joseph Leverrier, co-discovered Neptune
March 11, 1885 Malcolm Campbell, 1st auto racer to travel 5 miles/min
March 11, 1898 Dorothy Gish, silent film Actress (Orphans of the Storm)
March 11, 1903 Lawrence Welk is born
March 11, 1903 Lawrence Welk, conductor (champagne bubbles)
March 11, 1903 Dorothy Schiff, (NY Post)
March 11, 1914 Ralph Ellison, writer (Invisible Man, Shadow & Act)
March 11, 1916 Sir Harold Wilson, (Labour), British PM (1964-70, 1974-76)
March 11, 1926 Ralph Abernathy, civil rights leader
March 11, 1931 Rupert Murdoch, publisher, Australia
March 11, 1934 George Stamatoyannopoulos, geneticist
March 11, 1934 Sam Donaldson, ABC correspondent
March 11, 1934 Tina Louise, marooned with Gilligan, professor & Mary Ann
March 11, 1936 Antonin Scalia, Trenton NJ, Supreme Court Justice
March 11, 1702 1st London daily newspaper
March 11, 1779 Congress establishes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
March 11, 1810 Emperor Napoleon married by proxy to Archduchess Marie Louise
March 11, 1818 Frankenstein published
March 11, 1847 John Chapman `Johnny Appleseed' dies in Allen County - Ind
March 11, 1861 Confederate convention in Montgomery - adopts constitution
March 11, 1861 Confederate constitution adopted
March 11, 1862 Lincoln shuffles the Union command
March 11, 1865 Gen Sherman's Union forces occupies Fayetteville - NC
March 11, 1867 Great Mauna Loa volcano erupts
March 11, 1884 Gunslinger Ben Thompson dies
March 11, 1888 Blizzard struck NE US - 400 die
March 11, 1888 Great Blizzard of '88 hits East Coast
March 11, 1892 1st public basketball game (Springfield - Mass)
March 11, 1901 Newspaper reports signing of so-called Chief Tokohama
March 11, 1918 First cases reported in deadly influenza epidemic
March 11, 1930 Pres & Chief Justice William Taft buried in Arlington
March 11, 1938 Germany invades Austria
March 11, 1941 FDR signs Lend-Lease
March 11, 1941 FDR signs Lend-Lease Bill
March 11, 1942 MacArthur leaves Corregidor
March 11, 1942 Gen MacArthur left Bataan for Australia
March 11, 1942 MacArthur leaves the Philippines
March 11, 1947 Truman thanks Herbert Hoover for aiding post-WWII reconstruction
March 11, 1953 1st woman army Dr commissioned (FM Adams)
March 11, 1958 Charles Van Doren finally loses on TV's 21
March 11, 1960 Pioneer 5 launched; orbits sun between Earth & Venus
March 11, 1967 Heavy battle rages during Operation Junction City
March 11, 1977 Rings of Uranus are discovered
March 11, 1985 Mikhail S Gorbachev replaces Konstantin Chernenko
March 11, 1985 Mikhail Gorbachev picked to succeed Chernenko
March 11, 1986 187.27 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
March 11, 1989 COPS debuts on Fox
March 11, 1989 COPS makes TV debut
March 11, 1990 Lithuania proclaims its independence
March 11, 2004 Terrorists bomb trains in Madrid
March 11, 2009 Toyota sells 1 millionth hybrid in U.S.