What are the important events that happened on March 11? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

March 11: Facts & Myths About This Day

March 11 is the 71^st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 295 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is February 27, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 1,710,115,200 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘heptacontahenagon’ day.

Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 324 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,098 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

March 11 Historical Events

• 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 being thrown into the Tiber.
• 1387 –
  Battle of Castagnaro: English condottiero Sir John Hawkwood leads Padova to victory in a factional clash with Verona.
• 1708 –
  Queen Anne withholds Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill, the last time a British monarch vetoes legislation.
• 1824 –
  The United States Department of War creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
• 1851 –
  The first performance of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Venice.
• 1864 –
  The Great Sheffield Flood: The largest man-made disaster ever to befall England kills over 250 people in Sheffield.
• 1872 –
  The Meiji Japanese government officially annexes the Ryukyu Kingdom into what would become the Okinawa prefecture.
• 1888 –
  The Great Blizzard of 1888 begins along the eastern seaboard of the United States, shutting down commerce and killing more than 400.
• 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.
• 1999 –
  Infosys becomes the first Indian company listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.

Who were born on March 11?

• 1920 –
  Nicolaas Bloembergen, Dutch physicist, Nobel laureate
• 1922 –
  Cornelius Castoriadis, Greek philosopher and economist (d. 1997)
• 1942 –
  Joel Steiger, American Producer / Writer
• 1945 –
  Jose Mari Chan, Chinese-Filipino singer and songwriter
• 1946 –
  Patty Waters, American jazz singer
• 1948 –
  Dominique Sanda, French actress
• 1948 –
  Roy Barnes, 80th Governor of Georgia
• 1964 –
  Emma Chambers, British actress
• 1969 –
  Terrence Howard, American actor
• 1978 –
  Paulo Musse, Brazilian footballer

Who died on March 11?

• 859 –
  Eulogius of Cordoba, Spanish Bishop and Christian Martyr
• 1198 –
  Marie de Champagne, daughter of Louis VII of France (b. 1145)
• 1607 –
  Giovanni Maria Nanino, Italian composer
• 1759 –
  John Forbes, British general (b. 1710)
• 1854 –
  Willard Richards, American religious figure (b. 1804)
• 1866 –
  Ulysses F. Doubleday, American congressman (b. 1792)
• 1908 –
  Benjamin Waugh, American activist (b. 1839)
• 1971 –
  Philo T. Farnsworth, American inventor (b. 1906)
• 1982 –
  Edmund Cooper, English author (b. 1926)
• 1995 –
  Myfanwy Talog, Welsh actress (b. 1945)