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March 11th is the 70th day of the year (71st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 295 days remaining in the year.
537 • The Goths began their siege on Rome. 1302 • The characters Romeo and Juliet were married this day according to William Shakespeare. 1847 • John Chapman ‘Johnny Appleseed’ died in Allen County, IN. This day became known as Johnny Appleseed Day. 1888 • The “Blizzard of ‘88” began along the Atlantic Seaboard shutting down communication and transportation lines. More than 400 people died.(March 11th - 14th) 1901 • U.S. Steel was formed when industrialist J.P. Morgan purchased Carnegie Steel Corp. The event made Andrew Carnegie the world’s richest man. 1927 • The Flatheads Gang stole $104,250 in the first armored car robbery near Pittsburgh, PA. 1969 • Levi-Strauss started selling bell bottomed jeans. 1985 • Mikhail Gorbachev was named the new chairman of the Soviet Communist Party. 1986 • Popsicle announced its plan to end the traditional twin stick frozen treat for a one stick model. 2007 • Tracey Legel leaves for business trip to Las Vegas, plane is delayed on departure from Peoria.
2008 • Noah Legel returns home from vacation in Hawaii.
2014 • Russia annexed Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Getting 2014 Crimean crisis and 2014-15 Russian military intervention in Ukraine. |