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Wednesday, 11 March 2015

Today In History [11th March, 2015]

A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
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Today in History
March 11

537           The Goths lay siege to Rome.
1649           The peace of Rueil is signed between the Frondeurs (rebels) and the French government.
1665           A new legal code is approved for the Dutch and English towns, guaranteeing religious observances unhindered.
1702           The Daily Courant, the first regular English newspaper is published.
1810           The Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte is married by proxy to Archduchess Marie Louise.
1811           Ned Ludd leads a group of workers in a wild protest against mechanization.
1824           The U.S. War Department creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Seneca Indian Ely Parker becomes the first Indian to lead the Bureau.
1845           Seven hundred Maoris led by their chief, Hone-Heke, burn the small town of Kororareka in protest at the settlement of Maoriland by Europeans, in breach with the 1840 Treaty of Waitangi.
1861           A Confederate Convention is held in Montgomery, Ala., where the new constitution is adopted.
1863           Union troops under General Ulysess S. Grant give up their preparations to take Vicksburg after failing to pass Fort Pemberton, north of Vicksburg.
1865           Union General William Sherman and his forces occupy Fayetteville, N.C.
1888           A disastrous blizzard hits the northeastern United States. Some 400 people die, mainly from exposure.
1900           British Prime Minister Lord Salisbury rejects the peace overtures offered from Boer leader Paul Kruger.
1905           The Parisian subway is officially inaugurated.
1907           President Teddy Roosevelt induces California to revoke its anti-Japanese legislation.
1930           President Howard Taft becomes the first U.S. president to be buried in the National Cemetery in Arlington, Va.
1935           The German Air Force becomes an official organ of the Reich.
1941           President Franklin D. Roosevelt authorizes the Lend-Lease Act which authorizes the act of giving war supplies to the Allies.
1942           General Douglas MacArthur leaves Bataan for Australia.
1965           The American navy begins inspecting Vietnamese junks in hopes of ending arms smuggling to the South.
1966           Three men are convicted of the murder of Malcolm X.
1969           Levi-Strauss starts to sell bell-bottomed jeans.
1973           An FBI agent is shot at Wounded Knee in South Dakota.
1985           Mikhail Gorbachev is named the new Soviet leader.
1990           Lithuania declares its independence from the Soviet Union.

Born on March 11
1731           Robert Treat Paine, Declaration of Independence signer
1860           Thomas Hastings, architect of the New York Public Library.
1885           Sir Michael Campbell, the first motorist to exceed 300 mph.
1899           Frederick IX, King of Denmark
1908           Lawrence Welk, orchestra leader.
1926           Ralph David Abernathy, civil rights leader, associate of Dr. King.
1952           Douglas Adams, British writer, (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy).

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