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| March 11th |
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| About March 11th is the 70th day of the year (71st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 295 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. March 11th is Johnny Appleseed Day in the United States. Births 1785 - John McLean, former U.S. Supreme Court Justice 1931 - Rupert Murdoch, founder and chairman of News Corp 1934 - Sam Donaldson, news anchor (World News Tonight) 1936 - Antonin Scalia, U.S. Supreme Court Justice 1965 - Wallace Langham, actor (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation) 1965 - Jesse Jackson, Jr., U.S. Congressman 1971 - Johnny Knoxville, actor, comedian, daredevil 1981 - Paul Wall, rapper ("The People's Champ") 1982 - Thora Birch, actress (American Beauty, Ghost World) 1982 - Lindsey McKeon, actress (Guiding Light) Deaths 1971 - Whitney Young, civil rights leader 2007 - Betty Hutton, actress, singer (Incendiary Blonde) Events 1861 - The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is adopted. 1888 - One of the worst blizzards begins to strike the Northeast United States killing over 400 people. 1941 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Lend-Lease Act providing war supplies to countries fighting the Axis Powers. 1960 - Pioneer 5 is launched by NASA becoming one of the first probes to explore the solar system. 1985 - Mikhail Gorbachev becomes the leader of the Soviet Union. 1989 - The documentary television series COPS debuts on FOX television. 1993 - Janet Reno is unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate and becomes the first U.S. Attorney General the following day when she is sworn in. 2002 - New York City begins the "Tribute in Light", two vertical columns of light in remembrance of the September 11th attacks in 2001. 2004 - Terrorists strike Madrid, Spain with simultaneous explosions on rush hour trains that kill 191 people. 2005 - Brian Nichols goes on a killing spree and escapes from the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta, Georiga. 2006 - Michelle Bachelet becomes the first female president of Chile. 2009 - A shooting at Winnenden school in southwestern Germany leaves 16 dead. |
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