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)
222
Emperor Elagabalus is assassinated, along with his mother, Julia Soaemias, by the Praetorian Guard during a revolt. Their mutilated bodies are dragged through the streets of Rome before being thrown into the Tiber.
1387
Battle of Castagnaro: English condottiero Sir John Hawkwood leads Padova to victory in a factional clash with Verona.
1824
The United States Department of War creates the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
1845
The Flagstaff War: Unhappy with translational differences regarding the Treaty of Waitangi, chiefs Hone Heke, Kawiti and Māori tribe members chop down the British flagpole for a fourth time and drive settlers out of Kororareka, New Zealand.
1851
The first performance of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Venice.
1867
The first performance of Don Carlos by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Paris.
1872
Construction of the Seven Sisters Colliery, South Wales, begins; located on one of the richest coal sources in Britain.
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.
1990
Patricio Aylwin is sworn in as the first democratically elected President of Chile since 1970.
2011
An earthquake measuring 9.0 in magnitude strikes 130 km east of Sendai, Japan, triggering a tsunami killing thousands of people. This event also triggered the second largest nuclear accident in history, and one of only two events to be classified as a Level 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale.
Who were born on March 11?
1785
John McLean, U.S. Supreme Court Justice (d. 1861)
1915
Hans Peter Keller, German writer (d. 1988)
1948
Dominique Sanda, French actress
1956
Curtis Brown, NASA astronaut
1962
Matt Mead, American politician
1977
Andre Nickatina, American rapper
1978
Christopher Rice, American author
1979
Elton Brand, American basketball player
1981
Russell Lissack, English musician (Bloc Party)
1991
Jack Rodwell, English footballer
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