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March 11th


- Reestablishment of Lithuania's Independence from the Soviet Union in 1990 (Lithuania)
- Christian Feast Day
- Johnny Appleseed Day (United States)
- Youth Day (Zambia)

March 11th


- 2009 - Winnenden school shooting – 17 people are killed at a school in Germany.
- 2006 - Michelle Bachelet is inaugurated as first female president of Chile.
- 2004 - Madrid train bombings: Simultaneous explosions on rush hour trains in Madrid, Spain, kill 191 people.
- 1999 - Infosys becomes the first Indian company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.
- 1993 - Janet Reno is confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn-in the next day, becoming the first female Attorney General of the United States.
- 1990 - Lithuania declares itself independent from the Soviet Union.
- 1990 - Patricio Aylwin is sworn-in as the first democratically elected Chilean president since 1970.
- 1985 - Mikhail Gorbachev becomes the Soviet Union's leader.
- 1978 - Coastal Road massacre: At least 37 are killed and more than 70 are wounded when Al Fatah hijack an Israeli bus, prompting Israel's Operation Litani.
- 1977 - The 1977 Hanafi Muslim Siege: more than 130 hostages held in Washington, D.C., by Hanafi Muslims are set free after ambassadors from three Islamic nations join negotiations.
- 1945 - World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy attempts a large-scale kamikaze attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet anchored at Ulithi atoll in Operation Tan No. 2.
- 1942 - World War II: General Douglas MacArthur abandons Corregidor.
- 1941 - World War II: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan.
- 1931 - Ready for Labour and Defence of the USSR, abbreviated as GTO, is introduced in the Soviet Union.
- 1927 - In New York City, Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens the Roxy Theatre.
- 1917 - World War I: Baghdad falls to Anglo-Indian forces commanded by General Stanley Maude.
- 1888 - The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
- 1872 - Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
- 1872 - The Meiji Japanese government officially annexes the Ryukyu Kingdom into what would become the Okinawa prefecture.
- 1867 - The first performance of Don Carlos by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Paris.
- 1864 - The Great Sheffield Flood: The largest man-made disaster ever to befall England kills over 250 people in Sheffield.
- 1861 - American Civil War: The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is adopted.
- 1851 - The first performance of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Venice.
- 1848 - Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine and Robert Baldwin become the first Prime Ministers of the Province of Canada to be democratically elected under a system of responsible government.
- 1845 - The Flagstaff War: Unhappy with translational differences regarding the Treaty of Waitangi, chiefs Hone Heke, Kawiti and M?ori tribe members chop down the British flagpole for a fourth time and drive settlers out of Kororareka, New Zealand.
- 1824 - The United States War Department creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
- 1708 - Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation.
- 1702 - The Daily Courant, England's first national daily newspaper is published for the first time.
- 1649 - The Frondeurs and the French sign the Peace of Rueil.
- 1641 - Battle of Mbororé: Guaranís from Jesuit Reductions fight Bandeirantes, and Portuguese explorers after separation of the Kingdoms of Spain and Portugal.
- 1387 - Battle of Castagnaro: English condottiero Sir John Hawkwood leads Padova to victory in a factional clash with Verona.
- 222 - Emperor Elagabalus is assassinated, along with his mother, Julia Soaemias, by the Praetorian Guard during a revolt. Their mutilated bodies are dragged through the streets of Rome before thrown into the Tiber.

March 11th


- 1991 - Jack Rodwell, British football player
- 1990 - Janna Dominguez, Filipina actress
- 1990 - Reiley McClendon, American Actor
- 1989 - Anton Yelchin, Russian/American actor
- 1987 - Marc-André Gragnani, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1986 - Mariko Shinoda, Japanese actress and member of AKB48
- 1985 - Paul Bissonnette, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1985 - Hakuh? Sh?, Mongolian sumo wrestler, the 69th Yokozuna
- 1985 - Derek Schouman, American football player
- 1985 - Nikolai Topor-Stanley, Australian soccer player
- 1985 - Ajantha Mendis, Sri Lankan Cricketer
- 1984 - Marc-André Grondin, Canadian actor
- 1984 - Anna Tsuchiya, Japanese model, actress and singer
- 1984 - Tom James, British rower
- 1983 - Marietta Chrousala, Greek fashion model
- 1983 - Bianca Gonzalez, Filipina TV host and model
- 1983 - Adil Mezgour, Moroccan footballer
- 1982 - Brian Anderson, Major League Baseball player
- 1982 - Thora Birch, American actress
- 1982 - Benjamin Krause, German rugby player
- 1982 - Lindsey McKeon, American actress
- 1981 - Paul Wall, American rapper
- 1981 - David Anders, American actor
- 1981 - Heidi Cortez, American erotic broadcaster
- 1981 - Lee Evans, American football player
- 1981 - Russell Lissack, English musician (Bloc Party)
- 1981 - LeToya Luckett, American singer (ex-Destiny's Child)
- 1980 - Paul Scharner, Austrian footballer
- 1980 - Dan Uggla, American baseball player
- 1979 - Elton Brand, American basketball player
- 1979 - Fred Jones, American basketball player
- 1979 - Benji Madden, American guitarist (Good Charlotte)
- 1979 - Joel Madden, American singer (Good Charlotte)
- 1978 - Didier Drogba, Ivorian footballer
- 1978 - Albert Luque, Spanish footballer
- 1978 - Paulo Musse, Brazilian footballer
- 1978 - Christopher Rice, American author
- 1977 - Andre Nickatina, American rapper
- 1977 - Becky Hammon, American basketball player
- 1976 - Thomas Gravesen, Danish footballer
- 1975 - Eric the Midget, American radio personality
- 1975 - Shawn Springs, American football player
- 1974 - Bobby Abreu, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1974 - Jon Dalton, American Survivor castmember
- 1974 - Kate Brian, American writer, Private
- 1973 - Martin Hiden, Austrian footballer
- 1972 - Paolo Ponzo, Italian footballer
- 1971 - Johnny Knoxville, American television personality
- 1971 - Martin Ru?inský, Czech ice hockey player
- 1970 - Delia Gallagher, American journalist
- 1969 - Terrence Howard, American actor
- 1969 - Soraya, Colombian-American singer (d. 2006)
- 1968 - Lisa Loeb, American singer-songwriter
- 1968 - Jerod Shelby, founder of Shelby SuperCars and creater of the SSC Ultimate Aero
- 1967 - John Barrowman, Scottish-American actor
- 1967 - Brad Carson, American politician
- 1966 - Joe Hachem, Lebanese-born Australian poker player
- 1965 - Nigel Adkins, English football manager
- 1965 - Jesse Jackson, Jr., American politician
- 1965 - Wallace Langham, American actor
- 1965 - Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, British television presenter
- 1964 - Peter Berg, American film actor, director and producer
- 1964 - Libba Bray, American author
- 1964 - Vinnie Paul, American drummer (Pantera)
- 1964 - Shane Richie, British actor
- 1963 - Alex Kingston, English actress
- 1963 - Davis Guggenheim, American director and producer
- 1962 - Jeffrey Nordling, American actor
- 1961 - Elias Koteas, Canadian actor
- 1960 - Christophe Gans, French film director
- 1959 - Nina Hartley, American porn star
- 1959 - Dejan Stojanovi?, Serbian-American poet
- 1958 - Anissa Jones, American actress (d. 1976)
- 1958 - Jim Pinkerton, American pundit
- 1958 - Flemming Rose, Danish journalist
- 1958 - Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer, interim President of Iraq
- 1957 - Lady Chablis, American entertainer
- 1957 - Cheryl Lynn, American singer
- 1956 - Curtis Brown, NASA astronaut
- 1956 - Joey Buttafuoco, American statutory rapist
- 1956 - D. J. MacHale, American author and television writer
- 1956 - Rob Paulsen, American voice actor
- 1956 - Helen Rollason, British sports journalist and television presenter (d. 1999)
- 1955 - Nina Hagen, German singer
- 1954 - Gale Norton, 48th United States Secretary of the Interior
- 1953 - László Bölöni, Romanian football player and manager
- 1953 - Bernie LaBarge, Canadian musician
- 1952 - Douglas Adams, English writer (d. 2001)
- 1950 - Bobby McFerrin, American singer
- 1950 - Jerry Zucker, American director
- 1948 - Roy Barnes, 80th Governor of Georgia
- 1948 - César Gerónimo, Dominican baseball player
- 1948 - Dominique Sanda, French actress
- 1947 - Tristan Murail, French composer
- 1946 - Patty Waters, American jazz singer
- 1945 - Dock Ellis, American baseball player (d. 2008)
- 1945 - Harvey Mandel, American musician
- 1945 - Jose Mari Chan, Chinese-Filipino singer and songwriter
- 1942 - Joel Steiger, American Producer / Writer
- 1940 - Alberto Cortez, Argentinian singer
- 1939 - Lorraine Hunt, former Lieutenant Governor of Nevada
- 1939 - Flaco Jiménez, American musician
- 1937 - Carlos Larrañaga, Spanish actor
- 1936 - Antonin Scalia, American Supreme Court Justice
- 1935 - Sandra Milo, Italian actress
- 1934 - Sam Donaldson, American reporter
- 1932 - Leroy Jenkins, American composer and violinist (d. 2007)
- 1931 - Rupert Murdoch, Australian-born entrepreneur
- 1930 - Claude Jutra, Quebec film actor and director (d. 1986)
- 1929 - Timothy Carey, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1928 - Albert Salmi, American actor (d. 1990)
- 1927 - Robert Mosbacher, 28th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 2010)
- 1926 - Reverend Ralph Abernathy, American civil rights leader (d. 1990)
- 1926 - ?lhan Mimaro?lu, Turkish musician and composer
- 1922 - Cornelius Castoriadis, Greek philosopher and economist (d. 1997)
- 1922 - José Luis López Vázquez, Spanish actor (d. 2009)
- 1921 - Frank Harary, American mathematician (d. 2005)
- 1921 - Ástor Piazzolla, Argentine composer (d. 1992)
- 1920 - Nicolaas Bloembergen, Dutch physicist, Nobel laureate
- 1916 - Harold Wilson, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1995)
- 1916 - Ezra Jack Keats, children's literature author (d. 1983)
- 1915 - Vijay Hazare, Indian cricketer (d. 2004)
- 1915 - Hans Peter Keller, German writer (d. 1988)
- 1915 - J. C. R. Licklider, American computer scientist and Internet pioneer (d. 1990)
- 1910 - Robert Havemann, German chemist (d. 1982)
- 1907 - Jessie Matthews, English actress (d. 1981)
- 1903 - Ronald Syme, New Zealand classicist and historian (d. 1989)
- 1903 - Lawrence Welk, American musician (d. 1992)
- 1899 - Frederick IX of Denmark, Danish King (d. 1972)
- 1898 - Dorothy Gish, American actress (d. 1968)
- 1897 - Henry Cowell, American composer and impresario (d. 1965)
- 1890 - Vannevar Bush, American engineer and politician (d. 1974)
- 1887 - Raoul Walsh, American film director (d. 1980)
- 1885 - Malcolm Campbell, English race car driver (d. 1948)
- 1884 - Lewi Pethrus, Swedish politician (d. 1974)
- 1880 - Harry H. Laughlin, American eugenecist (d. 1943)
- 1878 - Umegatani T?tar? II, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 20th Yokozuna (d. 1927)
- 1876 - Carl Ruggles, American composer (d. 1971)
- 1873 - David Horsley, English-born film executive (d. 1933)
- 1870 - Louis Bachelier, French mathematician (d. 1946)
- 1863 - Andrew Stoddart, English cricketer (d. 1915)
- 1822 - Joseph Louis François Bertrand, French mathematician (d. 1900)
- 1818 - Marius Petipa, French ballet dancer and choreographer (d. 1910)
- 1811 - Urbain Le Verrier, French mathematician (d. 1877)
- 1787 - Ivan Nabokov, Russian general (d. 1852)
- 1785 - John McLean, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1861)
- 1738 - Benjamin Tupper, Continental Army officer, and pioneer to the Ohio Country (d. 1792)
- 1725 - Henry Benedict Stuart, pretender to the throne of Great Britain (d. 1807)
- 1544 - Torquato Tasso, Italian poet (d. 1595)