March 11

Today's Events

  • 1702
    1st London daily newspaper
  • 1810
    Emperor Napoleon married by proxy to Archduchess Marie Louise
  • 1847
    John Chapman `Johnny Appleseed' dies in Allen County - Ind
  • 1861
    Confederate convention in Montgomery - adopts constitution
  • 1865
    Gen Sherman's Union forces occupies Fayetteville - NC
  • 1867
    Great Mauna Loa volcano erupts
  • 1888
    Blizzard struck NE US - 400 die
  • 1892
    1st public basketball game (Springfield - Mass)
  • 1930
    Pres & Chief Justice William Taft buried in Arlington
  • 1938
    Germany invades Austria
  • 1941
    FDR signs Lend-Lease Bill
  • 1942
    Gen MacArthur left Bataan for Australia
  • 1953
    1st woman army Dr commissioned (FM Adams)
  • 1958
    Charles Van Doren finally loses on TV's 21
  • 1960
    Pioneer 5 launched; orbits sun between Earth & Venus
  • 1977
    Rings of Uranus are discovered
  • 1985
    Mikhail S Gorbachev replaces Konstantin Chernenko
  • 1986
    187.27 million shares traded in NY Stock Exchange
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