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March 11: Day of the Week
March 11, 2024 was the 71st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 295 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Monday.
If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Getsuyōbi.
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Here’s the March calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Pisces is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
March 11 Historical Event(s)
1387
Battle of Castagnaro: English condottiero Sir John Hawkwood leads Padova to victory in a factional clash with Verona.
1861
American Civil War: The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is adopted.
1864
The Great Sheffield Flood: The largest man-made disaster ever to befall England kills over 250 people in Sheffield.
1872
Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
1872
The Meiji Japanese government officially annexes the Ryukyu Kingdom into what would become the Okinawa prefecture.
1978
Coastal Road massacre: At least 37 are killed and more than 70 are wounded when Al Fatah hijack an Israeli bus, prompting Israel’s Operation Litani.
1993
Janet Reno is confirmed by the United States Senate and sworn in the next day, becoming the first female Attorney General of the United States.
2004
Madrid train bombings: Simultaneous explosions on rush hour trains in Madrid, Spain, kill 191 people.
2006
Michelle Bachelet is inaugurated as first female president of Chile.
2010
Economist and businessman Sebastián Piñera is sworn in as President of Chile, while three earthquakes, the strongest measuring magnitude 6.9 and all centered next to Pichilemu, capital of Cardenal Caro Province, hit central Chile during the ceremony.
Who were born on March 11?
1818
Marius Petipa, French ballet dancer and choreographer (d. 1910)
1890
Vannevar Bush, American engineer and politician (d. 1974)
1903
Lawrence Welk, American musician (d. 1992)
1916
Ezra Jack Keats, children’s literature author (d. 1983)
1931
Rupert Murdoch, Australian-born entrepreneur
1956
D. J. MacHale, American author and television writer
1965
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, British television presenter
1970
Delia Gallagher, American journalist
1982
Brian Anderson, Major League Baseball player
1986
Mariko Shinoda, Japanese actress (AKB48)
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