11 March
Notable Births
Margarita Kolosov
b. 2004
German rhythmic gymnast
Tristan Vukčević
b. 2003
Serbian basketball player (born 2003)
Travis Konecny
b. 1997
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1997)
Ray Spalding
b. 1997
American basketball player (born 1997)
Conor Garland
b. 1996
American ice hockey player (born 1996)
Andy Robertson
b. 1994
Scottish footballer (born 1994)
Jodie Comer
b. 1993
English actress (born 1993)
Anthony Davis
b. 1993
American basketball player (born 1993)
Ayumi Morita
b. 1990
Japanese tennis player (born 1990)
Malcolm Delaney
b. 1989
American basketball player (born 1989)
Orlando Johnson
b. 1989
American basketball player (born 1989)
Anton Yelchin
b. 1989
American actor (1989–2016)
Pedro Báez
b. 1988
Dominican baseball player (born 1988)
Fábio Coentrão
b. 1988
Portuguese footballer (born 1988)
Marc-André Gragnani
b. 1987
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1987)
Tanel Kangert
b. 1987
Estonian road cyclist
Ngonidzashe Makusha
b. 1987
Zimbabwean sprinter and athletics competitor (born 1987)
Dario Cologna
b. 1986
Swiss cross-country skier
Paul Bissonnette
b. 1985
Canadian ice hockey player and analyst
Evuy (footballer)
b. 1985
Equatoguinean footballer (born 1985)
Notable Deaths
Junior Bridgeman
d. 2025
American basketball player and businessman (1953–2025)
Clive Revill
d. 2025
New Zealand actor (1930–2025)
Paul Alexander (polio survivor)
d. 2024
American polio survivor, attorney and writer (1946–2024)
Rupiah Banda
d. 2022
Zambian politician (1937–2022)
Ray Campi
d. 2021
American rock musician (1934–2021)
Ken Dodd
d. 2018
English stand-up comedian and singer (1927–2018)
Siegfried Rauch
d. 2018
German film and television actor
Karl Lehmann
d. 2018
Catholic clergyman
Mary Rosenblum
d. 2018
American author (1952–2018)
Iolanda Balaș
d. 2016
Romanian high jumper
Doreen Massey (geographer)
d. 2016
British social scientist and geographer (b.1944)
Walter Burkert
d. 2015
German classical philologist and religious scholar (1931–2015)
Jimmy Greenspoon
d. 2015
American musician (1948–2015)
Dean Bailey
d. 2014
Australian rules footballer and coach
Simón Alberto Consalvi
d. 2013
Venezuelan politician, journalist and diplomat
James B. Morehead
d. 2012
American fighter pilot (1916-2012)
Hans van Mierlo
d. 2010
Dutch politician (1931–2010)
Bernie Geoffrion
d. 2006
Canadian ice hockey player
Slobodan Milošević
d. 2006
Yugoslav and Serbian politician (1941–2006)
James Tobin
d. 2002
American economist and Nobel Laureate (1918–2002)
On This Day in History
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2023
The Burmese military kills at least 30 villagers, including 3 Buddhist monks, during the Pinlaung massacre in Shan State, Myanmar.
Tatmadaw
2021
US President Joe Biden signs the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan into law.
President of the United States
2020
The World Health Organization (WHO) declares the COVID-19 virus epidemic a pandemic.
World Health Organization
2018
A Bombardier Challenger 604 crashes into the Zagros Mountains near the Iranian city of Shar-e-kord, killing all 11 people on board.
Bombardier Challenger 600 series
2012
A U.S. soldier kills 16 civilians in the Panjwayi District of Afghanistan near Kandahar.
Kandahar massacre
2011
An earthquake measuring 9.0 in magnitude strikes 130 km (81 mi) east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami killing thousands of people. This event also triggered the second largest nuclear accident in history, and one of only two events to be classified as a Level 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale.
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
2010
Economist and businessman Sebastián Piñera is sworn in as President of Chile. Aftershocks of the 2010 Pichilemu earthquakes hit central Chile during the ceremony.
Sebastián Piñera
2009
Winnenden school shooting: Fifteen are killed and nine are injured before recent graduate Tim Kretschmer shoots and kills himself, leading to tightened weapons restrictions in Germany.
2009 Winnenden shootings
2008
Space Shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-123, carrying the first component of the Japanese Kibō module to the International Space Station.
Space Shuttle Endeavour
2006
Michelle Bachelet is inaugurated as the first female president of Chile.
Michelle Bachelet
2004
Madrid train bombings: Simultaneous explosions on rush hour trains in Madrid, Spain kill 191 people.
2004 Madrid train bombings
2003
The International Criminal Court holds its inaugural session in The Hague.
International Criminal Court
1990
Lithuania declares independence from the Soviet Union.
Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania
1990
Patricio Aylwin is sworn in as the first democratically elected President of Chile since 1970.
Patricio Aylwin
1985
Mikhail Gorbachev is elected to the position of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, making Gorbachev the USSR's de facto, and last, head of state.
Mikhail Gorbachev
1983
Bob Hawke is appointed Prime Minister of Australia.
Bob Hawke
1982
Fifteen people are killed when Widerøe Flight 933 crashes into the Barents Sea near Gamvik, Norway.
Widerøe Flight 933
1981
Hundreds of students protest in the University of Pristina in Kosovo, then part of Yugoslavia, to give their province more political rights. The protests then became a nationwide movement.
Kosovo
1978
Coastal Road massacre: At least 37 are killed and more than 70 are wounded when Fatah hijack an Israeli bus, prompting Israel's Operation Litani.
Coastal road massacre
1977
The 1977 Hanafi Siege: Around 150 hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims are set free after ambassadors from three Islamic nations join negotiations.
1977 Washington, D.C., attack and hostage taking