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What happened in history on this day: March 11?
On March 11 in ...
- 1779 - US Army Corps of Engineers is established (first time).
- 1789 - Benjamin Banneker with L'Enfant begin to lay out Washington DC.
- 1791 - Samuel Mulliken of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is first to obtain more than one US patent.
- 1823 - First normal school in US opens, Concord Academy, in Concord, Vermont.
- 1824 - US War Department creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
- 1862 - CSA General Thomas Jackson evacuates Winchester, Virginia.
- 1862 - US President Abraham Lincoln removes US General George McClellen as general-in-chief and makes him head of Army of the Potomac. General Henry Halleck is named general-in-chief.
- 1864 - Skirmish at Calfkiller Creek (Sparta), Tennessee.
- 1865 - USA Army General Tecumseh Sherman's USA forces occupy Fayetteville, North Carolina.
- 1888 - Great Blizzard of 1888 strikes northeast US.
- 1897 - In New Martinsville, West Virginia, USA, a man is reported struck by a meteorite, a horse killed, and walls pierced.
- 1927 - First armored commercial car hold-up in US, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
- 1927 - Samuel Roxy Rothafel opens famous Roxy Theater (New York City, New York).
- 1930 - US President and Chief Justice William Taft buried in Arlington cemetary.
- 1941 - In the United States, Congress passes "An Act to Promote the Defense of the United States", known as the Lend-Lease Act, authorizing the President to sell, lease, lend, transfer, or exchange war supplies to any nation deemed vital to defence of the US. Total value is US$1.3 billion.
- 1942 - US General Douglas MacArthur leaves Corregidor (Bataan) for Australia.
- 1953 - An American B-47 accidentally drops a nuclear bomb on South Carolina, the bomb doesn't go off due to six safety catches.
- 1954 - US Army charges Senator Joseph McCarthy used undue pressure tactics.
- 1960 - Pioneer 5 launched into solar orbit between Earth and Venus.
- 1965 - James Reeb, US vicar/civil rights activist, is murdered.
- 1976 - Near Newport, Rhode Island, a magnitude 3.5 earthquake occurs.
- 1977 - Muslims hold 130 hostages in Washington DC.
- 1982 - Harrison Williams, Democratic Senator for New Jersey, resigns rather than face expulsion.
- 1991 - Janet Jackson signs US$40 million three-album deal with Virgin Records.
- 1992 - Manuel De Dios Unanue, US anti-drug journalist, is murdered at age 48.
- 1993 - Janet Reno is confirmed by the United States Senate as Attorney General of the United States.
- 2005 - Three people, including a judge, are murdered in the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta, Georgia; the main suspect, Brian Nichols, surrenders to police the next day.
- 2008 - At the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US space shuttle Endeavour lifts off headed for the International Space Station. Its cargo includes part of a Japanese space laboratory and a Canadian-built robotic system.
- 2008 - The US Federal Reserve promises to lend up to US$200 billion of Treasury bonds on a monthly basis with mortgage-backed securities as collateral.
- 2010 - The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rules against a challenge (filed in 2007) to the motto "In God We Trust" appearing on US coins.
Births on March 11
- 1860 - Birth of Thomas Hastings in New York City, New York, USA; architect (New York Public Library).
- 1876 - Birth of Carl Ruggles in East Marion, Massachusetts, USA; composer (Evocations).
- 1892 - Birth of Raoul Walsh in New York City, New York, USA; director (Thief of Baghdad, Battle Cry).
- 1897 - Birth of Henry Dixon Cowell in Menlo Park, California, USA; composer (New Musical Resources).
- 1898 - Birth of Dorothy Gish in Massillon, Ohio, USA; stage and silent film actress (Orphans of the Storm).
- 1903 - Birth of Lawrence Welk in Strasburg, North Dakota, USA; orchestra leader (Lawrence Welk Show TV show, "Calcutta" (1961)) (dies 1992).
- 1911 - Birth of Alan Gifford in Boston, Massachusetts, USA; actor (Time Lock, Up Periscope).
- 1918 - Birth of Al Eben in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; actor (Doc Bergman - Hawaii Five-O TV show).
- 1922 - Birth of Vinnette Carroll in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Alice's Restaurant, The Reivers).
- 1923 - Birth of Althea Louise Brough Clapp in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; tennis player (four-time Wimbledon champion).
- 1928 - Birth of Albert Salmi in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actor (The US Steel Hour TV show, Studio 1 TV show, Alcoa Presents TV show, Daniel Boone, The Virginian, Gunsmoke, Wagon Train, Bonanza, Daniel Boone, 79 Park Avenue).
- 1934 - Birth of Sam Donaldson in El Paso, Texas, USA; ABC White House correspondent (Prime Time).
- 1936 - Birth of Antonin Scalia in Trenton, New Jersey, USA; 105th Supreme Court Justice (1986-).
- 1945 - Birth of Tricia O'Neil in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA; actress (Piranha Part II, Murder She Wrote, Hart to Hart).
- 1947 - Birth of Mark Stein in Bayonne, New Jersey, USA; rocker (Vanilla Fudge - "You Keep Me Hanging On").
- 1950 - Birth of Jerry Zucker in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA; director (Airplane, Naked Gun).
- 1952 - Birth of Susan Richardson in Coatesville, Pennsylvania, USA; actress (Susan - Eight is Enough).
- 1956 - Birth of Curtis L Brown Junior in Elizabethtown, North Carolina, USA; Major US Air Force/astronaut (STS 47, STS 66, 77, 85, 95).
- 1966 - Birth of Steve Reed in Los Angeles, California, USA; pitcher (Colorado Rockies).
- 1974 - Birth of Kevin Donovan in Des Plaines, Illinois, USA; figure skater (1997 Great Lakes-second).
- 1979 - Birth of Benji Madden and Joel Madden; American musicians (Good Charlotte).
Deaths on March 11
- 1845 - Agronomist John Chapman AKA Johnny Appleseed dies in Allen County, Indiana, USA.
- 1957 - Richard E Byrd, American explorer (Antarctica), dies at age 68.
- 1965 - James Reeb, US vicar/civil rights activist, is murdered.
- 1970 - Erle Stanley Gardner, US writer (Perry Mason), dies at age 80.
- 1971 - Death of Philo T. Farnsworth at age 64; US TV pioneer, first to demonstrate and patent a working electronic television system.
- 1971 - Whitney M Young Junior, leader (National Urban League 1961-71), dies at age 49.
- 1979 - Victor Kilian, American actor (Gentleman's Agreement), dies at age 88 (born 1891).
- 1987 - [Wayne] Woody Hayes, football coach (Ohio State), dies at age 74 (born 1913).
- 1992 - Manuel De Dios Unanue, US anti-drug journalist, is murdered at age 48.
- 2002 - Death of James Tobin, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918).
- 2007 - Death of Betty Hutton at age 85 in Palm Springs, California, USA; actress (Annie Get Your Gun, Somebody Loves Me, The Fleet's In, The Greatest Show on Earth, The Betty Hutton Show).
- 2022 - Death of Timmy Thomas at age 77 of cancer in Miami, Florida, USA; R&B musician ("Why Can't We Live Together" song (1972)).
- 2022 - Death of Emilio Delgado at age 81 of multiple myeloma in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Sesame Street TV show (1971-2015), Falcon Crest TV show, Lou Grant TV show, House of Cards TV show).
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