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Notable anniversaries in history for today: March 11
- 200th: 1824 - US War Department creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
- 100th: 1924 - Third term of Belgium George Theunis government begins.
- 100th: 1924 - NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens sweep Ottawa Senators in two games.
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Joep [Joseph Willem Frederik] Straesser; composer (Blossom songs, Ramasasiri).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Sam Donaldson in El Paso, Texas, USA; ABC White House correspondent (Prime Time).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Sydney Burke; cricket player (South African quick, 11 wickets on Test debut versus New Zealand 1961).
- 90th: 1934 - Netherlands beats Belgium 9-3, in soccer.
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Ric Rothwell; drummer (Mindbenders - "Games of Love").
- 70th: 1954 - US Army charges Senator Joseph McCarthy used undue pressure tactics.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Raimo Helminen in Tampere, Finland; hockey forward (Team Finland, Olympics-bronze-1998).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Billy Granville; linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of David Cameron; Australian rower (Olympics-1996).
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Kevin Donovan in Des Plaines, Illinois, USA; figure skater (1997 Great Lakes-second).
- 50th: 1974 - Mount Etna in Sicily erupts.
- 40th: 1984 - Nakagawa Soen, Zen teacher/poet, dies in Rytutakuji monastery at age 76.
- 40th: 1984 - Chris Johnson wins LPGA Samaritan Turquoise Golf Classic.
- 30th: 1994 - Gramercy releases the film Four Weddings and a Funeral to theaters.
- 30th: 1994 - Eduardo Frei succeeds Patricio Aylwin as President of Chile.
- 30th: 1994 - Jacques Doucet, French painter (Mostar Sarajevo), dies at age 69.
- 20th: 2004 - In Madrid, Spain, ten simultaneous explosions on commuter trains and in rail stations kill 190 people.
- 15th: 2009 - French President Nicolas Sarkozy announces France will return to NATO's military command, after President Charles de Gaulle pulled France out in 1966.
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