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What happened in history on this day: March 11?
On March 11 in ...
- 1882 - Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association organized in Princeton, New Jersey, USA.
- 1892 - First public basketball game (Springfield, Massachusetts, USA).
- 1904 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver Seven sweep Brandon Wheat Kings in two games.
- 1905 - Stanley Cup: Ottawa Silver Seven beat Rat Portage Thisles, 2 games to 1.
- 1910 - Jack Hobbs makes first Test ton (187 versus South Africa), his only Test hit wicket.
- 1912 - First Stanley Cup hockey game to be played in three 20-minute periods, formerly played in 30-minute halfs, Québec Bulldogs beats Moncton Victorias 9-3.
- 1917 - First NHL championship game ever played, Toronto Arenas beats Montreal Canadiens 7-3 in first of two-game set.
- 1922 - Western Hockey Championship: Vancouver Millionaires (PCHA) sweep Regina Capitals, in two games.
- 1924 - NHL Championship: Montreal Canadiens sweep Ottawa Senators in two games.
- 1927 - First golden gloves tournament.
- 1934 - Netherlands beats Belgium 9-3, in soccer.
- 1956 - Louise Suggs wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship.
- 1958 - Starting this season, American League batters are required to wear batting helmets.
- 1961 - NHL record 40 penalties, Chicago Black Hawks and Toronto Maple Leafs (20 each).
- 1973 - Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA S&H Green Stamp Golf Classic.
- 1978 - University of San Francisco-led Bill Cartwright scores 23 points as the Dons oust North Carolina.
- 1979 - Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sunstar Golf Classic.
- 1979 - Randy Hold receives 67 minutes in penalties in a 60 minute NHL hockey game.
- 1980 - Rod Marsh bowls ten overs for 51 runs in dull Australia versus Pakistan cricket draw.
- 1981 - Johnny Mize and Rube Foster elected to baseball Hall of Fame.
- 1983 - World Ice Dance Championship in Helsinki Finland won by Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean (Great Britain).
- 1983 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Elena Valova and Oleg Vasiliev (USSR).
- 1983 - World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Rosalynn Sumners (USA).
- 1983 - World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Helsinki won by Scott Hamilton (USA).
- 1984 - Chris Johnson wins LPGA Samaritan Turquoise Golf Classic.
- 1986 - New York Islanders' Mike Bossy is first NHL player to score 50 goals in nine straight seasons.
- 1986 - NFL adopts instant replay rule.
- 1987 - Wayne Gretzky scores 1,500th NHL point.
- 1990 - Maggie Will wins Desert Inn LPGA Golf International.
- 1991 - John Smith, amateur wrestler, wins James E Sullivan Award.
- 1991 - Monica Seles ends Steffi Graf's streak of 186 weeks ranked as #1 in tennis.
- 1995 - Yolanda Chen hop-skip-jumps world indoor record 15.03 metre.
- 1996 - Chris Harris scores 130 in losing New Zealand side versus Australia, World Cup.
- 1996 - Mark Waugh scores 110 versus New Zealand for his third century of the World Cup.
- 1997 - San Francisco Giants' player J T Snow suffers a fractured eye socket when hit by a pitch.
- 2022 - At Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, NHL regular season game: Washington Capitals beats Vancouver Canucks by score 4-3.
- 2022 - At UBS Arena in Elmont, New York, USA, NHL regular season game: New York Islanders beats Winnipeg Jets by score 5-2.
- 2022 - At Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, USA, NHL regular season game: Columbus Blue Jackets beats Minnesota Wild by score 3-2.
- 2022 - At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, NHL regular season game: Pittsburgh Penguins beats Vegas Golden Knights by score 5-2.
- 2023 - Mikaela Shiffrin wins her 87th World Cup Alpine skiing event, the slalom in Are, Sweden, beating Ingemar Stenmark's 34-year record of 86 wins.
Births of sports figures on March 11
- 1863 - Birth of Andrew Stoddart; cricket player (My Dear Victorious Stod).
- 1885 - Birth of Malcolm Campbell; first auto racer to travel five miles/minute (300 MPH, 8 km/minute).
- 1903 - Birth of George Dickinson; cricket player (bowled for New Zealand in their first three Tests).
- 1915 - Birth of Vijay Hazare; cricket player (prolific Indian batsman 1946-54).
- 1923 - Birth of Althea Louise Brough Clapp in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; tennis player (four-time Wimbledon champion).
- 1929 - Birth of Jackie McGlew; cricket player (dour South African opening bat of the 50 feet).
- 1934 - Birth of Sydney Burke; cricket player (South African quick, 11 wickets on Test debut versus New Zealand 1961).
- 1937 - Birth of John Ward in New Zealand; cricket wicket-keeper (8 Tests 1964-68).
- 1947 - Birth of Geoffrey Hunt in Australia; world-champion squash player.
- 1964 - Birth of Raimo Helminen in Tampere, Finland; hockey forward (Team Finland, Olympics-bronze-1998).
- 1966 - Birth of Ralph Tamm; NFL guard/center (Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs).
- 1966 - Birth of Steve Reed in Los Angeles, California, USA; pitcher (Colorado Rockies).
- 1967 - Birth of Andrew Zesers; cricket player (played for Australia in 1987 World Cup).
- 1967 - Birth of Bill Houlder in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada; NHL defenseman (Tampa Bay Lightning).
- 1969 - Birth of Dan Lacroix in Montréal, Quebec, Canada; NHL left wing (New York Rangers).
- 1969 - Birth of John Fina; NFL offensive tackle (Buffalo Bills).
- 1970 - Birth of Brett Liddle in Boksburg, South Africa; Canadian Tour golfer (1993 Newcastle).
- 1970 - Birth of Evgeniy Koreshkov; hockey forward (Team Kazakhstan Olympics-1998).
- 1971 - Birth of Bob Kronenberg; WLAF corner (Rhein Fire).
- 1971 - Birth of Jiri Vykoukai in Olomouc, Czechoslovakia; hockey player (Team Czechoslovakia Republic, Olympics-gold-1998).
- 1971 - Birth of Martin Rucinsky in Most, Czechoslovakia; NHL left wing (Montreal Canadiens, Olympics-Gold-1998).
- 1972 - Birth of Carl Greenwood; NFL cornerback (New York Jets).
- 1972 - Birth of Chris Shelling; WLAF cornerback (Rhein Fire).
- 1972 - Birth of Jamal Duff; NFL defensive end (New York Giants, Washington Redskins).
- 1973 - Birth of Kennedy Otieno in Kenya; cricket wicket-keeper (85 versus Australia 1996 World Cup).
- 1973 - Birth of Mike Mihelic; Canadian Football League offensive tackle (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).
- 1973 - Birth of Sammie Brennan; Canadian Football League defensive back (British Columbia Lions).
- 1973 - Birth of Tony Veland; NFL defensive back (Denver Broncos-Superbowl 32).
- 1974 - Birth of Billy Granville; linebacker (Cincinnati Bengals).
- 1974 - Birth of David Cameron; Australian rower (Olympics-1996).
- 1974 - Birth of Kevin Donovan in Des Plaines, Illinois, USA; figure skater (1997 Great Lakes-second).
- 1975 - Birth of Cedric Henderson, NBA forward (Cleveland Cavaliers).
- 1975 - Birth of Shawn Springs; cornerback (Seattle Seahawks).
- 1982 - Birth of Hasan Raza; cricket player (Test cricket player at the age of 14).
Deaths of sports figures on March 11
- 1894 - John Selby, cricket player (6 Tests for England 1877-82), dies.
- 1900 - Edmund Peate, cricket player (9 Tests for England 1881-86), dies.
- 1926 - John Henry Anderson, cricket player (score 32 and 11 in Test for South Africa), dies.
- 1963 - Mahomed Nissar, cricket player (6 Tests for India 1932-36, 25 wickets), dies.
- 1987 - [Wayne] Woody Hayes, football coach (Ohio State), dies at age 74 (born 1913).
- 1993 - Death of Adolfo "Dino Bravo" Bresciano, Italian-born professional wrestler (born 1949).
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